charesjrdan

Is there any support for profiling js applications? I see node.js but seems like browser js isn’t supported?

I think this is one of my favourite pieces of tech in the past five years tbh.

I still use bash for short <5 line scripts but everything else is bb (though I’ve started looking into nbb because you can use node libs like ink which seems pretty cool)

And repl integration with neovim and conjure is great!

What’s the reasoning behind using some database I’ve never heard of vs Postgres etc?

Interesting project though

I love babashka but always find nbb scripts hard because everything returns a promise which makes the normal REPL workflow tricky.. maybe I’m doing it wrong though

Craft.do is a good solution to your problem if you don’t mind closed source.

I personally have started using logseq.com though, it is a good fully open source file system based approach. It supports markdown and org mode, and I store the files in an iCloud Drive folder so I can access stuff on my phone (though it’s not quite as slick as craft, and setting up an auto deployed website would have to be done manually whereas craft does it for you)

Twitter bought them for the devs and shut the project down. I just thought it was a very interesting project and even though it’s 10 years old I don’t think I’ve seen any DB tool that allows you to dynamically change the data modal like this

Great pointers, I started learning Clojure for a hobby project and was initially put off by the lack of ‘frameworks’ like nextjs or rails, but after effectively piecing my own stack together from components like Reitit and Integrant I’m really glad I didn’t use a framework.

I actually feel like I understand everything that happens in the system now, and when problems arise I can REPL in and hunt them down with confidence.

Though I don’t use Clojure professionally, I’ve definitely become a better developer just from playing with it, a contrast to JavaScript where I feel like learning it actually lowered my iq…

Not sure I agree with your first point. Next can output static sites easily, I've used it for some tiny marketing sites recently and I think its fine for small sites. You get auto routing, and can use react components without any hassle.

And 'sufficiently dynamic web apps still will want a SPA' doesn't make much sense to me because you can just use nextjs in full SPA mode and its just as 'dynamic' as any react app

I also am taking that course (1/3 completed so far, it’s a long course) and have some things to say. Not affiliated in any way, my company paid for it.

I think it doesn’t teach anything you couldn’t learn yourself by reading the spec or css-tricks etc, however there’s just no way I would have bothered reading those things myself as in depth as I am going with the course. There’s definitely some information in the course that I don’t feel is useful, and I already knew quite a lot about css so most of it is familiar, but I still learn important things every time I sit down and go through a module. And I love the interactivity and actual practical challenges included.

So overall I give it an 8/10, and would recommend to anyone working (or who aspires to work) on the frontend.

Is it worth $350? If you’re on an average dev salary then yes, if you’re in school or not exactly floating in money, then I’d say stick to just reading free content online or making things you enjoy and learn by doing.