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I did do it again, and spent time figuring out how to do it even more. The cool thing though is that I could have chosen to do something else, too. I’m not at a loss for fulfilling…

Just yesterday I noticed I was mentally EXHAUSTED after building out a feature with Claude Code. I actually had to think really, really hard to keep up with the idiot savant as it …

As a fellow parent and hater of YouTube Kids, I've thought about building a replacement. What holds me back is knowing that -- if this was an iPad app, for example -- I'd be at the…

Great little product! Seems like this could actually make good money with the right marketing. Are you doing anything special to leverage TikTok or Instagram Reels? I notice you ha…

3 that I always watch for: - Lenny's newsletter. While lately it's become mostly about how to succeed as a PM in Big Tech, he occasionally covers juicy startup tactics. For example…

A rule of thumb I sometimes use to assess products, including ones I've built: Looking back at the last year, are you (or your users) happy with the time spent using the product? D…

Everyone seems to be missing the obvious reason they want you to view Wrapped in the app: because they want you to share it to your stories on Instagram, Snapchat, etc, which you c…

Great interview with Nick about this and other topics: https://www.joincolossus.com/episodes/20135760/kokonas-know-...

Got a source? I can only find references to training on amateur games (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaGo_versus_Lee_Sedol#Alpha... )

I would call its style unorthodox rather than nonhuman. It still plays common josekis (standard opening sequences) but often chooses uncommon variations. Its mid game is full of st…

One technique that can be useful is imposing domain-specific restrictions, then passing responsibility down the chain. For example, most people only have a handful of recent conver…

It's my experience with their web-oriented and JavaScript projects. They definitely put out lots of high quality open source work in other domains.

It's interesting to contrast how Google and Facebook both approach open source for the web. Google tends to release code and promote it without really using it much internally firs…

It looked like a risky dependency, simple as that. Despite the HN title, the point of the article was not to talk about React Router. EDIT: Additionally, I'm not saying React Route…

You're not wrong. But it feels worse in JS. In both cases lib authors would do well to set proper expectations - if your lib is half baked, be up front about it.

Further thoughts: choosing an unstable library and then criticizing it for being unstable seems silly. There are two sides: library authors need to value things like careful design…

Yeah maybe. To me it feels like many in the community complain and shirk responsibility, and some stern words were needed to counterbalance that position. If the community wants st…

Thanks for the thoughtful reply! I don't have a problem with strong opinions and harsh words when warranted, with the understanding that we're all learning. What I wrote wasn't ent…

It's hard. 1) Gain experience. 2) Talk to tech veterans and journeymen. 3) Look to other communities for lessons.

As programmers, we suffer from various maladies. NIH is one, laziness and shiny-chasing are others. As in life, balance is needed. Don't forget the cost part of cost/benefit analys…

Things would also be significantly sped up if you compiled in production mode. From looking at your source, all the dev mode checks are still being performed. See: https://facebook…

I'm confused. The "demo" is just a screenshot? Seems promising but I would like to try it.

There's a React Dev Tools plugin for Chrome that will show a tree of components instead of the DOM.