George Iliadis
@geoili.bsky.social
Software dev, based in Greece.
https://georgeiliadis.com/
https://georgeiliadis.com/
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Don't even know if I should build some LLM-powered tools to fight back magic with magic, or if I should just quit altogether.
Agents create the illusion that you can accomplish complicated work with simple prompts, and people become less appreciative of the hard work behind the scenes.
Agents create the illusion that you can accomplish complicated work with simple prompts, and people become less appreciative of the hard work behind the scenes.
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Don't even know if I should build some LLM-powered tools to fight back magic with magic, or if I should just quit altogether.
Agents create the illusion that you can accomplish complicated work with simple prompts, and people become less appreciative of the hard work behind the scenes.
Agents create the illusion that you can accomplish complicated work with simple prompts, and people become less appreciative of the hard work behind the scenes.
One thing I absolutely hate as a customer, is floating money for something that I buy.
If you list your product as in stock. And I buy it, and you realise it is not instock. (happens, its normal). Give me the option to cancel my order. Do not hold my money, especially when the wait time is months.
If you list your product as in stock. And I buy it, and you realise it is not instock. (happens, its normal). Give me the option to cancel my order. Do not hold my money, especially when the wait time is months.
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
One thing I absolutely hate as a customer, is floating money for something that I buy.
If you list your product as in stock. And I buy it, and you realise it is not instock. (happens, its normal). Give me the option to cancel my order. Do not hold my money, especially when the wait time is months.
If you list your product as in stock. And I buy it, and you realise it is not instock. (happens, its normal). Give me the option to cancel my order. Do not hold my money, especially when the wait time is months.
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🚀 New talk added for #ReactAthens!
Enodi Audu will cover React 19.2 — a smarter, faster, friendlier React update. Learn about Activity, useEffectEvent, cacheSignal, and how to use Chrome DevTools Performance Tracks to boost app speed & cut bugs.
RSVP now
meetup.com/react-athens...
Enodi Audu will cover React 19.2 — a smarter, faster, friendlier React update. Learn about Activity, useEffectEvent, cacheSignal, and how to use Chrome DevTools Performance Tracks to boost app speed & cut bugs.
RSVP now
meetup.com/react-athens...
November 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🚀 New talk added for #ReactAthens!
Enodi Audu will cover React 19.2 — a smarter, faster, friendlier React update. Learn about Activity, useEffectEvent, cacheSignal, and how to use Chrome DevTools Performance Tracks to boost app speed & cut bugs.
RSVP now
meetup.com/react-athens...
Enodi Audu will cover React 19.2 — a smarter, faster, friendlier React update. Learn about Activity, useEffectEvent, cacheSignal, and how to use Chrome DevTools Performance Tracks to boost app speed & cut bugs.
RSVP now
meetup.com/react-athens...
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2⃣weeks to go fo #ReactAthens meetup!
Out event is sponsored by @epignosishq learning technologies
and supported by @karieragr Developer Days!
orfeas voutsaridis - Building Robust #DesignSystems in #React with #TypeScript
@geoili.bsky.social - The various flavours of #microfrontends
Out event is sponsored by @epignosishq learning technologies
and supported by @karieragr Developer Days!
orfeas voutsaridis - Building Robust #DesignSystems in #React with #TypeScript
@geoili.bsky.social - The various flavours of #microfrontends
October 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
2⃣weeks to go fo #ReactAthens meetup!
Out event is sponsored by @epignosishq learning technologies
and supported by @karieragr Developer Days!
orfeas voutsaridis - Building Robust #DesignSystems in #React with #TypeScript
@geoili.bsky.social - The various flavours of #microfrontends
Out event is sponsored by @epignosishq learning technologies
and supported by @karieragr Developer Days!
orfeas voutsaridis - Building Robust #DesignSystems in #React with #TypeScript
@geoili.bsky.social - The various flavours of #microfrontends
I posted this 7 months ago about my led lights. Not everything needs to be online. The recent AWS f*ckery is a big exclamation on that.
Bought a new keyboard, since my last one died.
Got one of those multi led gamer ones. Can someone explain to me why do I need to login online to get access to the application that controls the light mode??
This is insanity.
Got one of those multi led gamer ones. Can someone explain to me why do I need to login online to get access to the application that controls the light mode??
This is insanity.
October 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I posted this 7 months ago about my led lights. Not everything needs to be online. The recent AWS f*ckery is a big exclamation on that.
Somehow in 2025 making a case for performant software amongst professionals is an uphill battle.
Why do you want to build your design system around React? what is wrong with css?
Why do you want to build your design system around React? what is wrong with css?
October 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Somehow in 2025 making a case for performant software amongst professionals is an uphill battle.
Why do you want to build your design system around React? what is wrong with css?
Why do you want to build your design system around React? what is wrong with css?
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According to HTTP Archive, Next.js sites see the **worst** Core Web Vitals performance when compared to other popular frameworks
httparchive.org/reports/tech...
httparchive.org/reports/tech...
October 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
According to HTTP Archive, Next.js sites see the **worst** Core Web Vitals performance when compared to other popular frameworks
httparchive.org/reports/tech...
httparchive.org/reports/tech...
Last week I praised EU regulation for their consumer protection laws.
This week I am critising it for the idiocy that is tariffs. How on earth does von der leyen and her group decide about trade tariffs that affect ALL european countries in a single meeting.
This week I am critising it for the idiocy that is tariffs. How on earth does von der leyen and her group decide about trade tariffs that affect ALL european countries in a single meeting.
July 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Last week I praised EU regulation for their consumer protection laws.
This week I am critising it for the idiocy that is tariffs. How on earth does von der leyen and her group decide about trade tariffs that affect ALL european countries in a single meeting.
This week I am critising it for the idiocy that is tariffs. How on earth does von der leyen and her group decide about trade tariffs that affect ALL european countries in a single meeting.
Since when it is reasonable to provide a only a single year of warrantly for an item that costs 2k euros?
In the majority of eastern europe that is 2.5 times the median salary. And on the undeveloped world, that might be years of earnings.
Companies doing this garbage should be ashamed.
In the majority of eastern europe that is 2.5 times the median salary. And on the undeveloped world, that might be years of earnings.
Companies doing this garbage should be ashamed.
Today my mac broke,99% it is a hardware issue related to a screen cable.
I bought this machine in April last year. By apple's standard it is out of warrantly (1 year). But thanks to EU laws that require companies to provide warrantly for 2 years min I wont pay a thing.
Thank god for EU regulation
I bought this machine in April last year. By apple's standard it is out of warrantly (1 year). But thanks to EU laws that require companies to provide warrantly for 2 years min I wont pay a thing.
Thank god for EU regulation
July 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Since when it is reasonable to provide a only a single year of warrantly for an item that costs 2k euros?
In the majority of eastern europe that is 2.5 times the median salary. And on the undeveloped world, that might be years of earnings.
Companies doing this garbage should be ashamed.
In the majority of eastern europe that is 2.5 times the median salary. And on the undeveloped world, that might be years of earnings.
Companies doing this garbage should be ashamed.
Today my mac broke,99% it is a hardware issue related to a screen cable.
I bought this machine in April last year. By apple's standard it is out of warrantly (1 year). But thanks to EU laws that require companies to provide warrantly for 2 years min I wont pay a thing.
Thank god for EU regulation
I bought this machine in April last year. By apple's standard it is out of warrantly (1 year). But thanks to EU laws that require companies to provide warrantly for 2 years min I wont pay a thing.
Thank god for EU regulation
July 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Today my mac broke,99% it is a hardware issue related to a screen cable.
I bought this machine in April last year. By apple's standard it is out of warrantly (1 year). But thanks to EU laws that require companies to provide warrantly for 2 years min I wont pay a thing.
Thank god for EU regulation
I bought this machine in April last year. By apple's standard it is out of warrantly (1 year). But thanks to EU laws that require companies to provide warrantly for 2 years min I wont pay a thing.
Thank god for EU regulation
@astro.build is there a way to donate, and make sure you folks never end up needing to get bought by vercel?
July 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
@astro.build is there a way to donate, and make sure you folks never end up needing to get bought by vercel?
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
Pair programming session, the other dev had copilot. I spend 2 hours on what should be 20 mins. Because the other dev kept giving prompts/ writting a few words and expected the AI to generate the function.
May 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Pair programming session, the other dev had copilot. I spend 2 hours on what should be 20 mins. Because the other dev kept giving prompts/ writting a few words and expected the AI to generate the function.
Stay away from developers that want to standardise their wrappers around web standards.
Someone I know spend 3 weeks to create a reusable form component around a react library written to wrap forms.
All this because they wanted to pretend that html does not exist.
Someone I know spend 3 weeks to create a reusable form component around a react library written to wrap forms.
All this because they wanted to pretend that html does not exist.
May 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Stay away from developers that want to standardise their wrappers around web standards.
Someone I know spend 3 weeks to create a reusable form component around a react library written to wrap forms.
All this because they wanted to pretend that html does not exist.
Someone I know spend 3 weeks to create a reusable form component around a react library written to wrap forms.
All this because they wanted to pretend that html does not exist.
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This is HUGE: Apple can no longer charge the "Apple Tax" on web transactions.
Epic fought up against this anticompetitive practice; took Apple to court and scored a clear and decisive victory.
Apple cannot collect a 27% tax on web purchases. Not for Epic, not for others.
Epic fought up against this anticompetitive practice; took Apple to court and scored a clear and decisive victory.
Apple cannot collect a 27% tax on web purchases. Not for Epic, not for others.
May 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This is HUGE: Apple can no longer charge the "Apple Tax" on web transactions.
Epic fought up against this anticompetitive practice; took Apple to court and scored a clear and decisive victory.
Apple cannot collect a 27% tax on web purchases. Not for Epic, not for others.
Epic fought up against this anticompetitive practice; took Apple to court and scored a clear and decisive victory.
Apple cannot collect a 27% tax on web purchases. Not for Epic, not for others.
Colleague: "I need 32Gb Ram minimum cause when I run my IDEs I run out of memory, Thus i will buy the new X laptop and pay 3k just 2 years after buying my last one."
Me: "Have you considered changing your IDEs, maybe to something more lightweight?"
Colleague: "Lol, no I am not an idiot"
Me: "Have you considered changing your IDEs, maybe to something more lightweight?"
Colleague: "Lol, no I am not an idiot"
March 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Colleague: "I need 32Gb Ram minimum cause when I run my IDEs I run out of memory, Thus i will buy the new X laptop and pay 3k just 2 years after buying my last one."
Me: "Have you considered changing your IDEs, maybe to something more lightweight?"
Colleague: "Lol, no I am not an idiot"
Me: "Have you considered changing your IDEs, maybe to something more lightweight?"
Colleague: "Lol, no I am not an idiot"
Bought a new keyboard, since my last one died.
Got one of those multi led gamer ones. Can someone explain to me why do I need to login online to get access to the application that controls the light mode??
This is insanity.
Got one of those multi led gamer ones. Can someone explain to me why do I need to login online to get access to the application that controls the light mode??
This is insanity.
March 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Bought a new keyboard, since my last one died.
Got one of those multi led gamer ones. Can someone explain to me why do I need to login online to get access to the application that controls the light mode??
This is insanity.
Got one of those multi led gamer ones. Can someone explain to me why do I need to login online to get access to the application that controls the light mode??
This is insanity.
My github is stagnatic, I ll be sure to take steps to adjust this.
March 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
My github is stagnatic, I ll be sure to take steps to adjust this.
Japan, I have travelled quite a decent amount in my life. But never, ever have I been to such a wonderful place like here. I am absolutely in love. I ll do my best to visit again as soon as possible. #japan
February 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Japan, I have travelled quite a decent amount in my life. But never, ever have I been to such a wonderful place like here. I am absolutely in love. I ll do my best to visit again as soon as possible. #japan
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After seeing the backlash to the recent React docs setup update, I've tackled it myself.
I've put up a PR that reworks the "Create" page with better explanations and a "Start from Scratch" section that recommends Vite + routers:
github.com/reactjs/reac...
I think this should make everyone happy!
I've put up a PR that reworks the "Create" page with better explanations and a "Start from Scratch" section that recommends Vite + routers:
github.com/reactjs/reac...
I think this should make everyone happy!
Rewrite "Create" page to improve explanations by markerikson · Pull Request #7618 · reactjs/react.dev
Summary
This PR revamps the "Creating a React App" setup instructions page to offer better guidance on how to start a new React project. It also converts the existing "Building a Re...
github.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
After seeing the backlash to the recent React docs setup update, I've tackled it myself.
I've put up a PR that reworks the "Create" page with better explanations and a "Start from Scratch" section that recommends Vite + routers:
github.com/reactjs/reac...
I think this should make everyone happy!
I've put up a PR that reworks the "Create" page with better explanations and a "Start from Scratch" section that recommends Vite + routers:
github.com/reactjs/reac...
I think this should make everyone happy!
Death by Configuration Tooling
You have 2 Linting tools
You have 3 Code Style tools
You have 11 pre commit hooks
You have 3 code analytics tools
All Running Locally
Combine it with no force push policies on non main branches.
And now it takes you a few of hours to resolve conflicts and push.
You have 2 Linting tools
You have 3 Code Style tools
You have 11 pre commit hooks
You have 3 code analytics tools
All Running Locally
Combine it with no force push policies on non main branches.
And now it takes you a few of hours to resolve conflicts and push.
February 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Death by Configuration Tooling
You have 2 Linting tools
You have 3 Code Style tools
You have 11 pre commit hooks
You have 3 code analytics tools
All Running Locally
Combine it with no force push policies on non main branches.
And now it takes you a few of hours to resolve conflicts and push.
You have 2 Linting tools
You have 3 Code Style tools
You have 11 pre commit hooks
You have 3 code analytics tools
All Running Locally
Combine it with no force push policies on non main branches.
And now it takes you a few of hours to resolve conflicts and push.
Great break down, very perfomant, proof that you do not need bloated frameworks to make great experiences.
Fantastic break down btw.
Fantastic break down btw.
this website is nuts!
I downloaded the entire codebase and was surprised to find out it's built with web components, Vanilla.js, Shopify and Tailwind!
Full vid diving into the stack up now www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eQt...
I downloaded the entire codebase and was surprised to find out it's built with web components, Vanilla.js, Shopify and Tailwind!
Full vid diving into the stack up now www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eQt...
Kanye's weird new website
YouTube video by Syntax
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Great break down, very perfomant, proof that you do not need bloated frameworks to make great experiences.
Fantastic break down btw.
Fantastic break down btw.
Love anything Alex does.
The next #perfnow video was released yesterday: @infrequently.org with Reckoning: Frontend's Lost Decade
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XwW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XwW...
Reckoning: Frontend's Lost Decade | Alex Russell | performance.now() 2024
YouTube video by Web Conferences Amsterdam
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Love anything Alex does.