Mike Ekkel
@murkrage.com
Senior Software Engineer @ Bynder 👨🏻💻 • Dad 👨🏻🍼 • JavaScript | Typescript | React | Swift & iOS ☕️ • Building Skillet 🍅🍳
Back to work after NordicJS. Honestly I was most inspired by @una.im’s CSS talk. I love new CSS features and I wish I could do more with them.
Also, thanks a lot Una for having a chat with me that day!
Also, thanks a lot Una for having a chat with me that day!
October 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Back to work after NordicJS. Honestly I was most inspired by @una.im’s CSS talk. I love new CSS features and I wish I could do more with them.
Also, thanks a lot Una for having a chat with me that day!
Also, thanks a lot Una for having a chat with me that day!
Glad to hear! Don't push it too hard, though. I made that mistake and I'm still recovering as a result 😭
May 19, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Glad to hear! Don't push it too hard, though. I made that mistake and I'm still recovering as a result 😭
That’s fair and I totally get it 😂
February 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
That’s fair and I totally get it 😂
This is such a mood and I love it
February 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is such a mood and I love it
We’ll never… ever… forget about Pluto
February 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
We’ll never… ever… forget about Pluto
Reposted by Mike Ekkel
do you know how dangerous i’d be if i had self-discipline
February 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
do you know how dangerous i’d be if i had self-discipline
I just noticed Tailwind v4.0 was released. It's been a while since I used it but I'm pretty excited to try it out. Bunch of really cool new things in there.
Honorable mention: config in CSS and Theme tokens.
tailwindcss.com/blog/tailwin...
Honorable mention: config in CSS and Theme tokens.
tailwindcss.com/blog/tailwin...
Tailwind CSS v4.0
We just released Tailwind CSS v4.0 — an all-new version of the framework optimized for performance and flexibility, with a reimagined configuration and customization experience, and taking full advant...
tailwindcss.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I just noticed Tailwind v4.0 was released. It's been a while since I used it but I'm pretty excited to try it out. Bunch of really cool new things in there.
Honorable mention: config in CSS and Theme tokens.
tailwindcss.com/blog/tailwin...
Honorable mention: config in CSS and Theme tokens.
tailwindcss.com/blog/tailwin...
I really wish they would stop pushing everyone away from building SPA's. There are many use-cases that work incredibly well with an SPA and not everything has to be packed into server components and actions.
yeah.
If I could magic-wand this:
- Immediate:
- merge + publish template fixes
- update docs to say "deprecated"
- nuke issue spam and archive repo
- follow-up:
- rewrite React "Installation" page to list "SPA" and recommend Vite
- have `cra` print deprecation message
If I could magic-wand this:
- Immediate:
- merge + publish template fixes
- update docs to say "deprecated"
- nuke issue spam and archive repo
- follow-up:
- rewrite React "Installation" page to list "SPA" and recommend Vite
- have `cra` print deprecation message
January 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I really wish they would stop pushing everyone away from building SPA's. There are many use-cases that work incredibly well with an SPA and not everything has to be packed into server components and actions.
I’ve been well! It’s been quite the year 😂
Hope you’ve been doing good too!
Hope you’ve been doing good too!
January 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I’ve been well! It’s been quite the year 😂
Hope you’ve been doing good too!
Hope you’ve been doing good too!
Soooo… we’re just going to pretend he didn’t mean to do what he did?
Alright then 😬
Alright then 😬
January 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Soooo… we’re just going to pretend he didn’t mean to do what he did?
Alright then 😬
Alright then 😬
It really feels like the missing piece to work with data from an API. I took this for granted in Typescript/JS 😂
Is there a reason you don’t have arrays included? I added them myself but now I’m wondering if I’m missing something that would cause an error. So far it seems to work, tho!
Is there a reason you don’t have arrays included? I added them myself but now I’m wondering if I’m missing something that would cause an error. So far it seems to work, tho!
