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Obsidian Properties and Frontmatter: Stop Treating Metadata as an Afterthought thumbnail
obsidianJun 3, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Properties and Frontmatter: Stop Treating Metadata as an Afterthought
Obsidian's Properties panel makes YAML frontmatter approachable for every note, and pairing it with typed fields and Dataview queries turns your vault into a genuinely queryable database.
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Tailwind CSS v4: Ditch the Config File, Embrace @theme thumbnail
developmentJun 2, 2026· 4 min
Tailwind CSS v4: Ditch the Config File, Embrace @theme
Tailwind CSS v4 moves design token configuration out of tailwind.config.js and into your CSS with the @theme directive — here's what that means for your workflow.
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JavaScript's using Keyword: Automatic Resource Cleanup in ES2026 thumbnail
JavaScriptMay 30, 2026· 4 min
JavaScript's using Keyword: Automatic Resource Cleanup in ES2026
ES2026 introduces the using and await using keywords for automatic resource cleanup — no more forgetting to close that database connection or file handle in a finally block.
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Obsidian Tasks: Query Your Entire Vault and Never Miss a Deadline thumbnail
obsidianMay 29, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Tasks: Query Your Entire Vault and Never Miss a Deadline
The Obsidian Tasks plugin turns scattered checkboxes into a vault-wide task management system — here's how to use its query syntax to build a dashboard that actually keeps you on top of things.
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The Speculation Rules API: Instant Page Navigations Without a Framework thumbnail
developmentMay 28, 2026· 4 min
The Speculation Rules API: Instant Page Navigations Without a Framework
The Speculation Rules API lets you tell the browser which pages to prefetch or fully prerender in the background — delivering near-instant navigations with a few lines of JSON and no framework required.
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Tags vs. Folders in Obsidian: How to Organize Your Vault Without Going Crazy thumbnail
obsidianMay 27, 2026· 4 min
Tags vs. Folders in Obsidian: How to Organize Your Vault Without Going Crazy
Folders and tags both have a place in Obsidian, but they solve fundamentally different problems. Here's how to use each one effectively so your vault stays navigable no matter how big it gets.
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Astro Actions: Type-Safe Server Functions Without the Boilerplate thumbnail
developmentMay 26, 2026· 4 min
Astro Actions: Type-Safe Server Functions Without the Boilerplate
Astro Actions let you define backend functions once and call them from HTML forms or client JavaScript with full type safety — no REST endpoints, no manual fetch, no type casting.
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Vite 8 + Rolldown: Rust-Powered Builds That Are 10–30x Faster thumbnail
developmentMay 23, 2026· 4 min
Vite 8 + Rolldown: Rust-Powered Builds That Are 10–30x Faster
Vite 8 replaces its dual esbuild/Rollup pipeline with Rolldown, a Rust-based bundler that delivers 10–30x faster production builds — and real teams are already seeing dramatic results.
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CSS Scroll-Driven Animations: No JavaScript Required thumbnail
developmentMay 22, 2026· 4 min
CSS Scroll-Driven Animations: No JavaScript Required
CSS scroll-driven animations let you create silky-smooth scroll effects — progress bars, reveal animations, parallax — using pure CSS with zero JavaScript.
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Connecting Wallets the Right Way: wagmi v2 and EIP-6963 thumbnail
developmentMay 19, 2026· 4 min
Connecting Wallets the Right Way: wagmi v2 and EIP-6963
The old window.ethereum trick breaks when users have multiple wallets installed. Here's how EIP-6963 and wagmi v2 solve multi-wallet discovery cleanly, with real TypeScript examples.
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