Issue 2023-W50

Published on December 17, 2023

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This week has been about the HTML input element, justifying technical tradeoffs, Canon TDD, offline-first SQLite replication, CRDTs in Rust and a Python library for loading data.

# The hidden depths of the input element

An article diving into what makes the HTML input element unique.

# TBM 257: How to Make the Case for Slowing Down to Speed Up

An article offering a few ideas on how to manage the tradeoff of ground work for which is hard to demonstrate direct business value.

# Canon TDD

An article clarifying the meaning of Test Driven Development (TDD) and it's intended purpose.

# SQLSync

An offline-first wrapper around SQLite designed to synchronize application state between users and devices.

# Loro

A CRDTs (Conflict-free Replicated Data Types) library for building local-first applications.

# data load tool (dlt)

A Python library for loading data from arbitrary sources.