As of today, June 4 2018, CSS Grid is supported by 84.9% browsers of [global usage](https://caniuse.com/#feat=css-grid) unprefixed. Did you switch completely to CSS Grid or use CSS Grid with Flexbox as a fallback?

I've been using CSS grid with a flexbox fallback for months now, still hesitant to lose the fallback, but I did get lazy on a recent project and not worry about it too much (though still had to provide -ms fallbacks for the not so wonderful Edge).

I have a couple of machines I use for development - home desktop, laptop and office. I was using Git on its own but kept forgetting to commit files before leaving the house, so I moved all my code into Dropbox to sync between machines. This worked pretty well until I started using front-end tools - now it seems anytime I need to add hundreds of tiny files using `npm install` or similar the combination of Windows Anti Malware and Dropbox cause massive CPU churn for what should be a pretty simple operation. Is there anything I can do to speed this up, or a more sensible way to sync folders?

Nowadays I tend to use just the one device (MacBook Pro), but I still choose to use Git. Some of the benefits for me: - Saving incremental changes so I can easily revert back in case any problems arise. This also gives me more confidence to experiment within my code. - Being able to create branches also lets me experiment with new ideas without the fear of messing up my code. - Let's me use Continuous Integration that automatically runs my tests and rubocop (checks for coding style violations) - I can access my code everywhere. More than once I've fixed a wipbot bug on my iPhone! (pull code the code, make the fix, push the change) - It makes it easy to collaborate with other developers now and in the future - The commits are a way to document your code. So if in a year time you're wondering why you made a certain change, you can quickly find it. - My code is backed up in multiple places at every stage - Any merge conflicts are handled automatically when possible or are relatively easily managed manually (versus syncing app that are not optimized for code) Using Git does indeed come with the requirement of committing and pushing your code. I believe it's a habit worth developing though for the reasons above. There are also some tools you can use to make this easier. For example [my Terminal is set up such that it shows when there uncommited or unpushed changes in my working repository.](https://github.com/KrauseFx/what-terminal-is-felix-using) Do you plan on writing code for the foreseeable future? If so, then I recommend investing in a workflow that will let you reap the rewards long-term.

Next week I‘m going to launch another Sibling of madewithvuejs.com but for react :) and I‘m still looking for nice UI components/ websites/products - pls recommend me all the things ! :)

It be cool to be able to search make projects by tech stack.

Every time, I push new code on my app on Heroku, the new build & deployment logged out all current users and all of them need to re-login to the website.

Are you using local file storage for anything such as storing session data? [Heroku's file system is ephemeral](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/dynos#ephemeral-filesystem) which means you can't rely on any data that's not part of your original codebase to stick around between deploys. My guess is that's the root of your problem as I can't think of anything else that would cause this issue. I use Heroku for all of my sites (including WIP) and never had this problem of users being signed out.

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It won't be a small project IMO. That is, I should be able to get some users and hence, stay motivated to work on it, and keep adding features. Will I miss out if I just go ahead with Firebase or Parse? I want to save time if possible.

SAVE TIME UNLESS YOU KNOW YOU CAN SHIP YOUR OWN SOLUTION VERY QUICKLY (not more than 2x than using firebase etc..)! DON'T BE ME. caps lock is a choice, I am screaming to you and to myself!

Assuming you have an existing codebase and are running into problems due to using the wrong approach. Maybe your product significantly changed since initially building it. How do you decide whether to refactor, or completely rewrite? I don't have a specific codebase in mind, so if you answer is "it depends", please use your own codebase as an example rather than asking about mine 😄

Uff. Difficult question, but certainly ripe for discussion. I can pull out #dotcolors as an example. I'm currently planning a rewrite for it since I like the product idea, but the code base was pretty experimental and the structure has just gotten. Uh. Wild. Generally I tend to refactor if I'm happy with the overall structure of the project. Then I just pick out single features and refactor that. On the other hand when I feel that a codebase becomes confusing and unmanageable for me I tend to be pretty harsh with rewriting. That sounds about right.

There are arguments that bootstrap is a bit too heavy. Any suggestions?

