Tom Hicks
@hicksyfern.bsky.social
Full stack TypeScript dev working on making web maps.
Also: F1, rugby, cricket, music
Also: F1, rugby, cricket, music
Yeah, detecting that it’s supposed to be read as text as opposed to a sequence of whatever those symbols actually are is the hard bit to get exactly right.
I’m sure some basic rules could be added that would make it much less wrong much less often than now.
I’m sure some basic rules could be added that would make it much less wrong much less often than now.
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Yeah, detecting that it’s supposed to be read as text as opposed to a sequence of whatever those symbols actually are is the hard bit to get exactly right.
I’m sure some basic rules could be added that would make it much less wrong much less often than now.
I’m sure some basic rules could be added that would make it much less wrong much less often than now.
Semi serious question… shouldn’t screen readers just be better at reading this?
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Semi serious question… shouldn’t screen readers just be better at reading this?
expect error is a good way of writing type tests.
Ignore is a good way of letting you add bugs to your code
Ignore is a good way of letting you add bugs to your code
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
expect error is a good way of writing type tests.
Ignore is a good way of letting you add bugs to your code
Ignore is a good way of letting you add bugs to your code
There are a lot of things I’d like to see rigorously happen to him
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
There are a lot of things I’d like to see rigorously happen to him
Should’ve left number 2 out. Obviously true that most people that take drugs are not a problem.
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Should’ve left number 2 out. Obviously true that most people that take drugs are not a problem.
I prefer a screenshot than a code block on slack. Horses for courses.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I prefer a screenshot than a code block on slack. Horses for courses.
This advice of getting the core right is applicable to every type of programming, too.
If you find yourself endlessly “patching” the implementation, it’s almost certainly down to a mismodeling closer to the core of whatever you’re doing.
If you find yourself endlessly “patching” the implementation, it’s almost certainly down to a mismodeling closer to the core of whatever you’re doing.
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This advice of getting the core right is applicable to every type of programming, too.
If you find yourself endlessly “patching” the implementation, it’s almost certainly down to a mismodeling closer to the core of whatever you’re doing.
If you find yourself endlessly “patching” the implementation, it’s almost certainly down to a mismodeling closer to the core of whatever you’re doing.
We need to be accurate in our criticism otherwise it’s easy to dismiss and it’s as bad as their lies.
He did turn and try to help initially.
After that (and it was clear other people were taking care of them) he then turned and faced the front blankly.
He did turn and try to help initially.
After that (and it was clear other people were taking care of them) he then turned and faced the front blankly.
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We need to be accurate in our criticism otherwise it’s easy to dismiss and it’s as bad as their lies.
He did turn and try to help initially.
After that (and it was clear other people were taking care of them) he then turned and faced the front blankly.
He did turn and try to help initially.
After that (and it was clear other people were taking care of them) he then turned and faced the front blankly.
If your web app is literally bundled into the native app, hot reload won’t work because it’ll be loaded resources from the local file system which aren’t the files you’re editing in your IDE
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If your web app is literally bundled into the native app, hot reload won’t work because it’ll be loaded resources from the local file system which aren’t the files you’re editing in your IDE
I know. You can have the webview point at localhost on your machine.
Then it’ll be running in your app but pointing at a resource you can change and just reopen the app.
Then it’ll be running in your app but pointing at a resource you can change and just reopen the app.
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I know. You can have the webview point at localhost on your machine.
Then it’ll be running in your app but pointing at a resource you can change and just reopen the app.
Then it’ll be running in your app but pointing at a resource you can change and just reopen the app.
Could be worth seeing if you can serve the web app from a local http server? That would save needing to rebuild.
Although some native web app behaviours are local-file-system specific, but it’s a very niche subset.
Although some native web app behaviours are local-file-system specific, but it’s a very niche subset.
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Could be worth seeing if you can serve the web app from a local http server? That would save needing to rebuild.
Although some native web app behaviours are local-file-system specific, but it’s a very niche subset.
Although some native web app behaviours are local-file-system specific, but it’s a very niche subset.
Why do you have to rebuild the app? Is it bundling some static web app inside it or something?
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Why do you have to rebuild the app? Is it bundling some static web app inside it or something?
that's not really what happened, to be fair.
he does look and crouch over and start to see if he can help. he only starts standing there like a cardboard cutout once a load of people start ushering the press/photographers out.
he does look and crouch over and start to see if he can help. he only starts standing there like a cardboard cutout once a load of people start ushering the press/photographers out.
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
that's not really what happened, to be fair.
he does look and crouch over and start to see if he can help. he only starts standing there like a cardboard cutout once a load of people start ushering the press/photographers out.
he does look and crouch over and start to see if he can help. he only starts standing there like a cardboard cutout once a load of people start ushering the press/photographers out.
It’s just needs one more line in the prompt, honest
November 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It’s just needs one more line in the prompt, honest
I posit that this is what happens when your developers are not expected to care.
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I posit that this is what happens when your developers are not expected to care.
A learning opportunity
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A learning opportunity
Depends on the time of day I imagine
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Depends on the time of day I imagine
I used to work between Bristol, London and Manchester for a time back around 2012.
Sometimes the train fare for a one way journey could be 275 quid.
Sometimes the train fare for a one way journey could be 275 quid.
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I used to work between Bristol, London and Manchester for a time back around 2012.
Sometimes the train fare for a one way journey could be 275 quid.
Sometimes the train fare for a one way journey could be 275 quid.
“I don’t want to be a content creator. I want to make people content”
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
“I don’t want to be a content creator. I want to make people content”
One of the mitigation factors is “no time to react”.
Barrett received the ball at almost the exact time he contacted the defender.
You can’t go from not making a tackle to being crouched sufficiently in such a short time.
Barrett received the ball at almost the exact time he contacted the defender.
You can’t go from not making a tackle to being crouched sufficiently in such a short time.
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
One of the mitigation factors is “no time to react”.
Barrett received the ball at almost the exact time he contacted the defender.
You can’t go from not making a tackle to being crouched sufficiently in such a short time.
Barrett received the ball at almost the exact time he contacted the defender.
You can’t go from not making a tackle to being crouched sufficiently in such a short time.
The assessment that he was “never legal” was incorrect.
He’s legal for the entire time that Barrett doesn’t have the ball. You cannot prepare to tackle someone who doesn’t have the ball.
He’s legal for the entire time that Barrett doesn’t have the ball. You cannot prepare to tackle someone who doesn’t have the ball.
November 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The assessment that he was “never legal” was incorrect.
He’s legal for the entire time that Barrett doesn’t have the ball. You cannot prepare to tackle someone who doesn’t have the ball.
He’s legal for the entire time that Barrett doesn’t have the ball. You cannot prepare to tackle someone who doesn’t have the ball.
So why has it been rescinded?
November 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
So why has it been rescinded?
Literally nothing he could have done differently.
He’s not allowed to tackle someone without the ball. If they pop the ball to the attacker (forward, too) he can’t go from not tackling to tackling in such a short time.
He’s not allowed to tackle someone without the ball. If they pop the ball to the attacker (forward, too) he can’t go from not tackling to tackling in such a short time.
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Literally nothing he could have done differently.
He’s not allowed to tackle someone without the ball. If they pop the ball to the attacker (forward, too) he can’t go from not tackling to tackling in such a short time.
He’s not allowed to tackle someone without the ball. If they pop the ball to the attacker (forward, too) he can’t go from not tackling to tackling in such a short time.