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Codetown ::: a software developer's community
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Welcome to Codetown!
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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Jotai 3.0 Ships as a Modernized, ESM-Only Package That Drops Legacy Builds and Deprecated APIs
Jotai, an atomic state management library for React, has released version 3.0.0, now exclusively using ES modules. It maintains backward compatibility but removes some deprecated APIs. Migration is straightforward for most users. This version emphasizes a leaner core with improvements while deferring significant feature changes for future updates.
By Daniel CurtisESP32 Bit Pirate: Bridging Modern Microcontrollers and Browser-Based Hardware Debugging
ESP32 Bit Pirate project integrates multi-protocol debugging within a browser environment using HTML5 APIs. It enables users to install firmware and interact with microcontrollers like the ESP32-S3 directly from the browser. The platform supports various digital and wireless protocols while providing hands-on guidance through practical recipes for tasks such as memory dumping and signal analysis.
By Olimpiu PopMeta Open-Sources Astryx, its Agent-Ready React Design System
Meta recently announced the beta release of Astryx, an open-source React design system developed internally over eight years. Astryx builds on React 19 and StyleX to provide over 150 accessible UI components, customizable CSS design tokens, and dedicated CLI and MCP tooling — for both engineers and AI agents.
By Bruno CouriolCloudflare Tests Cache Transcoding to Reduce Storage Requirements
Cloudflare recently described a prototype called Cache Transcoding that compresses eligible cache content, mainly uncompressed text such as HTML, JSON, CSS, and JavaScript, using Zstandard before storing it on disk. The hyperscaler estimates that the approach could provide petabytes of additional effective cache capacity, although broader testing is still needed.
By Renato LosioGitHub Copilot's Project HydraFusion Promises Frontier Level Performance through Multi-Model Routing
GitHub's Project HydraFusion is a research preview for GitHub Copilot that enhances coding intelligence through runtime model orchestration. It dynamically assembles execution plans using models from various providers. The system employs three execution patterns based on task complexity. Evaluations indicate that it achieves high task quality while significantly reducing operational costs.
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