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Mike Austin
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Raoul Duke
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Apr 26
Deploying React app to a subfolder sill painful
"you know, you can submit a PR, so stop complaining" /s fundamentally our software is
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Deploying React app to a subfolder sill painful
"you know, you can submit a PR, so stop complaining" /s fundamentally our software is
Apr 26
Mike Austin
2
Apr 21
Sometimes I just want to write my own database
The fix is to use UPDATE + INTO instead of WITH + UPDATE. The former is considered a "top level
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Sometimes I just want to write my own database
The fix is to use UPDATE + INTO instead of WITH + UPDATE. The former is considered a "top level
Apr 21
Raoul Duke
,
Mike Austin
2
Apr 6
still on the bucket list
Wow, that is a step in the right direction. On Friday, April 4, 2025 at 9:47:41 AM UTC-7 raould wrote
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still on the bucket list
Wow, that is a step in the right direction. On Friday, April 4, 2025 at 9:47:41 AM UTC-7 raould wrote
Apr 6
Raoul Duke
,
Paul Tarvydas
2
Apr 4
new idea
Here, here! I think that the future of programming consists of transpiling source code text from some
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new idea
Here, here! I think that the future of programming consists of transpiling source code text from some
Apr 4
Raoul Duke
,
Mike Austin
2
Apr 3
everything is an X
I like the immutability of React, but yes the hooks “DSL” on top of JS can be frustrating. I've
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everything is an X
I like the immutability of React, but yes the hooks “DSL” on top of JS can be frustrating. I've
Apr 3
Raoul Duke
,
Mike Austin
2
Apr 3
i want ai (just not death by it)
Yeah if it makes my life easier and helps me write code / create apps easier. But if it's for
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i want ai (just not death by it)
Yeah if it makes my life easier and helps me write code / create apps easier. But if it's for
Apr 3
Raoul Duke
,
Mike Austin
3
Mar 28
tower/atom?
apologies https://hackage.haskell.org/package/atom-1.0.13/docs/Language-Atom.html
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tower/atom?
apologies https://hackage.haskell.org/package/atom-1.0.13/docs/Language-Atom.html
Mar 28
Raoul Duke
,
Mike Austin
2
Mar 28
no silver bullet
What specifically are the hacks and bugs? If you code wildly without thought, yes, your useState()
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no silver bullet
What specifically are the hacks and bugs? If you code wildly without thought, yes, your useState()
Mar 28
Mike Austin
Mar 26
Adding a new feature within minutes
I know I'm doing something right when I can add a new feature within minutes. I added the ability
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Adding a new feature within minutes
I know I'm doing something right when I can add a new feature within minutes. I added the ability
Mar 26
Raoul Duke
,
David Barbour
2
Mar 26
optional methods
For optional arguments, it's convenient to have keyword arguments and defaults. In context of
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optional methods
For optional arguments, it's convenient to have keyword arguments and defaults. In context of
Mar 26
Raoul Duke
Mar 24
a thread to make one cry
Notably it's *Systems Hungarian* which makes no sense whatsoever. This notation ... | Hacker News
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a thread to make one cry
Notably it's *Systems Hungarian* which makes no sense whatsoever. This notation ... | Hacker News
Mar 24
Raoul Duke
,
David Barbour
2
Mar 21
bugs
A few reasons: incorrect integration (eg bad docs, read them wrong, wrote or the composition code
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bugs
A few reasons: incorrect integration (eg bad docs, read them wrong, wrote or the composition code
Mar 21
Raoul Duke
Mar 18
semantics & tools
for many pragmatic reasons, as much as i like React with Redux even though it is death by boilerplate
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semantics & tools
for many pragmatic reasons, as much as i like React with Redux even though it is death by boilerplate
Mar 18
Mike Austin
,
Raoul Duke
4
Mar 17
Boolean logic is hard
Yes, I don't always add parens around simple && || logic, but definitely if it's
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Boolean logic is hard
Yes, I don't always add parens around simple && || logic, but definitely if it's
Mar 17
Raoul Duke
,
Mike Austin
2
Mar 17
syntax is heck
C# has named and optional arguments and is feels sane. anExample.ExampleMethod(3, optionalint: 4);
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syntax is heck
C# has named and optional arguments and is feels sane. anExample.ExampleMethod(3, optionalint: 4);
