How to start a React Project in 2024

Every year I want to give you a brief overview of how to start a new React project. I want to reflect on advantages and disadvantages, on the skill-level needed as a developer, and on what features each starter project has to offer for you as a React developer.

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Exploring the Core Concepts of Node.js Readable Streams

In Node.js we have different types of streams, and one of them is the Readable stream. You may have heard of it, or perhaps even used it a few times. But do you know how to use it effectively? This question of efficiency comes when we're dealing with cases that go beyond basics.

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An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid

CSS Grid is one of the most amazing parts of the CSS language. It gives us a ton of new tools we can use to create sophisticated and fluid layouts. It's also surprisingly complex. It took me quite a while to truly become comfortable with CSS Grid!

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Four approaches to creating a specialized LLM

Wondering how to go about creating an LLM that understands your custom data? Start here. Trying to create a language model that understands your own custom data? Here are four techniques you can use to create a specialized LLM, ordered in terms of the amount of complexity/compute involved.

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Tech predictions for 2025 and beyond

We have entered an era of unprecedented societal challenges and rapid technological advancements. Harnessing technology for good has become both an ethical imperative and a profitable endeavor.

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Astro 5.0

Introducing Astro 5.0! With Astro Content Layer to load your content from any source, and Server Islands to combine cached, static content with dynamic, personalized content. Read on to learn more about these powerful new features and more!

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Writing Modern JavaScript without a Bundler

Not all libraries are bundled to support ESM in this way as a single file. If it does not, you can add compile the dependency to support it, as we'll touch on later. The script.js file above works in-browser, but doesn't look quite right to anyone that's done modern JS.

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