I've been using Bulma (https://bulma.io/) and liking it a lot. Much lighter than Bootstrap and very customizable. You do have to provide your own JS though. I've been pairing Bulma with React and doing frontend has been a blast.

I'm creating an MVP where users can pledge an amount, any amount. Once they have paid, the site then selects a random product and assigns that transaction to that product. Ideally, I'm looking for a Wordpress plug-in that can handle this.

There are a bunch that do upsells. Not sure about randomising it, but you might get better results from tailoring the upsell product anyway.

Currently trying to differentiate when to use Servers & when to go Serverless. Serverless will scale infinitely, although it has 1 small cost of cold starts but if the site is used regularly then cold start is not needed. Servers are inherently costly. Even if we don't use it to its full potential we need to always choose a higher plan than our current usage. I want to know when can we go full Serverless. Like I have 1 app where the flow is like - 1. User clicks on SignIn 2. Email is sent to the user with Magic Link 3. After Magic Link is clicked, user is logged in 4. User can then buy a product 5. After payment, user can download the product 6. User can Logout Can this be done serverless ? Also, which websites would be Serverless & which would need Servers ?

Hi Akshay, "Serverless will scale infinitely, although it has 1 small cost of cold starts but if the site is used regularly then cold start is not needed." - there are solutions that fix it, example: https://github.com/FidelLimited/serverless-plugin-warmup Me and my teammates have been using serverless technologies for a while. This is what we've learned: 1. Running Lambda functions is much cheaper for simple computationally intensive operations. 2. Traditional way of dealing with databases is not a good fit for serverless. Make sure that your DB server is ready to handle hundreds of simultaneous connections. Always close DB connections by the end of each lambda invocation. 3. Use terraform, cloudformation or serverless.js config to set up API endpoints, don't do it manually (otherwise it is a nightmare to set up staging or other envirionments). 4. Long running tasks (like log processing, etc.) are better to do on a server instance. 5. Lambda functions are great for running CRON jobs (using cloudwatch scheduler). 6. Think of a centralized logging solution in advance (Papertrail is a good option). 7. Ideally set up caching with Redis (has unlimited connections) to reduce the load on your DB or consider trying AWS Aurora: https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/ It's a Postgres compatible solution for the serverless era. Let me know how it goes. You should think carefully of how to implement authentication properly. The best fit would be using a JWT token. Tj has recently introduced Up, which helps to deploy serverless websites as well (not only APIs): https://github.com/apex/up We prefer having a Heroku instance or a static website running on a server and then using serverless for the API, because the limitation is that you can't use Websocket without a server. In general, it's definitely fun and cost efficient to build a cloud solution using serverless technologies. Guys, hit me up on Telegram (@mac_r) if you have any other questions! Best, Max

Without going into a ton of detail, I have an idea for an application that logs PHP errors from a website. However, I'm torn between developing this as a SaaS subscription, or a standalone package which users can buy at a one-time cost. Option 1: I develop it as a SaaS, I have to pay for network/storage of all incoming requests from websites attached to this service. Which, could be limited to tiers, but still requires me to maintain and pay for that architecture. Option 2: I develop it as a standalone package which users can install on their own sites and applications. They tie it to a table in their database, and all of their errors are logged locally. I take no responsibility for storage or networking, but it's a one-time fixed cost. Additionally, if someone buys it once they could use it on any number of sites without my knowledge. Option 1 is obviously the better choice in terms of monetization, but I also like removing me from the responsibility of handling incoming logs through Option 2 and leaving it to the users themselves. What do you think?

Try offering both and see which one is more popular. Or first conduct a survey of about 40-100 PHP developers and ask what would they prefer.

I did the same mistake @harrydry did 2 years ago by putting them in DataBase as MongoDB Blob or something (don't remember now) but never hosted them any reliable paid service other than Imgur. A/c to your experiences what is the reliable place you've found where you host your images nowadays ?

Mostly directly on the filesystem. And just save the path to the file in the database. What I can also recommend is simply a s3 bucket and save only the open link, but I have never used productive..

