Balint Erdi
@balinterdi.bsky.social
Ember.js consultant, Ember Platform engineer at Teamtailor. Author of Rock and Roll with Ember.js: http://balinterdi.com/rock-and-roll-… . Hiker, enthusiastic chess player, homo ludens. #chesspunks
A small excerpt from my upcoming book, "How to Become an Effective Software Engineer".
Sign up to get a sample: effective-software-engineering.com
Sign up to get a sample: effective-software-engineering.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:12 AM
A small excerpt from my upcoming book, "How to Become an Effective Software Engineer".
Sign up to get a sample: effective-software-engineering.com
Sign up to get a sample: effective-software-engineering.com
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The Ember Initiative pairing sessions benefit the entire ecosystem. In this blog post, Marine walks us through the day-to-day problems that are being turned into opportunities to support the community, and how they translate into actual improvements.
👉 mainmatter.com/blog/2026/01...
👉 mainmatter.com/blog/2026/01...
Ember Initiative: How pairing sessions are growing the Ember community - Mainmatter
A Post describing how the Ember Initiative pairing sessions our team attends with members benefit the entire Ember community
mainmatter.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:39 AM
The Ember Initiative pairing sessions benefit the entire ecosystem. In this blog post, Marine walks us through the day-to-day problems that are being turned into opportunities to support the community, and how they translate into actual improvements.
👉 mainmatter.com/blog/2026/01...
👉 mainmatter.com/blog/2026/01...
I'm happy to report that The How to Become an Effective Software Engineer book now has a landing page, and you can download a very generous sample:
effective-software-engineering.com
effective-software-engineering.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:10 AM
I'm happy to report that The How to Become an Effective Software Engineer book now has a landing page, and you can download a very generous sample:
effective-software-engineering.com
effective-software-engineering.com
This is amazing!
Just released shadcn-ember: an @emberjs.com port of shadcn/ui.
✅ 47 components ready to use
✅ CLI and MCP available
✅ Built for modern Ember (`.gts` template tag components)
✅ Works with @vite.dev and @astro.build
✅ 47 components ready to use
✅ CLI and MCP available
✅ Built for modern Ember (`.gts` template tag components)
✅ Works with @vite.dev and @astro.build
January 20, 2026 at 8:55 AM
This is amazing!
I feel so old every time I get a 3MB gif that could have been a 3-letter English word (and thus 3 bytes).
January 14, 2026 at 8:55 AM
I feel so old every time I get a 3MB gif that could have been a 3-letter English word (and thus 3 bytes).
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Use AI and wish it handled ember better?
Have you tried the ember-mcp?
Have you tried the ember-mcp?
GitHub - ember-tooling/ember-mcp: MCP Server for use with ember projects
MCP Server for use with ember projects. Contribute to ember-tooling/ember-mcp development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Use AI and wish it handled ember better?
Have you tried the ember-mcp?
Have you tried the ember-mcp?
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Have any questions about ember?
Happy to help!
Happy to help!
January 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Have any questions about ember?
Happy to help!
Happy to help!
Let's meet in Prague this year!
The cat's out the bag 🐈 (I can't wait to use this expression once every year): EmberFest '26 is happening and it takes place in Prague, Czechia 🇨🇿, on the 17th and 18th September.
Plus, early bird tickets are already available:
emberfest.eu
Plus, early bird tickets are already available:
emberfest.eu
EmberFest
EmberFest - the European Community Ember Conference
emberfest.eu
December 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Let's meet in Prague this year!
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If you're excited to hear more about the @mainmatter.com Ember Initiative you can check out some info on our website mainmatter.com/ember-initia... and be sure to follow me for more threads like this one!
Ember Initiative - Mainmatter
Mainmatter's Ember Initiative moves the ecosystem and our members' apps forward.
mainmatter.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
If you're excited to hear more about the @mainmatter.com Ember Initiative you can check out some info on our website mainmatter.com/ember-initia... and be sure to follow me for more threads like this one!
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Here’s a question I get a lot:
> “Now that AI can generate front-end UIs for us, what’s the point of learning CSS ourselves?”
I think there are lots of reasons, including that you can use AI much more effectively if you understand CSS yourself.
But is that actually true? Let’s discuss. 🧵
> “Now that AI can generate front-end UIs for us, what’s the point of learning CSS ourselves?”
I think there are lots of reasons, including that you can use AI much more effectively if you understand CSS yourself.
But is that actually true? Let’s discuss. 🧵
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Here’s a question I get a lot:
> “Now that AI can generate front-end UIs for us, what’s the point of learning CSS ourselves?”
I think there are lots of reasons, including that you can use AI much more effectively if you understand CSS yourself.
But is that actually true? Let’s discuss. 🧵
> “Now that AI can generate front-end UIs for us, what’s the point of learning CSS ourselves?”
I think there are lots of reasons, including that you can use AI much more effectively if you understand CSS yourself.
But is that actually true? Let’s discuss. 🧵
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
The "How To Become an Effective Software Engineer" book is coming along nicely, and should be out this year.