January 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It really feels like the missing piece to work with data from an API. I took this for granted in Typescript/JS 😂
Is there a reason you don’t have arrays included? I added them myself but now I’m wondering if I’m missing something that would cause an error. So far it seems to work, tho!
Is there a reason you don’t have arrays included? I added them myself but now I’m wondering if I’m missing something that would cause an error. So far it seems to work, tho!
Elon horrible, never buying Tesla, blabla (all true)
This is a nice little quirk, tho. A really great example of an untested scenario in software.
I can hear the QA going: "But what if a train passes by?" and the devs just going "it's a car..."
This is a nice little quirk, tho. A really great example of an untested scenario in software.
I can hear the QA going: "But what if a train passes by?" and the devs just going "it's a car..."
January 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Elon horrible, never buying Tesla, blabla (all true)
This is a nice little quirk, tho. A really great example of an untested scenario in software.
I can hear the QA going: "But what if a train passes by?" and the devs just going "it's a car..."
This is a nice little quirk, tho. A really great example of an untested scenario in software.
I can hear the QA going: "But what if a train passes by?" and the devs just going "it's a car..."
Finally! Looking forward to this one. Full backwards compatibility with existing Switch games, the joy-cons click into it instead of sliding in, a seemingly stronger back rest.
Bring on the games, Nintendo!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxLU...
Bring on the games, Nintendo!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxLU...
Nintendo Switch 2 – First-look trailer
YouTube video by Nintendo UK
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Finally! Looking forward to this one. Full backwards compatibility with existing Switch games, the joy-cons click into it instead of sliding in, a seemingly stronger back rest.
Bring on the games, Nintendo!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxLU...
Bring on the games, Nintendo!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxLU...
I like the separate boxes for number only codes. It clearly shows each digit and bonus points if the email has extra spacing around each digit.
But...
"Can I paste? Where do I paste? Is my paste going to carry over into all of the little boxes?"
If it doesn't carry over I'm mega upset.
But...
"Can I paste? Where do I paste? Is my paste going to carry over into all of the little boxes?"
If it doesn't carry over I'm mega upset.
January 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I like the separate boxes for number only codes. It clearly shows each digit and bonus points if the email has extra spacing around each digit.
But...
"Can I paste? Where do I paste? Is my paste going to carry over into all of the little boxes?"
If it doesn't carry over I'm mega upset.
But...
"Can I paste? Where do I paste? Is my paste going to carry over into all of the little boxes?"
If it doesn't carry over I'm mega upset.
I bought @wesbos.com's "React for Beginners" course and not long after he released ES6 for everyone.
He kickstarted my career and now, after nearly 7 years of experience, is still teaching me new things. Absolutely amazing stuff.
Highly recommend his new video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0HO...
He kickstarted my career and now, after nearly 7 years of experience, is still teaching me new things. Absolutely amazing stuff.
Highly recommend his new video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0HO...
MAXIMUM VS Code Productivity — Navigating Codebases Quickly
YouTube video by Syntax
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I bought @wesbos.com's "React for Beginners" course and not long after he released ES6 for everyone.
He kickstarted my career and now, after nearly 7 years of experience, is still teaching me new things. Absolutely amazing stuff.
Highly recommend his new video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0HO...
He kickstarted my career and now, after nearly 7 years of experience, is still teaching me new things. Absolutely amazing stuff.
Highly recommend his new video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0HO...
About 8 and a half years ago I was doing my bachelor's in UX design. An important part was the choice of minor + subsequent project. This was a real-world project for which your team had 20 weeks to build a product.
I really wanted to get into development, so during the project I was the developer.
I really wanted to get into development, so during the project I was the developer.
January 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
About 8 and a half years ago I was doing my bachelor's in UX design. An important part was the choice of minor + subsequent project. This was a real-world project for which your team had 20 weeks to build a product.
I really wanted to get into development, so during the project I was the developer.
I really wanted to get into development, so during the project I was the developer.
Masking can be effective but it’s also super exhausting, right?
