Hello, I'm   Jason

Visual Studio Code is a very powerful editor. There’s little doubt that developers from many different languages are using this editor to extend for their own needs. One of my favorite uses of Visual Studio Code is to use it as a pure Markdown editor. Chances are you’re familiar with Markdown at this point as GitHub, StackOverflow, and many other systems use Markdown to strip out unnecessary HTML and have a clean and concise rendering.

GitHub is constantly adding new features and settings to help developers. While I still feel there are areas that I’d like to see more improvements, there are plenty of features that are easy to overlook.

Yesterday, Microsoft released a bunch of new Microsoft Surface devices as well as a few other products. Here is a list of the products they have announced:

Microsoft is holding it’s annual Surface hardware event today at 11am ET. The most obvious announcement is that Microsoft will surely release the Surface Pro 8. In addition, I’d expect a new Surface Duo 2 mobile phone, Surface Book 4 laptop, and potentially other Surface devices.

On Wednesday, I opened my inbox to find this:

Microsoft Ignite registration is now open. The website is currently very slow as registration for the virtual event is required.

I’m hiring a Junior Web Developer for our growing team. This position is for biBerk, a direct insurance company. We’re looking for someone interested in writing clean and efficient HTML and CSS. This individual will help to maintain our Content Management System, Intranet, and will gain experience in other areas of the business. While experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, SASS, and CMS systems are preferred, it’s not required. As with all of our positions, this position also offers opportunities for growth.

I’ve posted numerous times before about the 9/11 tragic events. Please take time to remember those that have lost their lives in the events of September 11, 2001.

Yesterday, Amazon released several new Fire TV products including a brand new Fire TV Stick and their first self-branded smart televisions.

Last week, we had announced that TechBash 2021 would be postponed. Today I’m happy to announce that we will be back at the Kalahari next November. Here is the full post from techbash.com: