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raul
@macarie.blue
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Building things with code, one slice of pizza at a time • he/him

Writing at macarie.me 💭
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Been experimenting with a type-safe, function-based, framework-agnostic form generator and it feels… weirdly nice to use?
Code snippet defining a form using a function-based form builder. Inside a `stack` layout, it inserts a reusable `addressForm` for the shipping address, adds a `sameAsShipping` checkbox, and uses a `when` conditional to show another `addressForm` for billing only when `sameAsShipping` is false.
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
macarie.blue
Wrote about how our testing strategy evolved to include visual regression testing and how we can generate hundreds of tests in a handful of lines of code

Spoiler: turns out high school math can be useful after all 😶‍🌫️

macarie.me/writing/when...
When Manual Testing Becomes Unsustainable · Raul Macarie
At some point, checking every visual variant by hand becomes impossible. This is about that turning point, and what came after.
macarie.me
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
macarie.blue
Potentially coming to a @vitest.dev browser mode report near you 👀

New view for visual regression testing failures with tabs for:
- diff, reference, and actual screenshots
- slider to compare reference vs actual (before/after style)
October 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Reposted by raul
ematipico.xyz
If you live in Europe and you're concerned about the shit show "Chat Control", please spend a few minutes sending an email to your representatives.

I did it, please do the same.

fightchatcontrol.eu
Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU
Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.
fightchatcontrol.eu
August 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Reposted by raul
jcoglan.com
part of my resentment towards LLMs is to do with them crowding out anything else we could be talking about. there are so many things I could be reading to get better at my craft but I'm presented with "you should actually get worse at it on purpose because nothing matters any more"
August 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
macarie.blue
Totally missed this 🙃

Proud to have helped bring visual regression testing to a tool I use daily, and even more so because it started from something I needed as a user 🙌🏼

And thanks to @erus.dev for the support along the way 💚
erus.dev Vladimir @erus.dev · Jul 28
Built-in Visual Regression testing comes to Vitest in the next major release! Thank you, @macarie.blue for working on this feature 👏

main.vitest.dev/guide/browse...
The example of a test that tests an element is consistent between code changes. The code includes `expect(element).toMatchScreenshot('hero-secion')`
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
macarie.blue
Biome's been a huge win for my team - hands down the highest ROI tool I've used!

So happy to finally see plugins and type-aware rules land in stable 🥹
biomejs.dev biomejs.dev @biomejs.dev · Jun 17
Biome v2—codename: Biotype is here! The first type-aware linter that doesn't require tsc

🔐 Type-aware lint rules
🧑‍🚒 Plugins
📚 Monorepo support
📝 Revamped, configurable import sorting
🧐 Linter domains
🙅‍♀️ Bulk suppressions
👩‍✈️ Analyzer assist
June 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
macarie.blue
Bought Timberborn just over a week ago, and I’m already 68 hours deep.

Send help — this game is too addicting 🫣
My Timberborn's Steam page that shows a total of 68.1 hours of play time.
November 4, 2024 at 6:23 PM