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Babel On General web Babel [github/babel], formerly 6to5 and highlighted previously in Versioning, is still a great transpiler for writing next gen JavaScript. git-stats [github/ionicabizau] is like GitHub’s contributions calendar, but local, for your commits. PleaseWait [github/pathgather] is a library to show users a pretty splash animation while your pages load. ReactShadow [github/wildhoney] is a library for React that allows you to insert your styles where they belong, in your CSS docs. This is a really great examination of variables and scoping in ECMAScript 6 [2ality]. Maybe Isomorphic JavaScript would be better termed Progressive JavaScript [medium/jedwatson]. Here’s Jony Design For some reason the New Yorker dedicated 13,000 words to a deep and interesting examination of this obscure designer named Jony Ive [newyorker]. Seems like a real up-and-comer. Also, Bootstrap Zero [bootstrapzero] is a huge collection of free, open-source Bootstrap themes and templates. Here’s how one designer organizes their Sketch 3 for iOS workflow [medium/sketch-app]. In the Middle, Man SitePoint On SitePoint, a look at whether it’s worth accepting cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Then we have the first part of a guide to creating an image gallery using the Flickr API. The second and final part of the guide will be out later this week. Then there’s this guide to creating static sites for free with Middleman and GitHub. Traffic Jam News/business Check out the story of “Equation Group”, who ran the most advanced hacking operation uncovered so far [arstechnica]. Not to be outdone, it looks like the NSA has been hiding spying software in harddrive firmware [reuters]. Great! A few posts about disappointing web traffic today: Marco Arment thinks the traffic from Google is falling off in favor of social [marco], while The Atlantic editor Derek Thompson says Twitter’s own numbers suggest the service doesn’t help with traffic much at all [theatlantic]. Let’s just give up, shall we? StoriesOnBoard [storiesonboard] looks to be a great tool for product development. WorkinOnIt Off-topic SampleStitch [samplestitch] lets you play around with famous samples used by Kanye, Jay Z and J Dilla, and try and recreate famous hooks with your keyboard. Finally, here are 12 tips for typing faster on your iPhone or iPad [howtogeek]. Not terribly exciting, but handy. Sent from my iPhone That's it for today's Versioning. Expect tomorrow's edition a little earlier since we'll be typing it up on our iPhones (not really, that's a terrible idea). Until then!