TOM
@subtlegradient.bsky.social
Maker of things that do stuff since the 90’s. Mostly frontend. Previously @coinbase @godaddy @facebook @mootools
got so much wacky tech shenanigans waiting in the wings to dump on ya all soon, OSS style
it’ll be grand
it’ll be grand
January 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
got so much wacky tech shenanigans waiting in the wings to dump on ya all soon, OSS style
it’ll be grand
it’ll be grand
Shipped the world’s first(?) realtime streaming subscription based react server rerenderer infra for native mobile
It’s like next.js app router, but for realtime streaming live views instead of a single fire and forget server render pass
dramatically pushing the state of the art forward
It’s like next.js app router, but for realtime streaming live views instead of a single fire and forget server render pass
dramatically pushing the state of the art forward
January 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Shipped the world’s first(?) realtime streaming subscription based react server rerenderer infra for native mobile
It’s like next.js app router, but for realtime streaming live views instead of a single fire and forget server render pass
dramatically pushing the state of the art forward
It’s like next.js app router, but for realtime streaming live views instead of a single fire and forget server render pass
dramatically pushing the state of the art forward
expo/fetch doesn’t seem to be able to let go of connections when the server just keeps streaming stuff forever 😰
I’ll try again with react-native-fetch-api
I’ll try again with react-native-fetch-api
January 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
expo/fetch doesn’t seem to be able to let go of connections when the server just keeps streaming stuff forever 😰
I’ll try again with react-native-fetch-api
I’ll try again with react-native-fetch-api
Defensive programming, pit of success style
I’m playing with seriously dangerous tech. One screw up and the memory leaks will melt your phone
Let’s just assume that we’re going to screw this up somehow
So I’m inverting the failure case
I’m playing with seriously dangerous tech. One screw up and the memory leaks will melt your phone
Let’s just assume that we’re going to screw this up somehow
So I’m inverting the failure case
December 31, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Defensive programming, pit of success style
I’m playing with seriously dangerous tech. One screw up and the memory leaks will melt your phone
Let’s just assume that we’re going to screw this up somehow
So I’m inverting the failure case
I’m playing with seriously dangerous tech. One screw up and the memory leaks will melt your phone
Let’s just assume that we’re going to screw this up somehow
So I’m inverting the failure case
low expectations are ALSO all stick and no carrot.
When people expect something to be slow, they get confused and upset when it’s too fast.
It’s like a video game controller that’s too light, feels cheap and broken.
Gotta add a little bit of fake weight to important stuff so that it feels right
When people expect something to be slow, they get confused and upset when it’s too fast.
It’s like a video game controller that’s too light, feels cheap and broken.
Gotta add a little bit of fake weight to important stuff so that it feels right
December 16, 2024 at 4:01 PM
low expectations are ALSO all stick and no carrot.
When people expect something to be slow, they get confused and upset when it’s too fast.
It’s like a video game controller that’s too light, feels cheap and broken.
Gotta add a little bit of fake weight to important stuff so that it feels right
When people expect something to be slow, they get confused and upset when it’s too fast.
It’s like a video game controller that’s too light, feels cheap and broken.
Gotta add a little bit of fake weight to important stuff so that it feels right
high expectations are all stick, zero carrot
Nobody is delighted when an app opens fast.
We tolerate slow starting apps we love.
We loathe slow starting apps we need.
Making an app start fast is not a moment to celebrate (as a user). But it is a huge moment to celebrate as a dev team.
Nobody is delighted when an app opens fast.
We tolerate slow starting apps we love.
We loathe slow starting apps we need.
Making an app start fast is not a moment to celebrate (as a user). But it is a huge moment to celebrate as a dev team.
December 16, 2024 at 4:00 PM
high expectations are all stick, zero carrot
Nobody is delighted when an app opens fast.
We tolerate slow starting apps we love.
We loathe slow starting apps we need.