Would you say you also struggle getting started with things you *have* to do but once started you’re done really quickly.
Would you say you also struggle getting started with things you *have* to do but once started you’re done really quickly.
January 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Masking can be effective but it’s also super exhausting, right?
Would you say you also struggle getting started with things you *have* to do but once started you’re done really quickly.
Would you say you also struggle getting started with things you *have* to do but once started you’re done really quickly.
Oh yeah the adventures you’ll embark on when telling a story! In your mind, the side stories very much relate to the main story right?
January 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Oh yeah the adventures you’ll embark on when telling a story! In your mind, the side stories very much relate to the main story right?
I was diagnosed back in 2023. Things suddenly made so much sense. Therapy was massively helpful.
What are some things that trigger the thought?
What are some things that trigger the thought?
January 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I was diagnosed back in 2023. Things suddenly made so much sense. Therapy was massively helpful.
What are some things that trigger the thought?
What are some things that trigger the thought?
Having to use optionals everywhere instead of being able to simply set default values for Codable is maddening... Spent too long figuring out why my decoder wasn't returning any data.
@jordanmorgan10.bsky.social to the rescue: www.swiftjectivec.com/swift-codabl...
Brb, decorating EVERYTHING 👀
@jordanmorgan10.bsky.social to the rescue: www.swiftjectivec.com/swift-codabl...
Brb, decorating EVERYTHING 👀
@DefaultIfMissing - My Codable Failsafe
Sometimes, you just want some leniancy with codable. Here’s how I get it.
www.swiftjectivec.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Having to use optionals everywhere instead of being able to simply set default values for Codable is maddening... Spent too long figuring out why my decoder wasn't returning any data.
@jordanmorgan10.bsky.social to the rescue: www.swiftjectivec.com/swift-codabl...
Brb, decorating EVERYTHING 👀
@jordanmorgan10.bsky.social to the rescue: www.swiftjectivec.com/swift-codabl...
Brb, decorating EVERYTHING 👀
It also gives me a great reason to finally get @sarahedo.bsky.social's "Engineering Management for the Rest of Us". I went through some of the open sourced parts before and they were super useful!
January 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It also gives me a great reason to finally get @sarahedo.bsky.social's "Engineering Management for the Rest of Us". I went through some of the open sourced parts before and they were super useful!
So much so that I'm trying to convince my manager to let me take @kvlly.com's self-paced management fundamentals course. It sounds like something even a non-manager would benefit from, which is great.
January 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
So much so that I'm trying to convince my manager to let me take @kvlly.com's self-paced management fundamentals course. It sounds like something even a non-manager would benefit from, which is great.
Last year brought huge changes at work, like joining a new team. This challenged me to grow a ton in engineering-related soft skills, and along the way, I found myself stepping into an informal leadership role.
I’ve discovered I love this kind of work, so I’m leaning into it hard this year.
I’ve discovered I love this kind of work, so I’m leaning into it hard this year.
January 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Last year brought huge changes at work, like joining a new team. This challenged me to grow a ton in engineering-related soft skills, and along the way, I found myself stepping into an informal leadership role.
I’ve discovered I love this kind of work, so I’m leaning into it hard this year.
I’ve discovered I love this kind of work, so I’m leaning into it hard this year.
Hadn’t thought of it like that yet. When I was stuck in tutorial hell I didn’t feel confident enough to build something. Then we started recommending people to go and build.
Now, tho, people are overly confident in their abilities and shouldn’t build blindly.
What a wild turn of events!
Now, tho, people are overly confident in their abilities and shouldn’t build blindly.
What a wild turn of events!
January 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Hadn’t thought of it like that yet. When I was stuck in tutorial hell I didn’t feel confident enough to build something. Then we started recommending people to go and build.
Now, tho, people are overly confident in their abilities and shouldn’t build blindly.
What a wild turn of events!
Now, tho, people are overly confident in their abilities and shouldn’t build blindly.
What a wild turn of events!