Welcome, Developers! 👋
ChatGPT's new Apps SDK could reshape how users interact with services, while we cover Tailwind configuration across frameworks, Node.js native alternatives to popular packages, CSS color management upgrades, and the reality of tech hiring in an application-flooded market. | | |
From our sponsor: SurveyJS | | |
|
| Stop Reinventing Forms. Use SurveyJS instead. SurveyJS UI libraries allow you build a custom form management platform in any web application. They are extensible and easily integrate into React, Angular, Vue 3, or plain JS apps.
Build dynamic JSON-driven forms in a drag-and-drop UI, render them anywhere, and store responses in your own database — no vendor lock-in.
Save weeks of custom development. Stay in control of your data. |
| Learn more | | | |
🔖 The Reading Room
Articles we have hand-picked for you: | | |
Introducing apps in ChatGPT and the new Apps SDK
You can now communicate with your apps directly in ChatGPT. This is quite revolutionary and possibly the next age of user behavior where people would rather talk to an AI agent to order food, make a playlist or book a hotel than do it through the designated app. Although this approach does give more power to the agent/OpenAI to impact people's lives.
By OpenAI → | |
Setup Guide for Tailwind CSS in React and Next.js
This guide covers everything you need to set up Tailwind CSS in modern React and Next.js projects. Learn installation steps for both v3 and v4, configuration differences between frameworks, component patterns with utility classes, proper dark mode implementation and more. By Usama Nazir → | |
15 Recent Node.js Features that Replace Popular npm Packages
Taking the recent npm supply chain as a wake-up call, now is a good time to replace popular packages like node-fetch, chalk, and uuid with built-in features of Node.js itself. Native implementations will not only be more secure, but have less overhead and more compatibility. By Lizz Parody → | |
A Pragmatic Guide to Modern CSS Colours
CSS color handling has evolved dramatically with space-separated syntax, relative colors, and the light-dark() function. Developers can now adjust opacity without rgba(), create color variants on the fly, and manage light/dark themes with a single declaration. These updates reduce code bloat and make color management more intuitive, even for developers who typically just copy values from design files.
By Kevin Powell → | |
State of the Jobs Market: What Hiring Managers See
Tech hiring managers are drowning in applications, with some roles receiving 23,000+ applications in 30 days. Despite this flood, most quality hires still come through referrals and direct outreach rather than inbound applications. Fake applicants, location spoofing, and AI-assisted interview cheating are growing challenges too.
By Gergely Orosz → | | |
| |
| |
🔗 The Link Lounge Unordered finds from around the web: Find something cool? You can send us links to feature here via email. |
| | | | |
🧰 The Toolbox
Tools and products we're excited about today: | | | |
AgentKit
AgentKit is OpenAI's version of Zapier for building, deploying, and optimizing AI agents. It includes visual workflow design via Agent Builder, data connection governance, and ChatKit for embedding custom chat experiences quickly. Learn more → | |
syntax-highlight-element
This web component offers syntax highlighting for code blocks via Prism's tokenizer and the new CSS Custom Highlight API. It automatically styles code without requiring developers to wrap every token in separate HTML elements. Learn more → | |
Odiff
Odiff is a fast, native tool for pixel-by-pixel image comparison, optimized with SIMD. It analyzes differences between two images in milliseconds, supporting various formats and visual regression testing integration. Learn more → | |
Javet
Javet embeds Node.js and V8 directly into Java, enabling JavaScript execution within the JVM. It supports multiple platforms, provides V8 API access, includes debugging capabilities, and allows dynamic switching between Node.js and V8 modes. Learn more → |
| | |
Stop Reinventing Forms. Use SurveyJS instead.
SurveyJS UI libraries allow you build a custom form management platform in any web application. They are extensible and easily integrate into React, Angular, Vue 3, or plain JS apps.
Build dynamic JSON-driven forms in a drag-and-drop UI, render them anywhere, and store responses in your own database — no vendor lock-in.
Save weeks of custom development. Stay in control of your data. Learn more |
| | |
🎤 Your Voice Your feedback shapes what comes next! We read every email, so simply hit reply and tell us what's on your mind. |
| | | | |
|
|
