John Flockton
@thegreatercurve.com
software engineer @meta. working on mobile tooling. side interest in browsers and JS compilers.
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Apparently the UK adult verification thing has basically banned blind people from half of the internet because they can't use the verification system 🫣
July 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Apparently the UK adult verification thing has basically banned blind people from half of the internet because they can't use the verification system 🫣
Reading about how different TV channels covered the first moon landing:
July 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Reading about how different TV channels covered the first moon landing:
Brilliant piece of UX from @monzo.com if you open the app whilst on the phone to a potential scammer:
May 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Brilliant piece of UX from @monzo.com if you open the app whilst on the phone to a potential scammer:
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Today we're thrilled to announce our effort to port the TypeScript compiler and language service to native code, gaining a 10x speed boost in build times and editor responsiveness!
devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/t...
devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/t...
A 10x Faster TypeScript - TypeScript
Embarking on a native port of the existing TypeScript compiler and toolset to achieve a 10x performance speed-up.
devblogs.microsoft.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Today we're thrilled to announce our effort to port the TypeScript compiler and language service to native code, gaining a 10x speed boost in build times and editor responsiveness!
devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/t...
devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/t...
The pretentious history of front end job titles:
2010: Web Developer
2015: Front End Developer
2020: Front End Engineer
>2025: Member of Technical Staff: Front End
2010: Web Developer
2015: Front End Developer
2020: Front End Engineer
>2025: Member of Technical Staff: Front End
January 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The pretentious history of front end job titles:
2010: Web Developer
2015: Front End Developer
2020: Front End Engineer
>2025: Member of Technical Staff: Front End
2010: Web Developer
2015: Front End Developer
2020: Front End Engineer
>2025: Member of Technical Staff: Front End
So, what, I have to remember how to do my job?
January 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
So, what, I have to remember how to do my job?
Me too Safari codebase, me too:
December 18, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Me too Safari codebase, me too:
Write short and efficient code. Otherwise, the GitHub UI completely freezes whenever a file is over 2000 lines long... it's clearly a feature, not a bug 😅.
December 8, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Write short and efficient code. Otherwise, the GitHub UI completely freezes whenever a file is over 2000 lines long... it's clearly a feature, not a bug 😅.
I would recommend Thank Goodness You're Here! by @coalsupper.bsky.social in the Steam sale. Still my favourite game of the year.
December 2, 2024 at 8:56 AM
I would recommend Thank Goodness You're Here! by @coalsupper.bsky.social in the Steam sale. Still my favourite game of the year.
Out of interest, apart from Quick.js does anyone know of any language interpreters which parse straight to bytecode, omitting the AST step?
November 30, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Out of interest, apart from Quick.js does anyone know of any language interpreters which parse straight to bytecode, omitting the AST step?
TIL, months are zero-indexed in the JavaScript Date class (but not years or days):
#javascript #typescript
#javascript #typescript
November 23, 2024 at 4:05 PM
TIL, months are zero-indexed in the JavaScript Date class (but not years or days):
#javascript #typescript
#javascript #typescript
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absolute masterclass in calm, facts-based interviewing by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social
“So it’s not about you, it’s not about your farm and the fact you bought a farm to avoid inheritance tax?”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Jeremy Clarkson at the farmers’ protest in Westminster where thousands of farmers are protesting the government’s inheritance tax plans.
#Newsnight
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Jeremy Clarkson at the farmers’ protest in Westminster where thousands of farmers are protesting the government’s inheritance tax plans.
#Newsnight
November 19, 2024 at 10:27 PM
absolute masterclass in calm, facts-based interviewing by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social
November 17, 2024 at 5:22 PM
TIL In JavaScript, assignment expressions can be nested in arrays.
#typescript #javascript #frontend #react
#typescript #javascript #frontend #react
November 14, 2024 at 11:36 AM
TIL In JavaScript, assignment expressions can be nested in arrays.
#typescript #javascript #frontend #react
#typescript #javascript #frontend #react
Love that BlueSky allows me to make my Following feed the default 🤯
November 10, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Love that BlueSky allows me to make my Following feed the default 🤯
Fun fact, in JavaScript `enum` has been a keyword since the language was formalized in 1997, even though they have yet to be implemented in the language.
Additionally, if you use it as an identifier, you'll get a reserved word syntax error:
#javascript #webdev
Additionally, if you use it as an identifier, you'll get a reserved word syntax error:
#javascript #webdev
November 8, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Fun fact, in JavaScript `enum` has been a keyword since the language was formalized in 1997, even though they have yet to be implemented in the language.
Additionally, if you use it as an identifier, you'll get a reserved word syntax error:
#javascript #webdev
Additionally, if you use it as an identifier, you'll get a reserved word syntax error:
#javascript #webdev
I appreciate any social media platform that allows me to fuck with my DNS records
November 8, 2024 at 2:13 PM
I appreciate any social media platform that allows me to fuck with my DNS records