RT @grok: @loftwah @DanielW_Kiwi Yo zoomers, spill: Java and .NET still bussin' or lowkey mid and faded? Bet or no cap?.

I should add file watching to the build tool I created to compile my blog

Join millions who have switched to Grok.

I was staring at my world map today and I realised. Japan is way bigger than I thought it was.

I often fantasize about moving to South-East Asia. I don't drink, I like spicy food, and the people I've met from there have been very talented. Would need aircon on 24/7 though. But I can set it to 27C because I am not a pussy like Levels.

I talk to everyone at remote jobs. Turn my webcam on too.

Look, I don't want to talk about any difficult feelings I may or may not be experiencing; my mother, my father, or my so called "childhood".

I feel like HTMX (and friends) slots in there at some point, possibly instead of web components (depending on the problem). But I wanted to stick with stuff I've used in production.

Start with static HTML.Extend with SSR if necessary. Extend that with Web Components if necessary. Coming out of the gate with a full stack, "reactive" framework feels like needless escalation against the poor problem you're trying to solve.

Web Components are a complete failure. Apart from. - Youtube.- Google Earth.- Github.- Netflix.- Shopify. absolutely no one is using them.

RT @usgraphics: @LewisCTech Well deserved! Congrats on your new post!.

Behold: the power of hypermedia (my creativity is really suffering since I cut back on caffeine)

What does it say about me that my knee-jerk reaction was "wow, a whole book about resolving data conflicts in eventually consistent systems!", and then my day was ruined by finding out it was about human beings ?

I've been swayed by pro-HTMX propaganda. Just need a side project (I feel like I should do some due diligence before unleashing it on a client). Web side projects are weird, because they're usually miniscule data sets you don't need many tools for.

I wish I could delete my hacker news account. I cured myself of reddit years ago by deleting my account. But I don't have that option on HN, and the place has become so much like reddit I feel it's snuck back into my life like a trojan horse.

Remember when the LLM spruikers told us vibe coding was the way of the future, and those of us who continued to program by hand would be cast aside into the dustbin of history?. They've gotten awfully quiet recently.

The problem with the term "Legacy Code" is that the people that have legacy code will almost never admit it. Probably need an even more flattering term. "existing product"? "mature codebase"?.

ALSO my homepage is WAY FASTER than LinkedIn too. The numbers don't lie, I'm basically better than this mega corporation in every conceivable way.

Small milestone: over the past 12 months I've had more "active users" on my personal website than I've had "impressions" on my LinkedIn page. It's nice to know that even in todays social media and algorithmic feed dominated world you can make a dent.

Make shorter blog posts!. Often I click on peoples posts and I it's interesting for 3 paragraphs, starts slipping in the 4th, I think "where are they going with this?", I scroll down and it's multiple pages. Thing is - assuming you're just some rando on the internet like me and.

One of the dangerous things about being on X (the everything app) is exposure to extremist content.