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This looks like extremely brittle code to my eyes. Look at https://github.com/wilsonzlin/fastrender/blob/main/crates/fa... What is `FrameState::render_placeholder`? ``` pub fn rend…

Congrats! I'm happy to suggest some ideas. This is near and dear to me so I've got a lot to say lol. I think when beginning French the most helpful services for beginners relate to…

I tried the app. I love that you’re tackling this and I’m rooting for you. I’ll tell you about myself, my experience, and my thoughts. I’m currently learning French as a beginner a…

IMHO the aesthetic cons will seem petty when you're waiting an hour for an ambulance because the EMTs are late to work because of their four hour commute. We have no housing oversi…

The whole point is that city councils today have complete discretion over the allocation of building permits. Of course city councils won't like a rule that limits their power. Sof…

I'm excited that you're thinking about solutions to the housing crisis :). Unfortunately, prop 13 is basically untouchable - though it is a root cause of misaligned incentives for …

They are all home owners.

It's important to distinguish primary infrastructure from the secondary infrastructure that is built on top of it. Housing, transit, energy, water & waste water, and communications…

I think this article is spot on. I was struck when this Geneva city planner acknowledged that they have to fight the nimby movement to keep their city's infrastructure balanced: ht…

replying to myself: I just sat in a Sunnyvale El Camino Real planning meeting. Sunnyvale is adding substantial capacity on El Camino, about 7000 additional units in a much denser s…

I've started going to city meetings in Cupertino and Sunnyvale, and I agree the only solution is top down. I want the newly available Cupertion Vallco site to be full of housing, b…

I had such a disappointing experience with Triplebyte. I take their automated test and everything is hunkydory. After that they gave me a very ambiguous technical interview live-co…

Your testimonials seem to be mostly people offering to promote your product.

I think this is really cool! I heard that Bush's page has a lot of vandalism over time. I wanted to show you what I saw for George W. Bush Jr. - that I had a hard time finding the …

I love this format! I went through a bunch of your lessons already. I'm eager to see how this grows.