Sign up here: fullstack-consulting-llc.kit.com/72aa1e93d9
Sign up here: fullstack-consulting-llc.kit.com/72aa1e93d9
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The "How To Become an Effective Software Engineer" book is coming along nicely, and should be out this year.
Sign up here: fullstack-consulting-llc.kit.com/72aa1e93d9
Sign up here: fullstack-consulting-llc.kit.com/72aa1e93d9
I must have spent days of my life typing `document.querySelector(All)` in browser consoles only to realize I can simply type `$(selector)` and `$$(selector)`
October 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I must have spent days of my life typing `document.querySelector(All)` in browser consoles only to realize I can simply type `$(selector)` and `$$(selector)`
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Did you know we have the absolute best testing story of any templated frontend framework?
🎉
🎉
September 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Did you know we have the absolute best testing story of any templated frontend framework?
🎉
🎉
Working out + Sauna + Shower = Rebirth
September 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Working out + Sauna + Shower = Rebirth
renderComponent is slick!
ember-source 6.8.0-alpha.7 has some fun new APIs
Try them out here in the REPL: share.glimdown.com/_...
Try them out here in the REPL: share.glimdown.com/_...
September 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
renderComponent is slick!
Part 2 of the Teamtailor Embroider series goes through all the things we did to make static invocation possible in our large Ember app.
I hope you enjoy reading it and that you might learn something you can apply.
career.teamtailor.com/posts/our-jo...
I hope you enjoy reading it and that you might learn something you can apply.
career.teamtailor.com/posts/our-jo...
Our Journey to Reducing Our Bundle Size by 90% with Embroider - Part II: Static invocation - Posts - Teamtailor
career.teamtailor.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Part 2 of the Teamtailor Embroider series goes through all the things we did to make static invocation possible in our large Ember app.
I hope you enjoy reading it and that you might learn something you can apply.
career.teamtailor.com/posts/our-jo...
I hope you enjoy reading it and that you might learn something you can apply.
career.teamtailor.com/posts/our-jo...
"They made me take an IQ test. Luckily, it came back negative."
September 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"They made me take an IQ test. Luckily, it came back negative."
I'm really looking forward to that!
Will be doing a short workshop at emberfest covering migration from 4.x to 5.x of EmberData/ @warp-drive.io
It’ll include ModelFragments. We’ve made great progress and expect to have the path ready in the next few weeks, and we think we might be able to develop a codemod for much of it.
It’ll include ModelFragments. We’ve made great progress and expect to have the path ready in the next few weeks, and we think we might be able to develop a codemod for much of it.
September 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I'm really looking forward to that!
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Ember is really spoiled with some of the greatest conferences and even if you don’t use Ember but just love Frontend and great people you should come, cause you’re missing out.
A heads up that as is EmberFest tradition, we'll have a closing dinner and mingling in the evening of the second day. It's included in the price of your on-site ticket.
August 31, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Ember is really spoiled with some of the greatest conferences and even if you don’t use Ember but just love Frontend and great people you should come, cause you’re missing out.
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Why yes, configuring @warp-drive.io did just get a lot easier. Glad you noticed!
August 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Why yes, configuring @warp-drive.io did just get a lot easier. Glad you noticed!
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We published the full schedule on our website: emberfest.eu
Join us for two days of great talks, networking, friendly chatter about Ember and other stuff, and a lively closing party!
If you're thinking about coming and want to help keep EmberFest running, please consider buying a ticket.
Join us for two days of great talks, networking, friendly chatter about Ember and other stuff, and a lively closing party!
If you're thinking about coming and want to help keep EmberFest running, please consider buying a ticket.
EmberFest
EmberFest - the European Community Ember Conference
emberfest.eu
August 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
We published the full schedule on our website: emberfest.eu
Join us for two days of great talks, networking, friendly chatter about Ember and other stuff, and a lively closing party!
If you're thinking about coming and want to help keep EmberFest running, please consider buying a ticket.
Join us for two days of great talks, networking, friendly chatter about Ember and other stuff, and a lively closing party!
If you're thinking about coming and want to help keep EmberFest running, please consider buying a ticket.
We just published the first blog post in a series on how we switched to Embroider at Teamtailor , and the huge dividends it paid: career.teamtailor.com/posts/our-jo...
Our Journey to Reducing Our Bundle Size by 90% with Embroider - Part I: Embroider Safe - Posts - Teamtailor
career.teamtailor.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We just published the first blog post in a series on how we switched to Embroider at Teamtailor , and the huge dividends it paid: career.teamtailor.com/posts/our-jo...
Such a great article on LessWrong (and one of the few ones I mostly understand 😅) about why ChatGPT is a sycophant.
www.lesswrong.com/posts/2pkNCv...
www.lesswrong.com/posts/2pkNCv...
So You Think You've Awoken ChatGPT — LessWrong
Written in an attempt to fulfill @Raemon's request. …
www.lesswrong.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Such a great article on LessWrong (and one of the few ones I mostly understand 😅) about why ChatGPT is a sycophant.
www.lesswrong.com/posts/2pkNCv...
www.lesswrong.com/posts/2pkNCv...