The Collective #882

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Eric Eggert's post on focusable UI elements caught our attention, where he breaks down the difference between sequentially and programmatically focusable elements—essential knowledge for accessible design and effective testing.

For anyone juggling CSS units, David Bushell's insights on using both REM and PX are a refreshing take. He combines relative units for font sizes with pixel values for layout, aiming for accessibility without sacrificing precision, a balance many of us are after.

And on the practical side, Leon Kohli’s Browser Fingerprint Analyzer offers a look at how unique your browser's “fingerprint” really is; a helpful tool for understanding privacy implications and tracking nuances.

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🎯 Two different kinds of “focusable” UI elements

Eric Eggert's blog post explains the difference between sequentially and programmatically focusable elements in web accessibility and their significance for effective testing.

🔺 Low-Poly Image Generation using Evolutionary Algorithms in Ruby

Thomas Countz delves into creating low-poly images with evolutionary algorithms in Ruby, demonstrating how these algorithms can creatively approximate an image by evolving generations of polygonal shapes for visual accuracy.

🌐 Adding Translation with a Web Component and Chrome AI

Raymond Camden explains how to use Chrome's experimental AI features to add automatic translation to web apps through a custom web component.

📏 REM? PX? Why not both?

David Bushell's latest blog post discusses his shift from using only relative units (rem) in CSS to a mix of rem for font sizes and px for layout elements, aiming to balance accessibility with practical design benefits.

🎯 Centering things: a solved problem?

Ollie Williams explores centering techniques in CSS, including new text-box-trim and text-box-edge properties, which simplify vertical alignment by trimming whitespace around text, though browser support remains limited.

🤖 Why the deep learning boom caught almost everyone by surprise

Timothy B Lee recounts how the convergence of neural networks, large datasets like ImageNet, and GPU computing led to the deep learning boom, driven by the visionary work of Fei-Fei Li, Geoffrey Hinton, and Jensen Huang.

🔍 Browser Fingerprint Analyzer

A modern web application built with Nuxt 3 that analyzes and displays your browser's unique fingerprint.

⚙️ Solo

Solo is a Laravel package by Aaron Francis that enables developers to run multiple commands simultaneously in local development, simplifying workflows by grouping commands under a single php artisan solo command.

📅 Someday

Someday is an open-source, Google Apps Script-based scheduling tool designed for Gmail users, offering a free alternative to services like Calendly with integration into Gmail, customizable work hours, and a simple booking interface.

🎶 Draw.Audio

A free musical sketch-pad for exploring ideas in sound. It was made using the Web Audio API.

⚡️ Tuono

Tuono is a full-stack React framework built for speed, using Rust for server-side rendering and offering Next.js-like routing and development features.

🎤 hertz-dev

Standard Intelligence introduces hertz-dev, an open-source, conversational audio model with 8.5 billion parameters designed for real-time audio generation.

🌄 Beaucoup — Piña'tap

A beautiful immersive experience crafted by the folks of Beaucoup.

🛠️ Kept it simple

A curated collection of tools that keep it simple. With useful info on why they are great and what's worth noting.

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