The Orange Cat
The Orange Cat is a massive Maine Coon with a zest for life, blending a passion for coding with a flair for storytelling. With an enthusiasm for diving into the latest web development trends, this adventurous feline eagerly explores the world of React and its libraries. When not busy with code, The Orange Cat can be found basking in sunny spots and relishing delicious treats, perfectly capturing a mix of curiosity and relaxation.
On this blog, The Orange Cat shares captivating tales from the coding universe, providing insights and reflections that inspire tech lovers. Whether you're into web development, enjoy engaging narratives, or simply have a fondness for cats, there's something here for everyone to enjoy.
The latest articles by The Orange Cat
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React Split Pane v3: The Classic Layout Splitter Gets a Modern Makeover
React Split Pane just shipped its biggest update ever. Version 3 is a complete rewrite with hooks, TypeScript, accessibility, and features the original never had. Here is everything that changed and how to upgrade.
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Rolldown: The Rust-Powered Bundler That Speaks Rollup
A Rust-powered bundler with Rollup compatibility that is about to change how Vite builds your projects.
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Typed.js: The Invisible Typist Living Inside Your Website
Every memorable landing page has that moment where text appears letter by letter, as if a ghost is typing it in real time. Typed.js has been conjuring that illusion since 2013, and with v3.0.0 it is still the most popular way to make your hero section feel alive.
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Billboard.js: D3-Powered Charts That Hit Number One
Tired of wrestling with raw D3.js to render a simple bar chart? Billboard.js wraps all that SVG-wrangling complexity into a clean, declarative API. With 20+ chart types, five built-in themes, and an official React wrapper, it puts D3's power at your fingertips without the learning cliff.
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Regex Cop on Duty: eslint-plugin-regexp
Regular expressions are powerful but notoriously tricky. eslint-plugin-regexp gives your linter 80 new rules to catch regex bugs, security issues, and style violations before they reach production.
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Rspress: Docs at the Speed of Rust
When your docs build faster than you can save the file, you know something special is going on under the hood.
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Heat.js: Turn Your Date Data Into Beautiful Heatmaps, Charts, and More
GitHub contribution graphs have trained us all to think in green squares. Heat.js takes that idea and runs with it, giving you six different ways to visualize date-based activity with zero dependencies and a single library.
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EmbedPDF: Chrome's Own PDF Engine, Now in Your App
A framework-agnostic PDF viewer powered by the same engine that renders PDFs in Google Chrome.
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StackBlur.js: The Blazing Fast Canvas Blur That Skips the Math Homework
When CSS filter blur is not enough and a full Gaussian convolution is overkill, StackBlur.js sits in the sweet spot: visually indistinguishable from Gaussian at most radii, but fast enough to run in real time on large canvases with zero dependencies.
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Midscene.js: The AI That Sees Your UI and Clicks for You
What if your test scripts could just look at the screen and figure things out, the way a human would?