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Syntax Snack Pack: Vite, JSX, and the h1 that broke the web

Published 5 months ago • 2 min read

A Tasty Treats NEWSLETTER for Web Developers

Issue #44:

  • Most AI dev tools are secretly in love with Vite — but not all of them
  • A browser update is about to break your h1 styles - You’ve been warned
  • A clean little tool to turn tweets into sharable images
  • Also: web animations, the nicest place on the internet, open source politics, and 3D printers

​Is Vite Winning the AI Game?

FROM wes

Evan You tested 7 different AI code generation tools, and Vite was the default for 5. Can you guess which ones don't use Vite?

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​Default styles for h1 elements are changing

selected by CJ

A lot of sites that depend on browser default styles for headings h1s are going to break... make sure your site is updated before this change rolls out to browsers

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​JSX Over The Wire — overreacted​

cj's find!

Dan Abromov makes the argument that if you start designing your API directly for your front-end, you might as well use JSX/server components instead of JSON.

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​Tweet to Image Converter ​

Randy's rec!

Nifty little tool that turns tweets into PNGs.

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just for fun:

​The Nicest Place on the Internet

Picked by cj

Sometimes you just need a hug from a stranger on the internet.

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