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New_Narrative@mastodon.world ("Mike Walker") wrote:

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Nonya_Bidniss@mas.to ("Nonya Bidniss") wrote:

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Scifiguy@home.social ("John Freeman") wrote:

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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

THIS IS BAD.

Obviously, it's bad for users, and in my personal value system that matters a hell of a lot more, but even from the purely selfish perspective of today's frontend community, it's a shitshow.

We should not accept such a low standard of team-level outcomes. It should not be possible with modern tooling to fail this hard, this often.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

What we don't say often enough is that the "DX" claims are, in aggregate, lies. Quarter-truths stacked like cordwood, with additive errors removing any defensibility for the underlying premise of resource abundance.

There is no escape from the cumulative.

When your personal "building a component in isolation was fun" experience gets added to the work of the rest of your team, _you're still on the hook or the results_.

And thus, teams find their products beached, unable to return to shipping.

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szbalint@x0r.be ("Bálint Szilakszi") wrote:

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robertwgehl@scholar.social ("Robert W. Gehl") wrote:

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

TIME CHANGE! With my apologies for the late notice, @ahl and my conversation with @dap is moving EARLIER to 3p Pacific today:

https://discord.com/invite/shdPpXSu?event=1053500079765459034

@dap will be talking about his recent debugging odyssey:

https://github.com/oxidecomputer/omicron/issues/1146

Like every episode of @oxidecomputer and Friends, always recorded:

https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/

Sorry for the late notice, and hope you can join us!

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

What I don't talk about in my updated post on the Performance Inequality Gap [1] is how absolutely shit the results of modern frontend have been *for developers*.

I sit with teams (yes, plural) whose forward progress (and sometimes, their product launches) have been brought to a halt because the results of the now-default React/Redux/Apollo/WebPack/CSS-in-JS stack are SO bad that they bring executive's fast laptops to a stand-still.

[1]: https://infrequently.org/2022/12/performance-baseline-2023/

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molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

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• Tweet by Molly White (@molly0xFFF) on December 14, 2021 have you seen tweets about stolen NFTs, crypto scams, or plain old bad ideas and thought "geez, how is that whole web3 thing going?" check out my new project: https://web3isgoinggreat.com #web3 #crypto (remote)

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

yes! this is the cooper's hawk that I brought my camera out to capture, finally returned

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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

As you saunter towards a holiday torpor, a brief update on the state of devices and networks to help you level-set your web development in the new year:

"The Performance Inequality Gap, 2023":

https://infrequently.org/2022/12/performance-baseline-2023/

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timbray@hachyderm.io ("Tim Bray") wrote:

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

It takes a lot to make Aaron Peskin seem like anything but a NIMBY tool, but somehow this article managed:

https://sfstandard.com/business/how-a-mega-rich-oligarch-linked-to-putin-derailed-a-bay-area-homeless-shelter/

blithe ("Blithe") wrote:

This article really captures the vibe https://www.theringer.com/world-cup/2022/12/18/23515703/argentina-france-world-cup-final-lionel-messi-kylian-mbappe

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@teller Were they a VC visiting startups seeking funding? Could all be a show to make Old Money investors feel comfortable. 😆

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

insurrection, I was not sure they would have the courage to speak plainly

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teller ("Siim Teller") wrote:

Interesting - a friend visited startups in Israel and said that every single one they visited has “everyone in the office, all the time” culture. Outdated or are they out executing flex and remote companies?

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

the main tree is a little ways off but fortunately I like this kind of picture

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cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

"If you don't influence people, then people will influence you!"

-- Somebody terminally online

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

"To influence, or not to influence, that is the question."

-- Somebody too online

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

I'm here for conversation, and I've learned plenty along the way by trying to listen carefully. As long as I can continue to do that, I'll probably be fine with future changes. If not, welp, I'll have to find some other place where I can continue to have conversations with people.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

I've pondered the "broadcast" vs "conversation" dichotomy here before. But with the recent newcomers, I am seeing a another dimension I hadn't considered. There's people who seem to want to use this place in a third way. Dive in and out of conversations they aren't part of, algorithmically surface "interesting" content etc. I wonder if the fediverse can accommodate all these different uses? Maybe, although I suspect it won't be a unified fediverse, but it already isn't, so...

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

waiting for "Jan 6th Committee" to convene their last public session

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bcallah@bsd.network ("Dr. Brian Callahan") wrote:

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akkartik@merveilles.town ("Kartik Agaram") wrote: