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Jonathan Neal
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What do you think of this transform for TypeScript namespace? It’s meant to more accurately reflect the runtime it becomes.
The source TypeScript: export namespace Signal { export let isComputed: (value: unknown) => value is Computed; export class Computed { #brand() {} static { isComputed = (value): value is Computed => #brand in Object(value); } } } The resulting JavaScript: export var Signal = __ns("Signal"); { let isComputed; class Computed { #brand() {} static { isComputed = (value) => #brand in Object(value); } } __nsassign(Signal, { isComputed, Computed }); } The helper JavaScript: const __ns = (value) => Object.defineProperty( {}, Symbol.toStringTag, { value, configurable: true } ) const __nsassign = (target, source) => Object.defineProperties( target, Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(source).map( ([key, value]) => [ key, { value, writable: true, configurable: true } ] )) )
November 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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I’ll be home tonight to package a private demo to collect feedback. Would you be interested, and would these builds cover your systems?
A screenshot of successful arm64 and x64 builds for ubuntu, macos, and windows. Building everything takes 10 minutes, 25 seconds, but that’s all on ubuntu arm64, because most other systems take less than 5 minutes.
August 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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TypeScript, deliver us from the hacks of query-string imports.
The following Typescript: declare with { type: 'url' } { declare const url: string; export default url; }
July 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF. No Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, or Marvel stuff.
July 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Personally, I blame Pompeii.
May 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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In popular Toggle Group components, clicking the selected item de-selects it.

I’m curious; should it behave more like a radio group, or at least offer that option? Like, if I click “Align Right” repeatedly, should “Align Right” stay selected?

That’s how it works in documents.🤔
May 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Drawing inspiration from the incredible React ARIA!

A calendar web component is coming soon.
May 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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More @base-ui.com inspired Custom Elements:

• made of
• appended from
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April 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Things are steadily coming along.
April 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Here’s one of my favorite bits from React ARIA — the time field.

It’s super satisfying to type "1P", see "01:00 PM", and submit a form value of 13:00 (+- whatever offset you specify).

A mundane interaction? Those should feel good, too.
April 15, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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I’m also building type-safe custom elements as a side thing — drawing on BaseUI, Spectrum, and some spicy polymorphism.

Maybe it’s a full dashboard one day.

I just want strong, composable guts for any workflow — good ol’ CSS, Tailwind — whatever helps you ship, friends.
The following HTML: <a-field name="turtle-power"> <a-label>Pick Your Turtle Power</a-label> <a-choice multiple> <a-option>Leonardo</a-option> <a-option>Donatello</a-option> <a-option>Michelangelo</a-option> <a-option>Raphael</a-option> </a-choice> </a-field>
April 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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So cool to learn this week that his artwork still hangs in the Walt Disney World Hollywood Tower Hotel break room.
April 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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My cousin Steve Abernathy passed away this week. Here’s some of his concept art for a "Tower of Terror" back in 1991.
Panoramic concept art showing a grand, hilltop hotel dominated by a decaying tower. The surrounding area is lush with palm trees and dense vegetation, and the sky is dark and dramatic. A stone gateway at the bottom of the hill welcomes guests, and several 1930s-style figures are gathered, suggesting a vintage Hollywood setting. Front-facing concept art of the “Hollywood Tower Hotel” with its iconic broken tower looming in the background. The building is ornately detailed with wrought iron balconies, turrets, and cracked stucco. Palm trees sway in the foreground, and the “Hotel Hollywood” sign glows eerily. Guests dressed in mid-20th-century fashion wander near the entrance, hinting at the ride’s retro setting. Concept art of a tall, weathered tower with crumbling walls and exposed support beams. The structure features Spanish Colonial Revival architectural elements, including arched windows, decorative railings, and a tiled roof. The tower appears abandoned and partially destroyed, evoking an eerie, haunted feeling. Birds circle the top, and palm trees are visible at the base. Close-up concept art of the hotel entrance. A guest approaches grand doors beneath a highly detailed archway flanked by crumbling pillars and ornate sculptures. A man and child sit by a decorative fountain on the left. Ivy creeps up the walls, and a large, gnarled tree bends toward the building, amplifying the abandoned, haunted atmosphere.
April 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Also, this is how it usually turns out.
A three-panel meme featuring a scene from ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.’ The first panel shows Cate Blanchett’s character, Irina Spalko, looking in awe as she says, ‘Tell me. I want to know. I want to know.’ The second panel is a close-up of an alien with glowing green eyes staring intensely. The third panel depicts the alien standing before a fiery explosion, implying an overwhelming revelation or destruction.
March 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Checks out. Walt was also a big DK fan.
A search result about Diddy Kong that claims "In the Super Smash Bros. game series, Diddy Kong was given realistic spider monkey screeches, recorded by the late Walt Disney"
February 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM