A Tasty Treats NEWSLETTER for Web Developers

Issue #51:

The Prettier config that shipped malware (and how to check if you’re affected)
Why one dev thinks today’s CS students are wasting their time
Logic gates... in CSS? Yep, Chrome 137 just unlocked chaos
pnpm quietly became your new Node version manager
A file server you can run in your browser — or maybe your fridge
A tic-tac-toe game made without HTML or JS (yes, really)
Plus: a link that un-shortens URLs, Wes gets cocky in CSSBattle, and a dev’s best tip for wrangling your AI coding assistant

pnpm can now switch node versions

FROM wes

Specify the version of Node in your package.json and pnpm will use (and download+install) the correct version.

eslint-config-prettier Compromised:

FROM CJ

How npm Package with 30 Million Downloads Spread Malware. Check your dependencies! Several versions of popular packages were published with malware.

Copyparty

HAND selected by SCOTT

Turn almost any device into a file server with resumable uploads/downloads using any web browser.

CSS Logic Gates

ANOTHER ONE FROM CJ!

Logic Gates implemented in PURE CSS using the new if() function available in Chrome 137+.

just for fun:

Tic-Tac-NoHTML

fun PROVIDED by cj

This guy made a fully functional tic tac toe game ONLY in CSS. No HTML, no JS. I looked at the view source for 20 mins and could not understand the awful/awesome things that were being done here.

L(o*62).ong

MORE Fun PROVIDED by cj

An anti-url shortener.

All Hail The Algorithm

Some good stuff™ we posted this week

The Feed

New episodes 2×/week + other new video content!

RSS Is NOT Dead

NPM package or 90s Anime Character?!

8 Reasons To Try Better Auth

Getting the most out of AI Coding

SHAMELESS PLUG

Smarter debugging with Sentry MCP and Cursor

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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants (same thing)

@htmx_org

i am skeptical that understanding the fundamentals of computer programming will be significantly less useful in the future, just my opinion https://twitter.com/phuctm97/status/1937397265452449855