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Alexander Karan
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Senior Software Engineer @Atlassian. JavaScript dev, TedX speaker and blogger with a passion for software architecture. https://www.alexanderkaran.com https://apisyouwonthate.com
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Yet we still have politicians pushing fossil fuels and nuclear lol
Would you consider people in Australia (West Coast) if there is a big enough overlap?
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Vitest 4 is out!

- Browser Mode is Stable
- Visual Regression Testing
- Improved Debugging
- Pool Stabilization
- New APIs
- Bug Fixes

Stay updated with our blog post:

vitest.dev/blog/vitest-4
Announcing Vitest 4.0
Vitest 4.0 Release Announcement
vitest.dev
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"Let's hear it for the UN of Javascript!

Vite: The Documentary is finally here.

If you missed the premiere, it's OK!!! Here's the link so you can watch it again, and again and again.

youtu.be/bmWQqAKLgT4 "
Vite: The Documentary
YouTube video by CultRepo
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When running my own startup, we used to have a saying: A deal is only a deal when the money is in the bank. Handshake, contract or commitment mean nothing.
OpenAI’s spend commitments have crossed a $1T with no sign of stopping. It’s committed to spending up to &25B on a data center in Argentina.

Their revenue growth is either going to be spectacular or there’s going to be a spectacular amount of bounced checks. Either way, it’s going to be impressive.
OpenAI to invest $25B in Argentina with new Stargate project (OPENAI:Private)
OpenAI (OPENAI) is going to invest $25B into Argentina as part of a new Stargate project, and bring its generative artificial intelligence services to South America. Read for more.
seekingalpha.com
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This could have been Australia, but thanks to John Howard, Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison, the Minerals Council and the BCA, we wasted nearly 20 years subsidising gas and coal instead. What a waste.
China ≠ just coal plants and solar exports. The deeper shift: electrifying everything it can. Strategic, because China relies on imported fossil fuels. Coal is still king in the power mix—for now. But the balance is changing year by year.
Someone sent me the "Just JavaScript" course by @danabra.mov. It was a joy revisiting the basics with a well-thought-out mental model that made the learning journey fun. I would recommend this course for anyone picking up JavaScript.

#javascript

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I have been using TanStack for years, but I got some amazing lightbulb moments during this course. Highly recommend. TanStack has helped me build lightning-fast tooling for FinOps at work, and I love using their libraries.

#react #tanstack

ui.dev/certificate/...
Certificate of Completion for query.gg
Alexander Karan has successfully completed the query.gg
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Today I’m a very proud and happy open standards maintainer: OpenAPI 3.2 is now available! The release notes are a good place to find out what’s new (it’s a lot!) github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-...

Huge thanks to our contributor community, you are amazing!!
Releases · OAI/OpenAPI-Specification
The OpenAPI Specification Repository. Contribute to OAI/OpenAPI-Specification development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Atlassian is still fully remote; their commitment to it is pretty strong. Our internal set-up makes working across time zones pretty smooth, to be honest. Of course, though, Atlassian is not as big as Microsoft and others.
Slack changes its API rate limits, another sign that the web is becoming more closed off due to LLMs. Ktor is giving you even more reasons to use it, all that and more in this issue of the @apisyouwonthate.com newsletter.

apisyouwonthate.com/newsletter/a...
About Slack's new rate limits...
As APIs become the sneaky backbone of LLM-driven workflows, Slack's update to their API rate limits may be an interesting sign of changing tides.
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Got a heat pump before I got solar and I was paying next to nothing for hot water. Now with solar nothing.

Honestly don’t know why they are not more popular. No one should be installing gas boilers anymore.
The last thing Australia needs is Lord Voldemort in charge with his DOGE lite policies.
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This is my fourth once-in-a-generation economic crisis, ask me anything.
This week's newsletter provides a fascinating dive into how different governments handle access to their data. The UK and EU give some of the best options via APIs. Of course, we also included your regular API round-up. @apisyouwonthate.com

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Civic APIs
An exploration of APIs maintained for public record, with examples from The UK, Australia, and the EU. Plus, the latest from Jira REST API, Fast HTTP, Arazzo, and Designing APIs for Security
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