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  1. Anxiety Maze [Free] [Other]
    A game about navigating a maze in the dark or light avoiding monsters

    https://alee431-glitch.itch.io/anxiety-maze

    #indie #games #gaming #indiegames #indiegaming

  2. Fantasy Zone - The Maze
    (SEGA, 1987)

    🕹️ Play online:
    google.com/search?q=play+Maste

    Sega's last Fantasy Zone game is a maze-based experience where you must collect dots to advance, turning enemies into coins. Avoid 2nd-generation enemies, collect power-ups, and race against the clock. Earn points and complete bonus rounds to progress through each world.

    #sega #MasterSystem #retrogaming #retrogames
    (Video: screenscraper.fr)

  3. Review - Murder in the Maze, by J.J. Connington: I'd expected better based on the other Connington book I'd read, but this was a bit overly predictable and wore out its welcome. Rating: 2/5 ("it was okay").

    Full review: breathesbooks.com/2026/10/18/r

    #bookstodon #BookReview

  4. Teenage boy rescued from Brisbane stormwater drain

    Firefighters have rescued a teenager from the “maze” of stormwater drains under Brisbane. Emergency services received reports that…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #brisbaneriver #Emergency #kangaroopoint #police #Qld #Queensland #rescue #Science #tiktok #Tunnels
    newsbeep.com/us/886898/

  5. From Harif UK:
    Yemeni and Adeni Jews  in the 20th century were divided by borders and cultural differences. They were frequently united, however, by their determination to make aliya. Migration to the land of Israel brought tens of thousands of Yemeni Jews to and through Aden over decades: the history of that contact, though often fraught, offers a case study in Jewish solidarity.

    Join Zoom Meeting
    us02web.zoom.us/j/84696654202?
    Meeting ID: 846 9665 4202
    Passcode: crater

     IMPORTANT: Please note that no registration is required but for security reasons, only participants identified by name, and not 'Ipad' or 'Wonderwoman', willl be admitted. The event will be recorded.

    To see recordings of previous events, click here: youtube.com/user/bataween1/vid

    #Mazeldon #Judaism #Jewish #JewishHistory #MENA #Sephardi #Mizrahi

  6. No brain. No neurons. No eyes. 🧠✨

    Drop slime mold (Physarum polycephalum) into a maze with food at both ends. It explores every corridor — then retracts from the dead ends, leaving one tube along the shortest path. In 2000, Nakagaki's team showed this puzzle-solving is real; later, the same trick sketched a rail network rivaling Tokyo's.

    All from a single giant cell.

    #science #biology #slimemold

  7. 🎭 Oh, the riveting #saga of Otto Z: death, #plagiarism, revenge - a Shakespearean tragedy performed by a community theater troupe. After wading through The Guardian's menu maze 🍔, we finally unravel that Otto's life is the plot of a soap opera nobody asked for. 📺💥
    theguardian.com/news/ng-intera #OttoZ #ShakespeareanTragedy #CommunityTheater #Drama #HackerNews #ngated

  8. Dead End (2026) by Michael J. Nurney (Mjnurney) for ZX Spectrum.

    A 3D maze escape from a serial killer, begun on an Amiga emulator in the mid-90s and finished decades later. 🕹️

    💸 mjnurney.itch.io/deadend-zx-sp

    #ai #homebrew #zxspectrum #retro #game #deadend

  9. Migrating a legacy application is rarely a walk in the park. It's often a complex dance between maintaining existing functionality, introducing new features, and, if you're lucky, improving performance. When we decided to tackle our aging AngularJS codebase, the promise of a snappier user experience with React was a huge motivator. And let me tell you, the 30% performance improvement we saw wasn't just marketing hype; it was a game-changer.

    Why Migrate? Beyond the Hype


    Before diving into the 'how,' let's quickly touch on the 'why.' For us, it wasn't just about chasing the latest shiny framework. AngularJS, while revolutionary in its time, had several pain points that were becoming increasingly difficult to manage:

    • Performance Bottlenecks: Digest cycles, especially with complex two-way data binding and watchers, often led to sluggish UIs. Our app was feeling the weight.
    • Developer Experience (DX): The learning curve for new team members was steep, and debugging often felt like navigating a maze. Modern React patterns offer a more intuitive, component-based approach.
    • Ecosystem & Support: The community around AngularJS has naturally dwindled, making it harder to find up-to-date libraries, solutions, and talent.
    • Maintainability: Large AngularJS applications can become difficult to refactor and scale. Components were tightly coupled, and testing was a chore.

