Edition: 2026-07-13

Daily Digest - 2026-07-13

Total articles in digest: 6

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Last week I picked up the EP-1320 Medieval and I’ve been tinkering with it all weekend.

Why it's relevant: matches terms: programming; fits Developers category
Summary:
- Last week I picked up the EP-1320 Medieval and I’ve been tinkering with it all weekend.
- Besides it’s buck-wild look, it comes with a bunch of expertly recorded medieval samples: flutes, bowed harps, gitterns, reeds, trumpets, bells, battle toms, rowdy peasants, and coconut horse hooves.
- This makes it sound like a joke, a musical toy that immediately finds itself in the back of your closet, but what I love about this musical machine is how seriously it takes itself.

I used destructuring every object in JavaScript.

Why it's relevant: matches terms: javascript; fits Uncategorized category
Summary:
- For a few years I destructured almost everything.
- If there was an object, I destructured it.
- It wasn’t a conscious decision anymore, it was just what modern JavaScript looked like.

An honest accounting of what the craft costs, and why it costs more than the crafts sitting right next to it.

Why it's relevant: fits Design category
Summary:
- The hard things about design I once wrote in 16 pieces of design wisdom that design requires a tremendous amount of mental fortitude.
- One line in a list of sixteen, for something that deserves an essay of its own.
- This one is for the folks deep into the vocation.

128 questions to level up your web accessibility game.

Why it's relevant: matches terms: web; fits Design category
Summary:
- Hi, I'm Dave 👋 I built a11y.quest as a drill to help me study for the Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS) exam.
- It isn't an official resource from the IAAP (the folks who run the exam), just my own study tool.
- The questions test what the spec says, so the "right" answer is the one that ticks the technical boxes.

Guten Tag!

Why it's relevant: matches terms: javascript, web, css; fits Dev category
Summary:
- Web Weekly #196 Do you know what shipped in the new JavaScript version?
- Do you know about all the fancy anchor positioning features yet?
- Turn on the Web Weekly tune and find some answers below.

Describe what you want, get a beautiful on-brand email.

Why it's relevant: fits Design category
Summary:
- The structure and design is often where I can get stuck, so this is HUGE!
- Thank you so much, I'm excited to dive more into it!
- Loved by our community World-class design simplicity in seconds, so I can claw my time back for what actually matters.