Benjamin Reid
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Benjamin Reid
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If you know me, you’ll know how much I love the Final Fantasy series. I’ve been going through the soundtracks while tapping away at work and there’s something really special about the VIII OST.

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FINAL FANTASY VIII Original Soundtrack
Nobuo Uematsu · Album · 1999 · 73 songs
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February 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
A really great explanation over the builder pattern in TypeScript. TIL that you can type `this` inside a function’s arguments.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AON1...
Bulletproof Builder Pattern in TS
YouTube video by Andrew Burgess
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January 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I would love for Keanu to be in Death Stranding 2.
December 23, 2024 at 12:09 PM
It’ll be quite satisfying to see Matt Mullenweg having to undo all his childish actions he took against WP Engine.

I hope he steps back from Automattic and WordPress to try save what’s left of its reputation and community.

www.404media.co/wordpress-wp...
WordPress CEO Rage Quits Community Slack After Court Injunction
Automattic is ordered to undo several of the actions of its CEO Matt Mullenweg in its ongoing legal battle with WP Engine. “It's hard to imagine wanting to continue to working on WordPress after this,...
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December 11, 2024 at 10:03 PM
If you use Tailwind daily, this Chrome Extension looks pretty useful.

gimli.app
December 4, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Well that was a hit of nostalgia.
December 3, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Been slightly obsessed with Pokémon Pocket this past week, the artwork is top tier.
November 9, 2024 at 1:05 PM
I’m very impressed with nuqs, it’s made managing complex URL state simple and type-safe. It even comes with testing utilities.

I’d definitely recommend it if you’re using a meta framework which doesn’t have great support for managing URL state.

nuqs.47ng.com
nuqs | Type-safe search params state management for React
Type-safe search params state management for React. Like useState, but stored in the URL query string.
nuqs.47ng.com
November 7, 2024 at 1:39 PM