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John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · Jan 1

I type script and I TypeScript

Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · Dec 31

diagonalize

John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 6h

The whole npm token shenanigans has got me looking again at my continuous deployment setup. I hadn't realised just how hard GitHub make it to have automation write to your CHANGELOG.md on main. It explains why I see less file CHANGELOGs in repos these days. "This is too tough; GitHub releases it is"

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John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 2d

Trusted publishing looks like a great idea for the security of the npm ecosystem long term. The timelines around getting there are so ambitious they may create risk around publishing in the short term.

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React Advanced London @reactadvanced.gitnation.org · 2d

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John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 2d

Woke up to news on npm security changes. Everyone who maintains npm packages probably has some work to do for each package they maintain. And quickly given the dates outlined here

github.blog/changelog/20...

Strengthening npm security: Important changes to authentication and token management - GitHub Changelog

As part of our ongoing commitment to securing the npm ecosystem, we’re implementing the first phase of security improvements outlined in our recent announcement. These changes will roll out over…

github.blog

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John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 2d

Morning walk is now entirely in darkness

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John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 3d

End to end integration compilation tests, regardless of your backend language? Oh yes we can!

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Keeping front end and back end in sync with NSwag generated clients | johnnyreilly

By generating clients from OpenAPI specs, it is possible to have integration tests that check your front end and your back end are aligned. This post will show you how to do that using NSwag.

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John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 3d

Haha! Will do. I have been having problems stopping knip from purging eslint and friends, but I'm not sure yet if I'm just configuring it wrong; I need to do some more experiments!

John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 3d

I wish I could say I had some. I'm hoping it'll become fun at some point. Fun helps most things

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John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 3d

Spotted under a bridge near Waterloo. Unsure if this is an address or a VERY BIG status code

John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 4d

Stiff upper lips have bad side effects; you're unlikely to try to make things better. I'm doing all the things to try and get myself to a place. Gym, physio, a trainer, stretching and pilates are all now part of my life. Here's hoping it helps! 🤞

John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 4d

"If I Had More Time, I Would Have Written a Shorter Letter" - this is a memo that AI coding tools have yet to to take on board. knip.dev totally has though. I just used it to put an AI generated codebase through the deadwood colander and I'm very happy with the results!

Declutter your JavaScript & TypeScript projects

Project linter to find unused dependencies, exports and files

knip.dev

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John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 5d

Health-wise this has been a rough year for me. I'm doing better, back wise, but it's a long road. One thing that has been helpful is keeping a daily health diary. Scoring how I'm doing day by day. Then I can go back (ha!) and see slow progress. Lifts the mood when you're short on hope. Recommended

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John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 5d

John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 5d

Have an awesome evening!

John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 6d

Very vivid dream in which @robpalmer.bsky.social and I were interviewing candidates for Bloomberg. Interview seemed to consist entirely of a discussion of Golang support for JSON parsing. I don't work for Bloomberg and I don't know Go really either. Dreams are weird

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John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 7d

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John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 9d

I don't know what these are, but I have decided I like them

What looks like giant colourful chess pieces on a street near the South Bank in London

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John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 10d

I'm in! The JavaScript is optional as long as the gravy is on point

John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 10d

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John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 10d

You look very smart Kent! Enjoy the singing!

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John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 11d

John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 13d

These gigantic pencils have appeared over the last week on roads that lead to schools. I never would have come up with the idea, but these giant pencils bring me much joy ✏️

A giant pencil in the foreground and 2 giant pencils in the background

John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 14d

Red carpet being assembled at the BFI - maybe a film premiere?

A partially unrolled red carpet and lights outside the BFI

John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 14d

I've maintained ts-loader (webpack TypeScript loader) for nearly 10 years now. However Vite is my default choice for new projects, and my view is it probably should be everyone's default choice these days