2024.10.07 - The changing state of the Internet and related business models

Title: 2024.10.07 – The Changing State of the Internet and Related Business Models

VoidZero & OpenAI canvas & the primary person responsible for health & peace of mind & a secure foundation for life

This Week’s Highlights

The changing state of the Internet and related business models https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/09/30/the-changing-state-of-the-internet-and-related-business-models/
If you’re tired of hearing about the newest chatbot tricks and the nine ways AI will reshape your daily life next year, this series might be for you:

• Knowledge-as-a-service: The future of community business models
• Attribution as the foundation of developer trust
• Ongoing community data protection

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Announcing VoidZero – Next‑Generation Toolchain for JavaScript https://voidzero.dev/posts/announcing-voidzero-inc
Evan You: I have founded VoidZero Inc., a company dedicated to building an open‑source, high‑performance, unified development toolchain for the JavaScript ecosystem. We have raised $4.6 million in seed funding, led by Accel.

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Catching Up on the WordPress 🚫 WP Engine Sitch https://css-tricks.com/catching-up-on-the-wordpress-wp-engine-sitch/
Many of you—perhaps most of you—have been watching from the sidelines as WordPress and WP Engine trade legal blows. It’s been widely covered as we watch it unfold in the open; oddly, in a sense.

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Introducing Canvas https://openai.com/index/introducing-canvas/
A new way of working with ChatGPT to write and code. Related:

• OpenAI: Introducing the Realtime API
• Updated production‑ready Gemini models, reduced 1.5 Pro pricing, increased rate limits, and more
• Meet the AI‑native developers who build software through prompt engineering
• Code referencing now generally available in GitHub Copilot and with Microsoft Azure AI
• OpenAI Is A Bad Business

In‑Depth Reading

A Local‑First Case Study https://jakelazaroff.com/words/a-local-first-case-study/
Introducing Waypoint: a local‑first web app for planning trips! I want to discuss three things: the big ideas behind Waypoint, how I actually built it, and what I learned.

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Why Gumroad Didn’t Choose htmx https://htmx.org/essays/why-gumroad-didnt-choose-htmx/
In our case, the complex, stateful nature of Helper’s interface made React and Next.js a better fit. However, we continue to appreciate htmx’s approach and may consider it for future projects where its strengths align better with our needs.

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Web Components Are Okay https://nolanlawson.com/2024/09/28/web-components-are-okay/
Every so often, the web‑development community gets into a tizzy about something—usually web components. I find these fights tiresome, but I also see them as a chance to bridge “the great divide” and find common ground rather than just another opportunity to dunk on each other.

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An Engineer’s Checklist of Logging Best Practices https://www.honeycomb.io/blog/engineers-checklist-logging-best-practices
Implementing logging best practices is foundational for maintaining system integrity and performance in today’s complex IT environments. Effective logging not only streamlines troubleshooting by providing clear insights into errors and system behavior, but it also enhances performance monitoring by enabling the identification of bottlenecks and anomalies. Robust logging is also crucial to security, helping to detect and investigate potential threats or unauthorized access. Following this checklist will make your logging efficient, actionable, and scalable.

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The Art of Developing Software https://www.dodgycoder.net/2024/10/the-art-of-developing-software.html
So what makes software beautiful for you? Do you care about the beauty of software? Oh yes, it’s an art form, like any other art form, and it’s not just practical—does it do the job? Is it clean inside, does it look—? I would spend time rewriting whole sections of code to make them more cleanly organized, more clear.

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Martin Fowler Reflects on Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjCJ76oZXTE
In this special episode of Book Overflow, Martin Fowler joins Carter and Nathan to discuss his book Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code. Join them as Martin shares why he wrote Refactoring, how the art of refactoring has changed, and how he views the book’s legacy!

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Three Pillars of My Blogging Philosophy https://arun.is/blog/blogging-philosophy/
I chatted with Manuel Moreale on this topic earlier in the year on People and Blogs. While that conversation was about the nuts and bolts of my blog, this is about the three pillars of my blogging philosophy: Independence, Creativity, Connection.

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Fresh Finds

React at Meta Connect 2024 Tauri 2.0 Stable Release ESLint now officially supports linting of JSON and Markdown assistant‑ui: React Components for AI Cha React Spectrum: A collection of libraries and tools that help you build adaptive, accessible, and robust user experiences. Vaul: A drawer component for React.

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Products & Others

Liu Lihong | Who Is the Primary Person Responsible for Health? https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/LzFKlL8Rd631MtwfYs_BqA
Usually we think that as long as we can develop medicine well, build bigger hospitals, and create better medical environments and conditions, our health will be guaranteed. Yet after decades we see that medicine has indeed advanced, hospitals have grown larger and taller, equipment has become more sophisticated—but does that mean patients become fewer? I asked many frontline clinicians; every answer was that patients are actually increasing. This paradox forces us, at the national level and individually, to consider whether health responsibility can ever be delegated, and whether medical institutions or doctors can fully bear it. Years ago I argued that the primary person responsible for health is oneself—once you hand over that responsibility, you’re already unhealthy. Now the nation is pushing the “Healthy China” initiative, encouraging everyone to be the primary person responsible for their own health, which is very inspiring.

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Li Xin | The Importance of Peace of Mind https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/6O_LeqD6-Z_nHcoQOBiDUw
While working and living, we must pay attention to how our bodies feel, take good care of them, and adjust promptly—don’t wait for a major problem to arise before trying to fix it. This habit of self‑maintenance has nothing to do with whether you’re a doctor; it’s about self‑awareness and perception. Another crucial point: can you allow yourself to stop? Many people won’t let themselves pause until they’re seriously ill, always finding “real‑world” excuses—by then it may be too late. When it comes to mind‑body sensations, you can only rely on yourself. Doctors can run tests and give diagnoses, but they may not fully understand your complete mind‑body state or life background, and many doctors are so fatigued they barely know their own mind‑body condition.

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Body and Mind at Ease, Unafraid of the Future https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Jjc19xd-VWCDTmKbgBYtcw
Standing‑post (Zhan Zhuang) seems simple but is actually profound. When Master Peng used “kung fu” to guide us into the world of standing‑post, I was truly moved! Trade time for space— isn’t space‑time the universe? By using standing‑post to open our own little universe, anyone can achieve it! Standing‑post also gave me a sense of inner calm and tranquility. During the practice, I gradually learned to relax body and mind, immersing myself in a peaceful atmosphere. I believe this calm state will make me more composed in daily life and more confident when facing challenges.

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Destiny || Qi || Ancient Methods of Counting Tendons and Tying the Body [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/

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Originally written by Ping Xia (平侠) and published in Chinese on Web技术周刊 (Web Tech Weekly). Translated and adapted for DriftSeas with permission.