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    System Notifications with Node.js

    Notifications can be a godsend or the bane of our existence these days.  Every app you install on your phone wants access to notifications, as do desktop apps, and now we have a Web Notifications API along with a Web Push API,  just in case you don't already have...

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    Manage Bitcoin with the Coinbase API

    One of my biggest recent regrets was not pouring money into bitcoin when Kim Dotcom said we should; this was approximately 18 months ago when the bitcoin value was $170.  Today bitcoin value has topped $1000 which is why I'm kicking myself so hard.  I buy my bitcoin...

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    Node.js Raw Mode with Keystrokes

    I find the stuff that people are doing with Node.js incredibly interesting.  You here about people using Node.js to control drones, Arduinos, and a host of other devices.  I took advantage of Node.js to create a Roku Remote, a project that was fun and easier than I thought...

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    How to Deliver a Smooth Playback without Interruptions (Buffering)

    There's only one thing worse than no internet:  unreliable internet.  The frustration I feel when one page loads quickly, then the next very slow (if at all), and then a mixture is unmanageable.  Like...throw your device across the room frustrating.  This slowness is most apparent...

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    Node.js Roku Remote

    I own an Apple TV 4, Apple TV 3, Roku 4, Chromecast, and a Firefox OS TV.  From that you can probably gather that I love streaming content, particularly sports and movies.  I obviously also love coding, which is why I loved being a Partner Engineer...

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    Generate Waveform Images from Audio with Cloudinary

    I've been working a lot with visualizations lately, which is a far cry from your normal webpage element interaction coding; you need advanced geometry knowledge, render and performance knowledge, and much more.  It's been a great learning experience but it can be challenging and isn't always an interest of all web developers.  That's why...

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    slow-deps to Measure NPM Install Time

    The ability to quickly add dependencies to an npm project is a gift a curse -- the curse being you oftentimes have no control over those dependencies being available (i.e. the left-pad situation) and the have the potential to bloat your application or even increase project download time.  The truth is...

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    Prevent Bad Commits with husky

    I've been contributing to the amazing A-Frame project, a library with allows you to create VR experiences using web technologies, and it's been a blast.  The JavaScript code is very concise and uniform, making contribution a joy while keeping the code standards strict.  Why is it so concise?  The A-Frame project...

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    Broken Link Checker

    Broken Link Checker by Steven Vachon is an outstanding Node.js-powered utility for recursively checking for broken links on a website.  Broken links lead to bad user experiences and mistrust -- two things that can cost you money and other types of conversion.  The broken link checker...

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    Create WebPage Screenshots with Node.js and SlimerJS

    Last week I featured PhantomJS, a headless WebKit tool, which allows for taking screenshots, automating events on the page, and so on.  PhantomJS is an excellent tool that does so much but being locked into the WebKit engine doesn't help if you want to test other rendering engines like...