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A consequence of easily installable modules is that they inadvertently eat up quite a bit of disk space. Using find and du it’s easy to find the biggest culprits:

find $PROJECTS_HOME -name “node_modules” -prune -exec du -sh {} \;

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Earlier I blogged about Scroll Position Management in (Backbone) Single-Page Applications. Google’s Chrome Team has now proposed an extension to the History API regarding Scroll Position Restoration.

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A diff will tell you what changed, but only the commit message can properly tell you why.

How to Write a Git Commit Message

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[S]amaan aikaan kun muu maailma on havahtunut Edward Snowdenin paljastusten myötä elektronisen massavalvonnan perus- ja ihmisoikeusongelmiin, Suomi kulkee vastavirtaan: Meillä muutetaan perustuslakia, jottei ainakaan se muodostuisi vastaavan valvonnan esteeksi.

Juha Lavapuro: Hallitus yrittää seuraavaksi massavalvontaa

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That thing in your pocket used to fill a large room just a few decades ago — Computers, who knew…

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“Stand Still. Stay Silent” is a post apocalyptic webcomic with elements from nordic mythology mixed in, set 90 years in the future. Contains plenty of friendship, exploration adventure and some horror.

Stand still, stay silent

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A blast from the past: Is JavaScript Here To Stay?

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Wired: These Incredible Animated GIFs Are More Than 150 Years Old

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How to keep your fancy hover effects without ruining scroll performance? Disable hover-effects during scrolling.

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Cargo Cult CSS and Challenging CSS Best Practices. Two opposite approaches to a problem. Naturally, there’s also a middle-ground: Classy values.

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Never-before-seen photos from 100 years ago tell vivid story of gritty New York City

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EU Votes to Ban Mobile Call, Text and Data Roaming Fees From 2014 – Yay!

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Nicholas C. Zakas on The Case for setImmediate.

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Christian Heilmann has some advice Before You Try To “Fix” Or “Improve” Forms On The Web… You may also want read my rant Stop Breaking You Forms.

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Responsive Design Bookmarklet – a handy tool for responsive design testing.

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