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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz wrote:

Accurate

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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

in my humble opinion, voting is neither right nor privilege. voting is a *duty* of citizenship, and those who choose to not vote are rejecting full citizenship. frankly, those who place obstacles in the way of citizens voting have betrayed our republic.

remember: we are citizens, not subjects.

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

So folks are right; the framework *isn't* the problem. It's what choosing *those* tools says about an organisation, and what the indicated lack of performance management maturity portends:

https://infrequently.org/2022/05/performance-management-maturity/

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

Which leads to the next point: the justification for client-side JS is invariably "interactivity".

But I can count on one hand the number of teams that have done bake-offs to *measure* if one library or approach will improve interactivity for representative users. Even teams that have tons of data about their userbase *do not do this* today! It's a lost art.

And unless an org is practicing the lost art of bake-offs, *it is not sophisticated enough to bet on JS*.

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

Nothing could be further from the truth. The data I embedded at the bottom of last week's blog post was just the smallest taste of this failure-on-a-loop merry-go-round I've been an up-close witness to for most of the past decade:

https://infrequently.org/2024/10/platforms-are-competitions/#fn-failure-on-repeat-2

If Next and Vercel can't (or, to be precise, won't) put the genie back in the bottle, there is no hope for teams with fewer engineers to deploy on the problems NPM culture creates.

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

This is because the toolchains and architectural assumptions of NPM-based frontend culture are *fucked*. Totally and utterly divorced from what delivers acceptable results for most people, most of the time -- both as users, and as businesses.

This deep truth sits underneath everything else: *the way* these frameworks and ecosystems present to the developer assumes they have no self-control and do not know better. All while justifying their wares on the basis that everyone, instead, has mastery.

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

"The framework isn't the problem!" is something I've been hearing the apologists for lemon vendors spout for going on a decade now, and I think we need to decapitate this zombie idea once and for all.

First, *I know* that 45KB of JS isn't going to break the bank. Duh. That's not the point. The point is that the apologists *don't even have budgets*. Which means that *every* increment above zero is *a priori* too much!

Folks that can't say "when" aren't sophisticated enough to be using JS.

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

@muan And, as a reminder, you can buy the shirt as a fundraiser for our friends at @owa here:

https://www.bonfire.com/anti-javascript-javascript-club/

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

This, by @muan , should be on every wall in every tech office:

https://muan.co/posts/javascript

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Curious about this.

If Trump died tomorrow, does the imminent threat of American fascism die with him?

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

I, for one, appreciate the bright-eyed optimism of these folks scheduling meetings tomorrow afternoon and from 8am on weds.

lcasdev ("Luca Casonato 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Find me also on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/lcas.dev

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

Apologies for the short notice, but no Oxide and Friends tonight. And @ahl is presenting at Rustlab next week in Florence -- but we'll be back on November 18th! https://rustlab.it/speakers/adam-leventhal

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

A brief work interlude: we're hiring a lead Web Platform PM! A chance to work closely with Edge's platform (and Chromium) team in a strategic role, working closely with me and other PM leads:

https://jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/job/1779414/Group-Product-Manager%2c-Microsoft-Edge-Web-Platform

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

Robinbannks ("Robin Bannks") wrote:

From 2016 .. for crissakes. #vote #election #HarrisWalz2024

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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

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

th@v.st ("Trammell Hudson") wrote:

Was it a mistake to teach fonts how to think? https://github.com/nevesnunes/z80-sans

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Dear Americans, please remember that the first-past-the-post election system doesn't give you an option to vote for someone who you think is the absolutely best candidate that you can unconditionally endorse.

You only get a simple question whether you want your military-industrial oligarchy in the hands of a demented cheating wannabe dictator, or somebody less likely to start WW3 just to impress Putin.

Please don't fuck it up.

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

*All* of this is JS-optional, progressively enhanced HTML. All of it.

https://hachyderm.io/@joelanman/113426368169223915

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rk@well.com ("rk: not a typewriter") wrote:

East End Boys and West End Girls and an Uptown Girl and a Downtown Man form a perfectly coherent coordinate reference system, assuming polar alignment of city neighborhoods.

#music #shitpost

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markarayner@mas.to ("Mark A. Rayner") wrote:

Cerberus was a great guard-dog, but a terrible backseat driver.

#dog #dogs #dogstodon #DogsOfMastodon #humor #humour #cerberus

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soilandreyes@scholar.social ("Stian Soiland-Reyes") wrote:

@jsonstein is it a fairly big, cuddly Border Terrier..? 😍

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coreyspowell ("Corey S Powell") wrote:

Eclipse of the Sun. By the moon Phobos. From the surface of Mars. Captured by NASA's Perseverance rover on September 30.

I will never stop being amazed that we can see such things.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-perseverance-captures-googly-eye-during-solar-eclipse/ #space #science #astronomy #nasa

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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

apparently, vibe.d has some issues with requests coming in via VPN client connections. hmmmmmmm…

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davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

Silicon Valley and Wall Street invent collateralized GPU obligations. Surely this will work out fine

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/04/silicon-valley-and-wall-street-invent-collateralized-gpu-obligations-surely-this-will-work-out-fine/

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

the best medicine for my headcold: doggo snuggling

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

NYTGuildTech@union.place ("NYT Tech Guild") wrote:

We are on ULP strike. We gave #NYTimes management months of notice of our strike deadline, we made ourselves available around the clock, but the company has decided that our members aren’t worth enough to agree to a fair contract and stop committing unfair labor practices.

#Union #Unions #Tech #Election #Election2024 #Labor #Strike #CollectiveBargaining #Contract #NewsGuild #CWA #Solidarity

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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Anti-woke gamers are so pathetic.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/04/the-perils-of-wokeness/

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

A personal music discovery of the morning: Judith Hill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFbIBcTjm4k

I was watching the band a little bit and noticed the bass and keyboard players seemed like veterans. Turns out they're Hill's parents. Awesome. 😄

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

During the election tomorrow, I'll be live-posting commentary on all my favorite movies.