Definitely not for Gaming

Whatever you buy, format the harddrive and all the bloatware that comes with and install a Linux distro. :)

It took me a while to understand but good colors make the project look a lot better than one with poor design. Nowadays I am checking out [Coolors](https://coolors.co) & [Colour Hunt](https://colourhunt.com) for Inspiration. How do you choose your colors for next project?

My favourite superhero of all time is spiderman. So I choose color palette according to the costume my project feels closer to

I'm thinking of two options. Either using an eval(), or implementing a DSL. Neither of them makes me really wanna. What would you do? Got any better suggestions?

I would consider another pattern, Swizec. There is one, which is actively used by D3.js. Basically you create an object and then each instance method returns that object back. This way you can create a neat chain of settings without any ugly config objects or time consuming DSL. Example: instance = new Instance(); instance.setMemory(300).setStorage(1000).setMemoryAlertThreshold(0.8).start(). There is no context of what you work on, but hope it helps.

Developers Questions on Work in Progress

Robert Hopman

2018-06-12 15:47:40 UTC

How to get #backlinks automated on a list of urls?

Brahma Reddy Chilakala

2018-06-04 10:05:36 UTC

What are the benefits of using OAuth providers compared to creating own login flow?

Akshay Kadam(A2K)

2018-06-04 05:47:57 UTC

How many of you have completely switched to using only CSS Grid with No Fallbacks?

Jonny Platt

2018-05-29 01:17:39 UTC

How do you synchronize projects between laptop(s) and desktop?

Pete Codes

2018-05-27 08:22:37 UTC

Do I need media queries if I use flexbox?

Akshay Anand

2018-05-26 16:05:45 UTC

For a project you're interested in and are following, what would you like to see in terms of progress?

Armin Ulrich

2018-05-17 17:44:28 UTC

Can you point me to WIP members who built stuff using React.js?

Keyul

2018-05-17 17:21:03 UTC

How to keep the current user logged in to site after deploying new build on Heroku?

Pete Codes

2018-05-16 19:38:33 UTC

Why do class colors not show up on my website when viewed on mobile? What do I need to add?

Avi Aryan

2018-05-16 09:06:56 UTC

I want to build an app. Should I just go with Firebase for the backend OR care making my own using Python/NodeJS etc...?

Marc Köhlbrugge

2018-05-11 10:23:43 UTC

What’s the correct CORS configuration for allowing direct uploads in S3 ?

Ryan

2018-05-11 09:36:06 UTC

What text editor do you use?

Marc Köhlbrugge

2018-05-10 11:15:00 UTC

What’s the best URL structure for WIP Questions? #wip

Melissa Marijnen

2018-05-09 09:12:54 UTC

Which soft skills are essential as a developer for your success?

Marc Köhlbrugge

2018-05-07 13:07:52 UTC

How do you decide whether to refactor or rewrite?

Gabriel Chuan ( readwhat.me | smubia.org )

2018-05-03 10:37:32 UTC

What frontend frameworks do you use to quickly get started?

Daniel Meade

2018-04-26 05:59:53 UTC

Does anyone know of a woocommerce plug-in that can return a random product after purchasing?

Akshay Kadam(A2K)

2018-04-22 19:14:35 UTC

When to use Servers & when to go Serverless ?

Andrew Schmelyun

2018-04-20 22:07:55 UTC

Should I develop this idea as a SaaS app or standalone software?

Akshay Kadam(A2K)

2018-04-19 14:03:38 UTC

What do you use for Web Scraping?

Akshay Kadam(A2K)

2018-04-18 09:54:02 UTC

Where do you upload your images in projects?

Akshay Kadam(A2K)

2018-04-17 08:39:08 UTC

Best Windows Laptop with $800 budget ?

Sebastian Kinz|inger

2018-04-16 10:34:57 UTC

How would you setup a managable multipage setup with node/express?

Akshay Kadam(A2K)

2018-04-14 11:10:34 UTC

How do you choose Color Palettes for your next project?

Swizec Teller

2018-04-13 00:43:33 UTC

If you had to make a complex piece of logic configurable. Think logic as data. What would you do and why?

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