Received open source donation by Cocopon to my GitHub Sponsors
https://github.com/sponsors/ai

and to OpenCollective pages of PostCSS and Browserslist
https://opencollective.com/postcss
https://opencollective.com/browserslist

Thanks a lot!

Where Framework 13 @frameworkcomputer modular laptop is better than the MacBook ↓

https://frame.work

Of course, there are many reverse advantages of the MacBook, but everyone already knows about them, and I want more diversity in the laptop market.

Europe has some interesting funds for the independent development scene.

Sovereign Tech Fund allocates money to maintainers of open source projects
https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/news/apply-to-the-fellowship-for-maintainers

NGI is investing in privacy-first startups
https://ngi.eu

Apple Music banned Russian anti-war song in Russia. Of course, iTunes bans VPNs in Russia too.

When Western businesses need to make money with the Russian government, their support for Ukraine ends very quickly.

https://roskomsvoboda.org/ru/post/apple-blochit-eto-proydiot/

I like for many new ideas can be found in Local First community even if you are not making classic Local First app (but remember that Local First is a spectrum).

https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/recapping-the-first-local-first-conference-in-15-minutes

For instance, there is amazing Zero sync engine from Replicache useful for classic webapp.

The whole world: cheering for their own at the Olympics

Russians: cheering for their own at the political prisoner exchange

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/08/01/what-we-know-about-the-prisoner-exchange-between-russia-and-the-west-a85905

“NATO is helping Ukraine to fight—but not to win”

Exactly what I am reading in Russian pro- and anti-war resources. Seems like the USA just want to create a second Vietnam for Russia and the war-without-end is the plan.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/12/nato-summit-ukraine-russia-military-war/

Received $2000 donation from Microsoft to PostCSS, Autoprefixer and other my projects. They donated many projects that day.

Thanks a lot to people who promote this project in the company and developers who highlight my projects.

https://github.com/sponsors/ai

On #JSNation @antfu explained the benefits of the new ESLint Flat Config.

Shared configs now can be a function with arguments.

I moved my SSH key to the YubiKey hardware key.

Now in case of laptop hacking, e.g. via npm dependency, at least the SSH key (and all sessions with 2FA, which is also on the key) cannot be stolen.

https://developers.yubico.com/SSH/Securing_SSH_with_FIDO2.html

Indika game is an amazing hidden gem.

It is like a Dostoevsky book, but a form of a game with amazing visuals.

Highly recommended (it is just 5 hours or 2 hours on YouTube).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMOL2Ds7Pv4

Tech has looted the internet, making every platform actively hostile to the user, turning Facebook, Google Search, Instagram into products that no longer provide a service while making them hundreds of billions of dollars.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-great-looting-of-the-internet/