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Direct link to the article Useful Tools for Visualizing Databases on a Budget
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Useful Tools for Visualizing Databases on a Budget

A diagram is a graphical representation of information that depicts the structure, relationship, or operation of anything. Diagrams enable your audience to visually grasp hidden information and engage with them in ways that words alone cannot. Depending on the type …

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Aisha Bukar on Jun 13, 2022
Direct link to the article CSS Database Queries? Sure We Can!
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CSS Database Queries? Sure We Can!

Kinda silly sounding, isn’t it? CSS database queries. But, hey, CSS is capable of talking to other languages in the sense that it can set the values of things that they can read. Plus, CSS can request other files, and …

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Chris Coyier on Feb 23, 2022 (Updated on Feb 24, 2022)
Direct link to the article How to Make GraphQL and DynamoDB Play Nicely Together
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How to Make GraphQL and DynamoDB Play Nicely Together

Serverless, GraphQL, and DynamoDB are a powerful combination for building websites. The first two are well-loved, but DynamoDB is often misunderstood or actively avoided. It’s often dismissed by folks who consider it only worth the effort “at scale.”…

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Ryan Bethel on Jan 14, 2021
Direct link to the article KV Storage
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KV Storage

localStorage is…

  • Good! It’s an incredibly easy API to use.
  • localStorage.setItem('name', 'Chris'); let name = localStorage.getItem('name');
  • Bad! Philip Walton explains why:

localStorage is a synchronous API that blocks the main thread, and any time you access it you potentially prevent

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Chris Coyier on Apr 1, 2019
Direct link to the article The Whole Spreadsheets as Databases Thing is Pretty Cool
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The Whole Spreadsheets as Databases Thing is Pretty Cool

A spreadsheet has always been a strong (if fairly literal) analogy for a database. A database has tables, which is like a single spreadsheet. Imagine a spreadsheet for tracking RSVPs for a wedding. Across the top, column titles like …

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Chris Coyier on Mar 18, 2019 (Updated on Sep 28, 2020)
Direct link to the article Learning to COPE with Microservices
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Learning to COPE with Microservices

I vividly remember my first encounter with a content management system: It was 2002 with a platform called PHP-Nuke. It offered a control panel where site administrators could publish new content that would be immediately available to readers, without …

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Eduardo Bouças on Jul 22, 2016
Direct link to the article How To Use Airtable as a Front End Developer
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How To Use Airtable as a Front End Developer

I came across Airtable at a recent hackathon-esque event, when a fellow developer suggested we use it as a way to store and use our data. I was super into it. For the first time, I felt like: “This is …

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