wooly_bully

Two requests!

1. unique urls per channel so I can send it to a friend and say "check this out" 2. up + down keys for changing channels

The sensible route to this today is to use a query client, IMO: tanstack, rtk query, apollo, etc.

It prevents the umpteenth reinvention of an incomplete fetch state machine, which is probably the number one most consistent frontend bug I encounter.

The wording virtually guarantees that it’s changing to subscription. I give it a year and a half.

The book that Dominik Tornow is writing “Thinking in Distributed Systems” has been an excellent next read after DDIA for me (it’s not yet finished I believe).

Really shows the experience of someone who understands this stuff inside and out (was one of the main people behind Temporal).

(Ex-)Convoy engineer here. No mystery as to why this happened, sudden tight market and low available capital demolished us. External reasons given in the article were the same we knew and couldn't do anything about considering that none of the M&A options materialized.

Detailed the shutdown on a call at 8:30am Pacific this morning. CEO said there'll be no severance or healthcare.

Lot of talented folks in Seattle and beyond who'll be looking for new gigs.

This is what Svelte does, React has a runtime even when bundled

It’s good for reference but not for discovery. If I already know the general concept (let’s say Template Literal Types) I can get good info on it, but if I start with a question like ‘Is there a way to make sure this string literal starts with “id_”?’ then I find it very hard to know.

Random but this is what I’m finding GPT-4 best at: translating random questions into domain terminology + providing examples.

I just am about halfway thru. Absolutely stands up, doesnt even feel dated almost 20 years after the revised edition.

On a similar note - If you’ve not seen it, the galata bridge in Istanbul has a boardwalk full of shops on its underside. Very cool.