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thepianodan

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About thepianodan

https://danferns.github.io/

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    Comment #47714603

    Well, it's also a distraction machine. Subtract the distractions and you're left with a handy tool that improves your life!

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    Comment #45632710

    > React is a lot more stable than I think you're giving it credit for. I'm glad they take good care of backwards compatibility. React was the most common example, I didn't intend t…

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    Comment #45626330

    Thank you for your perspective (and the code example on the other comment)! You make a good point about debugging, once I'm stepping into the framework, it's like uncharted territo…

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    Comment #45620520

    Thank you for your comment (and replies). This makes me realize that we can also actively choose which patterns of a framework we want to use, and which aspects of a project are be…

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    Comment #45617499

    Thanks for the reference! Yep, part of why I made this post is to see how I can avoid the innerHTML attribute. Do you think Obsidian's use of dompurify is closely related to their …

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    Comment #45617440

    Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you! :)

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    Ask HN: How does one build large front end apps without a framework like React?

    I had a mind-blown-moment when I learnt that Obsidian was built without any frontend JS framework. ( https://forum.obsidian.md/t/what-framework-did-the-developer-use-to-create-obsi…