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Before we get into this week's links, I just thought I'd let you know we're having a summer break next week, so the next issue won't be with you until September 11!Midnight Vinyl ClubA handy service that helps you explore music and find the best prices for vinyl.The search for a Spotify alternativeThere are so many better options than Spotify for music and Elliot helpfully breaks plenty of options for you.Little websites everywhereThis is a great piece. As we see it, the web — at large — always wins and those green shoots will come.ReelSwapA really cool service for cataloging physical media. The bookshelves are really nicely done too.WireLoopAn extremely satisfying web-based game.NaN, the not-a-number number that isn’t NaNHere's one from the Piccalilli archives that you might have missed to wrap up this issue.P.S. this is a good website from personalsit.es.Sponsor messageThere's no sponsor this week so I thought I'd use this slot to give a pep talk to those who are feeling incredibly b

Right, we are at the end of iteration one.The last thing to do is to make my life a little easier. Markdown files work perfectly fine for the music collection, but they're a bit of a faff. Mostly because I always forget the front matter structure, so to fix that, I created myself a Command Line Interface (CLI) which is a series of questions, resulting in a new item being added to the collection.I add a lot of music to my collection because I'm truly trying to get away from streaming platforms completely, so something that makes the process of keeping it up to date simple is very much needed.Let's break down the tool I built, piece-by-piece.import * as p from '@clack/prompts';import fs from 'node:fs';import path from 'node:path';import { Readable } from 'node:stream';import { finished } from 'node:stream/promises';import slugify from 'slugify';// The root is the current working directoryconst REPO_ROOT = process.cwd();// Music collection content locationconst MUSIC_COLLECTION_ROOT = pat

BulletedThis is the stuff that's exciting about the AT protocol. Not the "new twitter" bullshit, but the endless possibilities that this technology opens up. It's using the fancy new private data stuff too.The future of CSS: target multiple classes with the class prefix selectorAs Bramus says in the article, we can sort of do this already, but those substring selectors don't perform well. This new method is a very good improvement!Ruminations on notificationsA good write-up on how annoying and harmful notifications are.HTML can do thatSo much good stuff has arrived in HTML that gives us rich functionality for free and Chris helpfully breaks that down for us.Introducing MicrolighterAn extremely lightweight syntax highlighter using the new ::highlight() functionality? Yes please!Why I’m excited about text-box-trim as a designerHere's one from the Piccalilli archives that you might have missed to wrap up this issue.P.S. this is a good website from personalsit.es.Sponsor messageTake your c

The <geolocation> HTML element does exactly what you might think it does. It’s a dedicated element that gets the user’s location, either once or continuously. The options are set using HTML attributes instead of JavaScript, but JavaScript is still needed. However, <geolocation> requires fewer lines of JavaScript and also offers superior error and permission handling. In fact, the <geolocation> element started off as an all-purpose <permission> element, but is now dedicated to handling geolocation.Fewer lines of code is always a good thing, but it’s the permission prompt that’s key here. When using the aging Geolocation JavaScript API, denying permission at any point can lock the user out with no way to recover unless they change the browser or operating system permissions manually. This can be a painful experience, especially for users that aren’t tech-savvy. Plus, as developers, we have to get the Permissions API involved.Whereas, the <geolocation> element offers:Better error handling