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bknd is a lightweight backend system that makes app development easier by providing ready-to-use features like database management, user authentication, media handling, and workflow automation, all in one place. It works with many JavaScript runtimes and frameworks, so you can deploy it almost anywhere and even bundle backend and frontend together. It offers a full REST API, a React SDK, and UI components to speed up development without needing deep backend knowledge. This saves you time, reduces complexity, and helps you build secure, scalable apps faster with less effort. You can start quickly with a simple command and customize as needed.
https://github.com/bknd-io/bknd
The symbol ¶ was commonly used in Medieval manuscripts to indicate a new paragraph.
Since there were no standards for indenting or spacing at the time, specialized scribes known as rubricators marked paragraphs (beginning of a different train of thought within the author's narrative) with these ornate symbols, often drawn in red ink.
The symbol ¶ has largely fallen out of common use but remains a symbol for paragraph breaks in formatting tools.
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https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonDecorators
This page largely documents the history of the process of adding #decorators to #Python.
If you're just interested in what decorators or the '@' #symbol mean in Python, see the Wikipedia page .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_syntax_and_semantics#Decorators or PEP 318.
The @ symbol has many nicknames across different languages.
For example:
➖In Russian, it’s known as собака (sobaka), meaning “dog”
➖In German, it’s called Affenschwanz, meaning “monkey’s tail”
➖In Turkish, it’s known as kuyruklu a, meaning “a with a tail”
➖In Finnish, it’s called kissanhäntä, meaning “cat’s tail”
What does the Italian name for this symbol mean?
A. Monkey
B. Snail
C. Dog
D. Spider
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The ampersand (&) symbol has a rich history intertwined with the evolution of the English alphabet. Originally, it was a ligature of the Latin word “et,” meaning “and.” Over time, this symbol became so integral to writing that it was included as the 27th character in the English alphabet, following ‘Z’. When reciting the alphabet, people would conclude with “X, Y, Z, and per se and,” which translates to “and, by itself, and.” This phrase was eventually slurred together into the single term “ampersand.”
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In the world of printing and journalism, the exclamation mark (!) has earned a variety of colorful nicknames. One of these humorous terms compares its shape to a specific part of a dog’s anatomy.
Sometimes an exclamation mark is humorously referred to as “a dog’s [what]"?
A) Tail 🐕
B) Nose 👃
C) Bone 🦴
D) C*ck🍆
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#javascript#ecmascript_proposals#es2015#es2019#es6#es7#esnext#javascript#js#polyfill#ponyfill#promise#proposal#proposals#shim#symbol#weakmap
core-js is a modular JavaScript library that provides polyfills for modern ECMAScript features up to 2024, including promises, symbols, collections, iterators, typed arrays, and many web standards like URL and structuredClone. It lets you use new JavaScript features in older browsers by loading only the needed parts without polluting the global namespace. It integrates well with tools like Babel and swc for optimized polyfilling. This helps you write modern, compatible code that runs smoothly across different environments, improving development efficiency and user experience. You can customize polyfill usage and even build your own tailored version for your project.
https://github.com/zloirock/core-js