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Edition: 2026-07-18

Daily Digest - 2026-07-18

Total articles in digest: 3

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How to Create Accessible Modals and Pop-ups Using HTML, CSS, and Minimal JavaScript

  • Source: freeCodeCamp Programming Tutorials: Python, JavaScript, Git & More
  • Words: 2093
  • Category: Uncategorized
  • Published: 2026-07-17T20:34:10+00:00
  • Score: 6.1

Creating pop-ups and modals on your site can be a complicated process.

  • Why it's relevant: matches terms: javascript; fits Uncategorized category
  • Summary:
    • Creating pop-ups and modals on your site can be a complicated process.
    • And it often requires a lot of boilerplate code to get started.
    • But the real challenge comes when you want to make that modal or pop-up accessible.

How to Build a Browser-Based PDF Redaction Tool Using JavaScript

  • Source: freeCodeCamp Programming Tutorials: Python, JavaScript, Git & More
  • Words: 3935
  • Category: Uncategorized
  • Published: 2026-07-17T20:33:11+00:00
  • Score: 6.1

PDF documents are frequently used to share invoices, contracts, reports, legal records, customer documents, financial statements, and internal business files.

  • Why it's relevant: matches terms: javascript; fits Uncategorized category
  • Summary:
    • PDF documents are frequently used to share invoices, contracts, reports, legal records, customer documents, financial statements, and internal business files.
    • But before these documents are shared, they may contain information that shouldn't be visible to the recipient.
    • An invoice might include an account number.

Thanks HN for 15 years of support and helping me find my life's work

  • Source: Hacker News: Newest
  • Words: 306
  • Category: Tech
  • Published: 2026-07-17T16:57:27+00:00
  • Score: 2.8

Tomorrow is the 15th anniversary of the first day of the Recurse Center ( https://www.recurse.com/ ) My cofounders and I did YC all the way back in the Summer of 2010, with the initial idea of building "OkCupid for jobs…

  • Why it's relevant: matches terms: programming; fits Tech category
  • Summary:
    • Tomorrow is the 15th anniversary of the first day of the Recurse Center ( My cofounders and I did YC all the way back in the Summer of 2010, with the initial idea of building "OkCupid for jobs." That idea quickly fizzled, and we spent the better part of a year pivoting between other ideas that also failed.
    • Finally, we made something that we wanted ourselves: a self-directed programming retreat, where people built fun projects, contributed to open source, and helped each other become better programmers.
    • After running two small batches, we launched on HN[1] and got an incredible reception.

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Connections

  • Uncategorized leads today's digest with 2 posts.
  • Recurring themes: javascript.
  • freeCodeCamp Programming Tutorials: Python, JavaScript, Git & More appears 2 times, signaling strong recent output.

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