Making an app start fast is not a moment to celebrate (as a user). But it is a huge moment to celebrate as a dev team.
Nobody is delighted when an app opens fast.
We tolerate slow starting apps we love.
We loathe slow starting apps we need.
Making an app start fast is not a moment to celebrate (as a user). But it is a huge moment to celebrate as a dev team.
crazy how much modern react code looks like the quick and dirty one file prototypes I used to make back in 2006
I miss `with` 🥺
I miss `with` 🥺
December 12, 2024 at 8:55 PM
crazy how much modern react code looks like the quick and dirty one file prototypes I used to make back in 2006
I miss `with` 🥺
I miss `with` 🥺
threading the needle between control freaking and a chaos freaking
December 12, 2024 at 5:35 PM
threading the needle between control freaking and a chaos freaking
finally realizing that I’m not really an inventor. I’m an applicator
As a super double observer, I can learn and understand anything. Then once I know and understand, there’s rarely anything left to invent. I see the implications and applications. Then do the obvious
As a super double observer, I can learn and understand anything. Then once I know and understand, there’s rarely anything left to invent. I see the implications and applications. Then do the obvious
December 12, 2024 at 2:40 PM
finally realizing that I’m not really an inventor. I’m an applicator
As a super double observer, I can learn and understand anything. Then once I know and understand, there’s rarely anything left to invent. I see the implications and applications. Then do the obvious
As a super double observer, I can learn and understand anything. Then once I know and understand, there’s rarely anything left to invent. I see the implications and applications. Then do the obvious
published @double-observer/react-client to npm
It’s react-client from the react repo with minor tweaks to support React 18 & React 19 + exhaustive TS types
It’s react-client from the react repo with minor tweaks to support React 18 & React 19 + exhaustive TS types
December 9, 2024 at 2:09 AM
published @double-observer/react-client to npm
It’s react-client from the react repo with minor tweaks to support React 18 & React 19 + exhaustive TS types
It’s react-client from the react repo with minor tweaks to support React 18 & React 19 + exhaustive TS types
Log debugging for finding the problem.
Debugger debugging for solving the problem.
Breadth first. Then depth
Debugger debugging for solving the problem.
Breadth first. Then depth
i don’t find a proper debugger super helpful when trying to spot a pattern between good and bad behavior spanning across many different places in code. the goal at this point is to find a pattern, but a debugger zooms in too much
December 7, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Log debugging for finding the problem.
Debugger debugging for solving the problem.
Breadth first. Then depth
Debugger debugging for solving the problem.
Breadth first. Then depth
@egghead.io please let me buy stickers of all your graphics. I love them so much. SO MUCH
cc @joelhooks.com
cc @joelhooks.com
December 7, 2024 at 9:32 PM
@egghead.io please let me buy stickers of all your graphics. I love them so much. SO MUCH
cc @joelhooks.com
cc @joelhooks.com
yeah. I’m going to just do it
Sometimes ya just gotta do the thing you like to do
Sometimes ya just gotta do the thing you like to do
December 7, 2024 at 5:06 PM
yeah. I’m going to just do it
Sometimes ya just gotta do the thing you like to do
Sometimes ya just gotta do the thing you like to do
Ok, I admit it.
I’m building a js framework
again
It’s RSC for RN with manual bundling of client components
Generative native ui in production!
I’m probably not going to open source it this time, or maybe 🤔
Only goal is ludicrous product perf. Like 27 out of 10. 11 ain’t enough
I’m building a js framework
again
It’s RSC for RN with manual bundling of client components
Generative native ui in production!
I’m probably not going to open source it this time, or maybe 🤔
Only goal is ludicrous product perf. Like 27 out of 10. 11 ain’t enough
December 6, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Ok, I admit it.
I’m building a js framework
again
It’s RSC for RN with manual bundling of client components
Generative native ui in production!
