Short notes on tech 52/2020

Week 52, 2020

Code

TIL you can get the git log of a *specific function* in a file. 🤯 Where was this all my life?

git log -L:<function>:filehttps://t.co/HpVcLS8Yhc pic.twitter.com/5MqbciqjoF
— Todd Gamblin / @tgamblin@hachyderm.io (@tgamblin) December 21, 2020

Learning

Stop using Material Design text fields!
“But Google uses it!” — yeah, that’s not a good enough reason. (from Weekend Reading)

Collection of tips for note taking by Dr. Sam Ladner
“This is a great collection of tips for note taking. For user research, design reviews, board meetings, whatever”. (from Weekend Reading)

Tools

EStimator
“Calculate how much you can save by switching your website to modern JavaScript.” (from Weekend Reading)

An Instant GraphQL API Using Google Sheets
“The takeaway is, skip the complicated and under-documented Google Sheets API, and use the Google Charts Visualization API instead.” (from Weekend Reading)

Something different

The ‘Japanese Bob Ross’: How a 73-year-old artist took YouTube by storm
(from hackernewsletter)