OneTab Links: Episode 5

I missed posting last week due to some family responsibility, but I’ve got a bumper edition with some good stuff this week!

Tech/Software Development

I was telling a colleague about design systems this week, and some places I had been to for inspiration – Codyhouse is a great resource including their 6 part series on Design System.
WordPress Full Site Editing is ramping up for inclusion in core, and here’s a good podcast talking about the latest news there.
Design platform Figma are having a conference in April.
Want to learn how to make block patterns for WordPress? Here’s a great tutorial.
In case you didn’t know, WooCommerce has a great free resource for learning modern JavaScript.
Just another story of how people from Cape Town, South Africa have been instrumental in building large online tech companies – this time AWS.
Mike Jolley finished his 4 part series on Headless WordPress with a great post!
If you are looking for a free WordPress theme for your portfolio, this is a great new option called Eksell from Anders Norén!
This is a useful collection of code cheatsheets and examples.
If you prefer paper over digital wireframing, this printable resource is for you.

If you are still in lockdown and miss the pub or socializing in general, you can still pretend you are there with these sounds.
My friend Rob Hope site One Page Love became a teenager! Congrats Rob! 🙂
I see one of my favorite coffee shops in Cape Town ships internationally 🙂 and they ship my favorite roast, Black Honey, in capsules if you prefer that instead of beans!
My favorite shoe brand, Vans, finally launched an online store for South Africa!
Most of my friends know that I have a notebook obsession. I might just buy one of these to try as it looks pretty cool!
A colleague of mine built one of these guitar kits recently, they look amazing!
I also watched the Snyder cut of the Justice League, and saw Francis Ngannou become the UFC Heavyweight champ! (video below)

A twitter thread with some thought provoking advice:

How to Get Rich (without getting lucky):
— Naval (@naval) May 31, 2018

PRS make some wonderful instruments, private stock are just incredible!

A walkthrough on how “Everlong” was written.

A new UFC heavyweight champ from Africa!

Just listen and enjoy 🙂