Mar 17
Raoul Duke
,
Mike Austin
2
Mar 17
relational design
Rust? Smart pointers? If trying to manage manually, yeah, good luck. On Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 6
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relational design
Rust? Smart pointers? If trying to manage manually, yeah, good luck. On Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 6
Mar 17
Raoul Duke
Mar 12
i liked this eval
My 2025 Programming Language Tier List https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-01_programming-language-tier-list
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i liked this eval
My 2025 Programming Language Tier List https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-01_programming-language-tier-list
Mar 12
Raoul Duke
Mar 5
reify everything
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2844108 what if error failure specs were data too? certificates of
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reify everything
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2844108 what if error failure specs were data too? certificates of
Mar 5
Raoul Duke
Mar 5
random spitballing
per request, if every step of the distributed system annotated each processing step then there would
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random spitballing
per request, if every step of the distributed system annotated each processing step then there would
Mar 5
Raoul Duke
Mar 3
why enums suck
all the various ways of suck exhibited by all the different kinds of enums i suspect are really
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why enums suck
all the various ways of suck exhibited by all the different kinds of enums i suspect are really
Mar 3
Mike Austin
Feb 27
Managing multiple text fields with focus and selection is hard
I'm creating a "Checklist" component which uses independent text fields but should feel
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Managing multiple text fields with focus and selection is hard
I'm creating a "Checklist" component which uses independent text fields but should feel
Feb 27
Mike Austin
Feb 13
TypeScript branded types
type uuid = string & { __type: "uuid"; }; function uuid(value: string): uuid { if (!(..
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TypeScript branded types
type uuid = string & { __type: "uuid"; }; function uuid(value: string): uuid { if (!(..
Feb 13
Raoul Duke
Feb 12
dsl or death by text
so alan kay's group said* we need to not have so many lines of code, there's simply too much
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dsl or death by text
so alan kay's group said* we need to not have so many lines of code, there's simply too much
Feb 12
Raoul Duke
Feb 12
TMTOWTDI
as much as i grew up on Perl 5, generally i think it is bad DX. eg javascript object/dict keys must
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TMTOWTDI
as much as i grew up on Perl 5, generally i think it is bad DX. eg javascript object/dict keys must
Feb 12
Raoul Duke
Feb 12
explain yourself!
when the static type checker errors but you do not see the reason why - and the checkers do not offer
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explain yourself!
when the static type checker errors but you do not see the reason why - and the checkers do not offer
Feb 12
Mike Austin
Feb 8
The best abstraction
For quite a while I had a transformItems() conversion function that I used in a few places. Why am I
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The best abstraction
For quite a while I had a transformItems() conversion function that I used in a few places. Why am I
Feb 8
Mike Austin
Feb 1
I still like my little Kopi language
https://mike-austin.com/react-desktop/?app=terminal I wouldn't change much. Maybe if I had time I
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I still like my little Kopi language
https://mike-austin.com/react-desktop/?app=terminal I wouldn't change much. Maybe if I had time I
Feb 1
Raoul Duke
Jan 31
computer memory as a virtual reality
what if the c++ things thought they owned memory on the stack&heap but it was actually all
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computer memory as a virtual reality
what if the c++ things thought they owned memory on the stack&heap but it was actually all
Jan 31
Raoul Duke
Jan 28
shark jumping code golf
i have the luck to have to work with the Foxglove code. It is React with every possible kind of hook,
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shark jumping code golf
i have the luck to have to work with the Foxglove code. It is React with every possible kind of hook,
Jan 28
Raoul Duke
Jan 24
litmus test
if the language cannot really implement swap(a, b) does that mean it is a poor language?
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litmus test
if the language cannot really implement swap(a, b) does that mean it is a poor language?
Jan 24