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Oct 23 2017

Zeal Interestings, Issue 54

A curated list of links and resources from your friends at Zeal
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Languages & Libraries
It’s been a big weekend! The new formatter that José mentioned in his ElixirConf talk is finally here! It landed on Sunday, and that means we can now poke around in the code to see everything that it does and answer a few burning questions.

A detailed explanation of how to architecture React components based on single responsibility principle, encapsulation and composition.
On the Server
The advantages of easily combining multiple schemas into one
On the Front-End
Today, we’re excited to share some big news for developers around the world wide web: We’re committing our resources towards making MDN Web Docs the best place to go for web API reference.
We asked and got the go ahead to try our hands at a bit of a facelift, so let’s see what we can do to take the UI up a notch!
Tooling
A command-line fuzzy finder
DBGlass is fast and simple PostgreSQL client for all platforms allowing you to create, read, update and delete your data without a need to write the queries.
People & Process
I still carry some of the pain of his situation with me. I’m afraid of “aging out” of technology. I’ve worked to keep myself employable. I’m already seeing responses most easily explained by age-related bias, though, so my time is coming.
Do you write unit tests?

Yes, of course!
Learning & Growth

Why I don't like the current trend of talking about how we all suffer from Imposter Syndrome.

Exploring the basics of computer science, every Monday, for a year.
Worth a Listen
Kevin and Chris revisit Dave Thomas' Article 'Agile Is Dead' and how the world has reacted since 2014.

Donald Miller, best-selling author and CEO of StoryBrand, shares how the right marketing message can double, triple—and even quadruple—your revenue.

On today's episode we discuss facial recognition for phone authentication coming hot off the heels of Apple's iPhone X announcement.
Events
It's Hacktoberfest 2017! Let's celebrate open source over food, drinks, learning, and great company!
Other Cool Stuff
An open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2.
The science behind personalized music recommendations.
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