Welcome, Developers! 👋 Gemini models are known for their bigger context size, but Gemini 2.5 Pro is showing to be amazing in real-world coding tests too, and even beating Claude 3.7 Sonnet. Will it replace Sonnet in Cursor for you? Meanwhile, current job market data reveals React's continued dominance alongside AWS. We also explore tips on creating technical content that gets read, a performance face-off between Vite and Turbopack, and Chrome 135 finally allowing full CSS customization of the <select> element. |
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Welcome, Developers! 👋 Gemini models are known for their bigger context size, but Gemini 2.5 Pro is showing to be amazing in real-world coding tests too, and even beating Claude 3.7 Sonnet. Will it replace Sonnet in Cursor for you? Meanwhile, current job market data reveals React's continued dominance alongside AWS. We also explore tips on creating technical content that gets read, a performance face-off between Vite and Turbopack, and Chrome 135 finally allowing full CSS customization of the <select> element. |
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Instantly offer API Docs and SDKs Companies like Square, Intercom, and ElevenLabs trust Fern to power their developer experience. Start with an API spec. Generate SDKs in multiple languages and API documentation tailored to your brand. |
Instantly offer API Docs and SDKs Companies like Square, Intercom, and ElevenLabs trust Fern to power their developer experience. Start with an API spec. Generate SDKs in multiple languages and API documentation tailored to your brand. |
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⚔️ Gemini 2.5 Pro vs. Claude 3.7 Sonnet: Coding Comparison Google's recently launched Gemini 2.5 Pro has outperformed Claude 3.7 Sonnet in comprehensive coding tests to become the premier AI coding assistant. From JavaScript flight simulators to tricky LeetCode problems, Gemini delivered flawless results, while Claude struggled with accuracy. |
⚔️ Gemini 2.5 Pro vs. Claude 3.7 Sonnet: Coding Comparison Google's recently launched Gemini 2.5 Pro has outperformed Claude 3.7 Sonnet in comprehensive coding tests to become the premier AI coding assistant. From JavaScript flight simulators to tricky LeetCode problems, Gemini delivered flawless results, while Claude struggled with accuracy. |
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📊 The state of the front-end and full-stack job market Analysis of 595 tech job listings reveals React continues to be the most in-demand framework, while AWS outpaces all cloud providers, and emerging tools like Supabase are gaining ground. Most front-end and full-stack roles offer $100-250K and only 13.9% of jobs require a bachelor's degree. |
📊 The state of the front-end and full-stack job market Analysis of 595 tech job listings reveals React continues to be the most in-demand framework, while AWS outpaces all cloud providers, and emerging tools like Supabase are gaining ground. Most front-end and full-stack roles offer $100-250K and only 13.9% of jobs require a bachelor's degree. |
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📝 How to Write Blog Posts that Developers Read A veteran tech blogger with 9 years of experience reveals critical insights on why most developer content fails despite having valuable insights. The biggest mistakes include taking too long to make a point, targeting too narrow an audience, and lacking a concrete distribution strategy. |
📝 How to Write Blog Posts that Developers Read A veteran tech blogger with 9 years of experience reveals critical insights on why most developer content fails despite having valuable insights. The biggest mistakes include taking too long to make a point, targeting too narrow an audience, and lacking a concrete distribution strategy. |
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🚀 Is Vite faster than Turbopack? A developer’s comparison of bundler performance using a medium-sized React application shows that Vite-based solutions significantly outpace the competition. The deep dive found Vite+Rolldown demonstrated dramatically faster page navigation (0.5s vs Turbopack's 3.3s) and Next.js+Webpack’s sluggish performance across all tests. |
🚀 Is Vite faster than Turbopack? A developer’s comparison of bundler performance using a medium-sized React application shows that Vite-based solutions significantly outpace the competition. The deep dive found Vite+Rolldown demonstrated dramatically faster page navigation (0.5s vs Turbopack's 3.3s) and Next.js+Webpack’s sluggish performance across all tests. |
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🎨 The <select> element can now be customized with CSS Chrome 135 introduces the appearance: of base-select property, giving web developers the ability to fully customize the <select> element. The new feature unlocks adding rich HTML content like images and SVGs into <option> elements to create sleek and accessible dropdowns. |
🎨 The <select> element can now be customized with CSS Chrome 135 introduces the appearance: of base-select property, giving web developers the ability to fully customize the <select> element. The new feature unlocks adding rich HTML content like images and SVGs into <option> elements to create sleek and accessible dropdowns. |
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🧰 The Toolbox Tools and products we're excited about today: |
🧰 The Toolbox Tools and products we're excited about today: |
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Babylon.js 8.0 Babylon.js 8.0 brings upgrades, including IBL Shadows for more realistic lighting and shadows, Area Lights for cinematic effects, and full control of the render pipeline with the new Node Render Graph (alpha). |
Babylon.js 8.0 Babylon.js 8.0 brings upgrades, including IBL Shadows for more realistic lighting and shadows, Area Lights for cinematic effects, and full control of the render pipeline with the new Node Render Graph (alpha). |
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Biome v2.0 beta Biome 2.0 Beta is here with custom plugins, domains, multi-file analysis, noFloatingPromises, revamped import organizer, assists, and improved suppressions. |
Biome v2.0 beta Biome 2.0 Beta is here with custom plugins, domains, multi-file analysis, noFloatingPromises, revamped import organizer, assists, and improved suppressions. |
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Json-edit-react Json-edit-react is a flexible, self-contained React component for editing and viewing JSON data. |
Json-edit-react Json-edit-react is a flexible, self-contained React component for editing and viewing JSON data. |
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Fuzzball.js Fuzzball.js brings Python’s TheFuzz (formerly fuzzywuzzy) to JavaScript, offering fast and flexible string matching through token similarity sorting and wildcard support. |
Fuzzball.js Fuzzball.js brings Python’s TheFuzz (formerly fuzzywuzzy) to JavaScript, offering fast and flexible string matching through token similarity sorting and wildcard support. |
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Instantly offer API Docs and SDKs Companies like Square, Intercom, and ElevenLabs trust Fern to power their developer experience. Start with an API spec. Generate SDKs in multiple languages and API documentation tailored to your brand. |
Instantly offer API Docs and SDKs Companies like Square, Intercom, and ElevenLabs trust Fern to power their developer experience. Start with an API spec. Generate SDKs in multiple languages and API documentation tailored to your brand. |
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