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Jeff Chew
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Head of Engineering, Carbon Design System at IBM. Thoughts and ideas are my own.
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Cross posting from LinkedIn, my team is growing and we're building a new team in Dublin, Ireland! If you or someone you know is interested, hit up the job links!

#hiring

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Jeff Chew on LinkedIn: We're growing the Carbon Design System team at IBM! We have several open…
We're growing the Carbon Design System team at IBM! We have several open roles we are looking to fill this year and would love to have the right folks work…
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February 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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if lack of a server-side rendering story is what’s held you back from web components, give them a second look
Isomorphic Web Components | jakelazaroff.com
The lack of server-side rendering in web components has become a sort of folk belief that oft goes unquestioned. I am happy to report that the fears are unfounded.
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December 11, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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Amazing to see it all green!

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Custom Elements Everywhere
Making sure frameworks and custom elements can be BFFs 🍻
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December 7, 2024 at 2:52 PM
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React v19, now with Web Component support!

Creating and managing React wrappers for our clients' design systems has long been a pain in the ass. This is very welcome step in the right direction. bradfrost.com/blog/link/re...
December 5, 2024 at 8:28 PM
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I just noticed today that the Disney+ video player is build with @lit.dev!
December 3, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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Tis the season!
December 3, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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Incredible read! Thank you for taking the time to write and share this, @infrequently.org !
infrequently.org Alex Russell @infrequently.org · Nov 30
I've come to understand what's happening in frontend's decade-long failure to deliver decent user experiences as a sort of epistemic closure. I'm calling it "frameworkism", and the epicenter is now React. Here's a lot of words on why we should all reject it:

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If Not React, Then What? - Infrequently Noted
Frameworkism is now the dominant creed of today's frontend discourse, and it's bullshit. We owe it to ourselves and to our users to reject dogma and embrace engineering as a discipline that strives to...
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November 30, 2024 at 2:14 AM
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One of the best things about Thanksgiving is leftovers. How often do I get to eat a turkey mushroom omelette for breakfast?
November 29, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Our team delivers to hundreds of teams across IBM, and the way we organized ourselves revolves around treating ourselves like a product. We finally put pen to paper and published our POV on our product development lifecycle, and our definition of done.

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Carbon Design System
Carbon is IBM’s open source design system for products and digital experiences. With the IBM Design Language as its foundation, the system consists of working code, design tools and resources, human i...
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November 23, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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Figma somehow hijacked my calendar!
figma.com Figma @figma.com · Nov 20
Another busy day ahead
November 22, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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Thanks for the shout-out about Carbon Design System, @scottjehl.com !

#webcomponents
November 22, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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How did I not know about this in @lit.dev

TL;DR – you can use `PropertyValues` to get strongly typed maps in lifecycle methods. 🤩
// simple-greeting.ts import {html, css, LitElement} from 'lit'; import {customElement, property} from 'lit/decorators.js'; import type { PropertyValues } from 'lit'; @customElement('simple-greeting') export class SimpleGreeting extends LitElement { @property() name = 'Somebody'; // BEFORE // updated(changedProperties: Map<string, unknown>) { // if (changedProperties.has('name')) { // // works but any key is valid // } // } // AFTER updated(changedProperties: PropertyValues<this>) { if (changedProperties.has('name')) { // works and tells you if a key is incorrect! } } render() { return html`<p>Hello, ${this.name}!</p>`; } }
November 21, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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Very excited for this! I have had my eye on this proposal for awhile as well. We will certainly find practical uses for this at IBM!
justinfagnani.com Justin Fagnani @justinfagnani.com · Nov 20
Now all three major browser engines are working on scoped custom element registries!!!

It's been a long time since I first opened the proposal. I almost can't believe it's really happening...

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November 21, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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What gif pops up when you type your name?
November 19, 2024 at 12:28 PM
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So in the last month, Trump won the election and Mike Tyson lost to a YouTuber. Anything else on the 2024 bingo card I should prepare for?
November 16, 2024 at 12:44 PM
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Who made this? Ahahaha
Meme with side by side pictures of Marco Rubio and RFK, Jr, labeled “Marco” and “Polio.”
November 15, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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So...are we now living in the prequel to Idiocracy?
November 14, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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Hello World!
November 14, 2024 at 2:28 AM