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André Staltz

André Staltz

@staltz.com

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JavaScript and open source guy. Working at @socket.dev Previously: Manyverse, SSB, Cycle.js, RxJS

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André Staltz @staltz.com · 1d

That was very sophisticated and good, but most of the work was in cycle/dom, which I wouldn't build. I would just use React, much like how cycle/react currently is written. I'd also drop the functional programming because embracing the React ecosystem means those child components are anyway not pure

André Staltz @staltz.com · 4d

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André Staltz - Use React in Cycle.js and vice-versa

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André Staltz @staltz.com · 4d

JSX can burn in hell as far as I'm concerned

André Staltz @staltz.com · 4d

Frameworks are opinionated ways of building apps, so I would make those opinions clear and support only one way of working with Cycle.js.

No "flexibility", but a lot of interoperability (via React with its ecosystem).

André Staltz @staltz.com · 4d

Good thoughts, and I respect you. But this thread is a good counterexample of what I'd like to build. As soon as a good open source tool comes out, people start asking for support for alternative building blocks (RxJS, xstream, Preact), which quickly dilutes the whole thing.

André Staltz @staltz.com · 4d

Because it's the new HTML. No point in competing with it. Too many good React component libraries out there that must be utilized

André Staltz @staltz.com · 4d

Just had a thought yesterday, which I can't promise will happen: to rebuild/reboot Cycle.js from scratch, getting rid of some support for legacy things, and building on top of React exclusively.

I miss streams

André Staltz @staltz.com · 7d

Muuuuito velho

André Staltz @staltz.com · 8d

"AI coding" / "vibe coding" is ridiculous and I hope the industry eventually sees it. The amount of nonsense code being produced is worrisome

André Staltz @staltz.com · 8d

GitHub Copilot in my IDE is still important for me. I use it for autocompleting 1 or 2 lines of code, not much more than that. Just helps me type less and preserve my muscles

André Staltz @staltz.com · 10d

Cursor -> Curser
Claude -> Fraud
ChatGPT -> ChadGDP
Gemini -> German eye

André Staltz @staltz.com · 26d

Sigh how do I edit posts, I meant "this couldn't be more true" not "further from"

André Staltz @staltz.com · 26d

Anyway, I still believe in diagramming to aid in documenting and understanding code. Mermaid is a gem for that.

If there is one programming skill that has paid off in my career is debugging thoroughly, investigating, troubleshooting, and loving the problem, not jumping to solutions.

André Staltz @staltz.com · 26d

(Tangential, but Cycle.js couldn't have fulfilled that dream because its charts turned out to be dynamic AND nested, which no one can follow. A chart must be static for the whole duration of the program, for it to be useful as a reading and teaching tool)

André Staltz @staltz.com · 26d

With Cycle.js, I wanted to create a structure for code such that it could always be visualized in charts (also in realtime, for debugging). Charts help give a high level overview, and would be the intro to your code-reading journey.

André Staltz @staltz.com · 26d

It's a lot better than copy-pasting from StackOverflow (and in some cases, a lot worse!), but the core problem remains: reading and understanding code.

André Staltz @staltz.com · 26d

Back in the days I tweeted something along the lines of "programming is primarily about reading and understanding code, not writing code" which went a bit viral.

In the age of AI coding, this couldn't be further from the truth. Vibe coding is just modern day StackOverflow copy-paste spaghetti.

André Staltz @staltz.com · Sep 21

Yes, I also fully expect that

André Staltz @staltz.com · Sep 20

Searching the web for an answer: scrolling through pages which are riddled with cookie banners and ads and paywalls.

Asking an LLM to search for you: immediately get the right answer you want.

This is one of the reasons the web is doomed, *although* LLMs build their value on top of the web.

André Staltz @staltz.com · Sep 16

I regret calling myself a "leftist" for years.

No other online group gets this much impunity and complacency when wishing or celebrating the death of others.

The progressive radical left does not have a monopoly on empathy, equality, love, and respect. These can be found elsewhere, abundantly.

André Staltz @staltz.com · Sep 11

Hatred (of any kind) eventually manifests itself physically in the form of violence. Extreme political stances are both fueled by hatred.

The difference between the two sides is that one of them hates in the name of love.

Reposted by André Staltz

Socket @socket.dev · Sep 8

🚀 We’re kicking off another Launch Week at Socket, with a new feature launching every day!

First up: Pull Request Stories, a dashboard view that helps security teams track supply chain risks by showing the real impact of every PR.

André Staltz @staltz.com · Sep 5

Yeah that's very intuitive. Unit -> X is a wrapping around X, so it's isomorphic. X -> Unit is not a wrapper

André Staltz @staltz.com · Sep 5

Kind of a difficult question. I grew up a bit in the US, but I am not a native speaker, although it's the first language I learned how to write. I'm Brazilian, but I've been living in Finland using English mostly, for one third of my life. I don't find it hard to express myself in English.

André Staltz @staltz.com · Sep 3

Basically I want AI to be fancy text manipulation tools, not "InTelliGEnnce"