Issue 014 -- Parchment Style

Previously taken photos of the Forbidden City - Part Two.

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Parchment Style UI

Recently, I have grown fond of the subtle yellow color used on the Perplexity and Claude websites. I remember enjoying novels in this style when I was younger, but I seem to have encountered it less as I grew older.

However, with the increasing frequency of using these two applications, I might have gotten used to it, and it feels increasingly comfortable to look at. It gives off a very knowledgeable vibe, akin to what Perplexity describes as "the starting point of knowledge." Moreover, the combination of this parchment style with serif fonts adds a unique flavor!

I see some friends using this subtle yellow style as their IDE theme. I tried it but still couldn't accept it, perhaps it's a matter of habit; I currently prefer the light silver-grey theme.

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Vue 3.5 Released

Main updates include:

Performance optimization for the reactive system
Props now support destructuring
Some improvements for SSR
DOM can be referenced through useTemplateRef
onWatcherCleanup() for cleaning up callbacks in watcher

New Open Source Model Reflection 70B Released

It outperformed Claude 3.5 and GPT-4o on multiple metrics, particularly in reasoning capabilities.

A 405B model is expected to be released next week.

Claude Will Support Connecting to GitHub Data Sources

This feature is currently in testing and available for early enterprise program users. It is planned to be rolled out to a broader user base later this year.