🔥 Daily Digest: Master Chatbot Builders, JavaScript Performance, and Code Quality Testing

Daily Issue #52

• 6 Best Open-Source AI Chatbot Builders

• The Hidden Costs of Poor Code Quality: Why Testing Matters

• Debouncing vs Throttling in JavaScript: When and Why You Should Use Them

function debounce(func, delay) {
    let timeoutId;
    return function(...args) {
        clearTimeout(timeoutId);
        timeoutId = setTimeout(() => func.apply(this, args), delay);
    };
}

• It's hard to write code for computers, but it's even harder to write code for humans

• Scaling Node.js Applications for High Performance

• deno - A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript

• tinybase - A reactive data store for local‑first apps

• notepad - An offline-capable Notepad which is a Progressive Web App

• signaldb - a local JavaScript database with a MongoDB-like interface and TypeScript support

Midjourney

Logical properties in CSS

Problem: I needed to create a gradient using LAB colors for smoother transitions and apply a responsive margin that adapts to text direction

Solution: I used the margin-inline-start property to set a responsive margin that adjusts based on the writing direction (LTR/RTL). For the gradient, I used the lab() function to create a color gradient that transitions smoothly between LAB color values.

.lab-gradient-generator {
   /* Responsive margin that adjusts based on text direction */
   margin-inline-start: 2rem; 
}

.lab-gradient-display {
  background: linear-gradient(
    to right, 
    lab(var(--l-start) var(--a-start) var(--b-start)), 
    lab(var(--l-end) var(--a-end) var(--b-end))
  ); 
}

Keywords: CSS LAB color gradient, linear-gradient with LAB, margin-inline-start, responsive margin, bidirectional text support, CSS color spaces

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