    React offered a compelling alternative with its virtual DOM, unidirectional data flow, and thriving ecosystem. The potential for a significant performance boost was the cherry on top.

    The Gradual Approach: Strangler Fig Pattern to the Rescue


    Rip and replace? Not for a mission-critical application. We adopted a strategy akin to the Strangler Fig pattern. The idea is to incrementally replace parts of the old system with new ones, letting the new system 'strangle' the old one until it's completely gone. This minimizes risk and allows for continuous delivery.

    Our strategy involved:

    1. Identifying Isolated Modules: We started with less critical, self-contained features or pages that could be rewritten in React without heavily impacting the core AngularJS app.
    2. Building a Bridge: The crucial part was making AngularJS and React components coexist and communicate. We used a simple wrapper pattern.
    3. Shared State Management: For larger applications, a shared state management solution (like Redux or Zustand) was key to avoid prop-drilling across the Angular/React boundary.


    Bridging the Gap: A Simple Example


    Let's say you have an AngularJS component that needs to render a new React component. You can create an AngularJS directive that acts as a wrapper.

    // angular-react-wrapper.js
    import React from 'react';
    import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
    import MyReactComponent from './MyReactComponent';

    angular.module('myAngularApp')
    .directive('reactComponentWrapper', function() {
    return {
    restrict: 'E',
    scope: {
    props: '='
    },
    link: function(scope, element) {
    const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(element[0]);

    scope.$watch('props', function(newProps) {
    root.render(
    <React.StrictMode>
    <MyReactComponent {...newProps} />
    </React.StrictMode>
    );
    }, true);

    scope.$on('$destroy', function() {
    root.unmount();
    });
    }
    };
    });

    Then, in your AngularJS template:

    <!-- angular-template.html -->
    <react-component-wrapper props="angularData" />

    This simple setup allows your AngularJS app to pass data (angularData) to your new React component (MyReactComponent).

    Measuring Success: The 30% Performance Boost


    How did we quantify that 30%? It wasn't just a gut feeling. We focused on key metrics:

    • First Contentful Paint (FCP): How long until the first piece of content appears on the screen.
    • Largest Contentful Paint (LCP): How long until the main content of the page is loaded.
    • Time to Interactive (TTI): How long until the page is fully interactive and responsive to user input.
    • Bundle Size: Smaller bundles mean faster downloads.

    We used tools like Lighthouse, WebPageTest, and even simple console.time() measurements for specific component render cycles. The results were consistent: pages rewritten in React consistently loaded faster and felt significantly more responsive.

    Where the Gains Came From:


    1. Virtual DOM: React's ability to minimize direct DOM manipulations dramatically reduced render times.
    2. Unidirectional Data Flow: Easier to reason about, leading to fewer unexpected re-renders and simpler performance optimizations.
    3. Component-Based Architecture: Encouraged smaller, more focused components, leading to better code splitting and lazy loading opportunities.
    4. Modern Tooling: Leveraging Webpack for optimized bundling, tree-shaking, and minification was far more effective than our older Gulp/Grunt setups.


    Challenges Along the Way


    No migration is without its bumps. We encountered:

    • State Management Complexity: Deciding how to manage global state across both frameworks initially required careful planning.
    • Styling Consistency: Ensuring a consistent look and feel across AngularJS and React components required a robust design system or careful CSS management.
    • Team Skill Gaps: Training the team on React best practices and modern JavaScript was an investment, but one that paid off handsomely.
    • Testing: Rewriting tests for React components from scratch, while necessary, added to the workload.


    Final Thoughts: Was it Worth It?


    Absolutely. The performance boost was tangible, delighting both users and developers. The improved developer experience, the vibrant React ecosystem, and the future-proofing of our codebase made the effort worthwhile. If you're grappling with an aging AngularJS application, don't shy away from a gradual migration. It's a journey, but one that can lead to significant gains and a much healthier application.#angular #react #frontend #migration #software #coding #development #engineering #inclusive #community
    Migrating from AngularJS to React: A 30% Performance Improvement Journey

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