I’m probably not going to open source it this time, or maybe 🤔
Only goal is ludicrous product perf. Like 27 out of 10. 11 ain’t enough
I’m building a js framework
again
It’s RSC for RN with manual bundling of client components
Generative native ui in production!
I’m probably not going to open source it this time, or maybe 🤔
Only goal is ludicrous product perf. Like 27 out of 10. 11 ain’t enough
Blocking someone should instantly hide their posts
December 6, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Blocking someone should instantly hide their posts
What’s the abstract corollary to the concept of “attention to detail”?
Details are sensory. But that’s just half of observation. The other half is indirect abstract implications and relationships
If someone is good at that, what is it called?
Details are sensory. But that’s just half of observation. The other half is indirect abstract implications and relationships
If someone is good at that, what is it called?
December 6, 2024 at 2:38 PM
What’s the abstract corollary to the concept of “attention to detail”?
Details are sensory. But that’s just half of observation. The other half is indirect abstract implications and relationships
If someone is good at that, what is it called?
Details are sensory. But that’s just half of observation. The other half is indirect abstract implications and relationships
If someone is good at that, what is it called?
getting some totally random layout bugs on The New Architecture 😰
Going to have to pause it and focus on real product development for a bit. I’ll try The New Architecture after 77 lands 🥺
Going to have to pause it and focus on real product development for a bit. I’ll try The New Architecture after 77 lands 🥺
November 22, 2024 at 4:47 PM
getting some totally random layout bugs on The New Architecture 😰
Going to have to pause it and focus on real product development for a bit. I’ll try The New Architecture after 77 lands 🥺
Going to have to pause it and focus on real product development for a bit. I’ll try The New Architecture after 77 lands 🥺
I’ve been thinking about building some kind of AI tool kit that works the way my brain works. But @zed.dev is already just so convenient that I’m not feeling that pain anymore.
November 21, 2024 at 6:26 PM
I’ve been thinking about building some kind of AI tool kit that works the way my brain works. But @zed.dev is already just so convenient that I’m not feeling that pain anymore.
The biggest problem with generative AI is the generative part. They talk way too much. But I find that I excel in collaboration with them when I spend the majority of my time iterating on a very detailed prompt and regenerating their response over and over again, instead of having a conversation
November 21, 2024 at 6:22 PM
The biggest problem with generative AI is the generative part. They talk way too much. But I find that I excel in collaboration with them when I spend the majority of my time iterating on a very detailed prompt and regenerating their response over and over again, instead of having a conversation
Most of my hand coding these days is essentially imposing my own aesthetics on code that was generated based on Ludacrisly verbose specs that I wrote up
November 21, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Most of my hand coding these days is essentially imposing my own aesthetics on code that was generated based on Ludacrisly verbose specs that I wrote up
I used to do most of my programming at runtime. I would do the absolute minimum necessary to “close the loop “that would get something running in an environment where I could interact with it at runtime in a de bugger, and then through design the system interactively in a real environment
November 21, 2024 at 6:20 PM
I used to do most of my programming at runtime. I would do the absolute minimum necessary to “close the loop “that would get something running in an environment where I could interact with it at runtime in a de bugger, and then through design the system interactively in a real environment
I like to start off with Ludacrisly verbose syntax that is impossible to misunderstand
We can always get cute and clever with it later or even better never
We can always get cute and clever with it later or even better never
November 21, 2024 at 6:15 PM
I like to start off with Ludacrisly verbose syntax that is impossible to misunderstand
We can always get cute and clever with it later or even better never
We can always get cute and clever with it later or even better never
I love using data structures and interfaces that make it simple and easy and elegant to make random changes later on in such a way that invalid states are unpresentable
November 21, 2024 at 6:14 PM
I love using data structures and interfaces that make it simple and easy and elegant to make random changes later on in such a way that invalid states are unpresentable
the best diffs are red
November 21, 2024 at 6:07 PM
the best diffs are red
