Matt Basta
mattbasta.bsky.social
Matt Basta
@mattbasta.bsky.social
Buff gay nerd, deleting code at RunwayML

he/him
Lot: P...pillar? *whimpers* I---I...hardly know her *breaks into tears*
April 12, 2024 at 7:19 PM
When I say "No rush!" I usually mean "Actually some rush, but I'm being nice"
January 10, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Dockerfiles are just shitty Procfiles. Fight me
January 5, 2024 at 2:03 PM
ESM is honestly the worst thing to happen to Node. The fact that you can't require() an ES module (and have Node synchronously block until the module is fully resolved) is psychopathic.

Every large project built on commonjs is suddenly stuck, unless you want to invest in a large, costly migration.
December 20, 2023 at 10:56 PM
tee hee
December 5, 2023 at 6:23 PM
I was interviewed by Al Chen for the Dear Analyst podcast a little while ago, and the episode just popped if you want to hear me talk about some of my old work: www.thekeycuts.com/dear-analyst...
Dear Analyst #122: Designing an online version of Excel to help Uber China compete with DiDi on driv...
There are only so many ways to make Excel “fun.” If you’ve been following this blog/podcast, stories about the financial modeling competition and spreadsheet errors that lead to catastrophic fin...
www.thekeycuts.com
December 4, 2023 at 10:27 PM
MicroSD is short for Microsoft standard definition
November 27, 2023 at 9:35 PM
Migrating a typescript Node app to ESM is one of the most perverse things I've ever engaged in. The Node folks really fucked this one up.
November 20, 2023 at 8:09 PM
Instead of "oh god" normalize saying "dear neptune"
November 19, 2023 at 6:23 PM
Yeah I work in FinTech. I help those sharks swim SO fast
November 17, 2023 at 12:41 AM
Black Friday should happen right after daylight savings switches over as a little apology
November 12, 2023 at 6:40 PM
I've been away from social media for so long that I don't know how to let other people tell me how to feel about Eric Adams rn
November 10, 2023 at 11:31 PM
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September 21, 2023 at 11:55 PM