Alessandro
@variabilealeatoria.bsky.social
I just rant about React
why would you put auth token in redux tho
December 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
why would you put auth token in redux tho
wonder why this app has something like 16 Context Providers for preferences, all having the same logic to handle persistence, instead of having a state manager solution 🤔
December 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
wonder why this app has something like 16 Context Providers for preferences, all having the same logic to handle persistence, instead of having a state manager solution 🤔
@tkdodo.eu would using tanstack query to get/mutate something like a theme preference an overkill? To me it's much simpler than setting up a context for it and I'm thinking of using it as a wrapper arounde expo-secure-store 🤔
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
@tkdodo.eu would using tanstack query to get/mutate something like a theme preference an overkill? To me it's much simpler than setting up a context for it and I'm thinking of using it as a wrapper arounde expo-secure-store 🤔
As someone just getting into home automation... damn, what a complicated world 😅
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
As someone just getting into home automation... damn, what a complicated world 😅
I love how the general idea of "complex query" is a fucking JOIN
August 30, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I love how the general idea of "complex query" is a fucking JOIN
Moving business logic from services to domain objects looks like a pretty good idea to avoid having anemic models, until you realize there is no way for them to enforce business logic on delete operations 🙃
August 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Moving business logic from services to domain objects looks like a pretty good idea to avoid having anemic models, until you realize there is no way for them to enforce business logic on delete operations 🙃
I hate that every single example on Domain Driven Design aggregates is always Order + Order items.
EVERY SINGLE ONE.
It shouldn't be that hard to make different examples for a design pattern 🤔
EVERY SINGLE ONE.
It shouldn't be that hard to make different examples for a design pattern 🤔
August 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I hate that every single example on Domain Driven Design aggregates is always Order + Order items.
EVERY SINGLE ONE.
It shouldn't be that hard to make different examples for a design pattern 🤔
EVERY SINGLE ONE.
It shouldn't be that hard to make different examples for a design pattern 🤔
I don't like Query by Example or JPA Criteria API with Specifications because they force JPA-specific classes into my repository method parameters. Aren't repository interfaces supposed to abstract away implementation details so you can swap them later?
July 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I don't like Query by Example or JPA Criteria API with Specifications because they force JPA-specific classes into my repository method parameters. Aren't repository interfaces supposed to abstract away implementation details so you can swap them later?
There is literally zero value added by using spring-data-jdbc.
You cannot achieve the most basic things with it (e.g. querying with some optional search parameters and pagination)
You cannot achieve the most basic things with it (e.g. querying with some optional search parameters and pagination)
July 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
There is literally zero value added by using spring-data-jdbc.
You cannot achieve the most basic things with it (e.g. querying with some optional search parameters and pagination)
You cannot achieve the most basic things with it (e.g. querying with some optional search parameters and pagination)
I think there is no reason to prefer react query global onError handler to an axios interceptor
July 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I think there is no reason to prefer react query global onError handler to an axios interceptor
I'm slowly arriving at the conclusion that navigation libraries should just focus on routing and nothing else.
April 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I'm slowly arriving at the conclusion that navigation libraries should just focus on routing and nothing else.
Coming from React Native, it's strange to see routes being unmounted and losing their state when navigating.
Being able to go back to a screen with it's state as you left it previously without having to do any fancy state management is fantastic.
Stack navigation is so cool!
Being able to go back to a screen with it's state as you left it previously without having to do any fancy state management is fantastic.
Stack navigation is so cool!
April 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Coming from React Native, it's strange to see routes being unmounted and losing their state when navigating.
Being able to go back to a screen with it's state as you left it previously without having to do any fancy state management is fantastic.
Stack navigation is so cool!
Being able to go back to a screen with it's state as you left it previously without having to do any fancy state management is fantastic.
Stack navigation is so cool!
I'm not sure on how I feel about this 🤔
April 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I'm not sure on how I feel about this 🤔
Migrating to react native New Architecture was not as smooth as I wished
April 3, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Migrating to react native New Architecture was not as smooth as I wished
well that escalated quickly! 😂
March 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
well that escalated quickly! 😂
I'm finding too many issues in common libraries lately
March 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I'm finding too many issues in common libraries lately
I understand that expo has its business with EAS but man, having to write my own plugin to set signing config when running expo prebuild feels bad 🫣
March 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I understand that expo has its business with EAS but man, having to write my own plugin to set signing config when running expo prebuild feels bad 🫣
is expo trying to kill single page applications?
March 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
is expo trying to kill single page applications?
My very first attempt at blogging! 😳
Just some thoughts on how painful it was to use a reactjs library in a basic expo router web version of an app.
whtwnd.com/variabileale...
Just some thoughts on how painful it was to use a reactjs library in a basic expo router web version of an app.
whtwnd.com/variabileale...
The Bumpy Road to Implementing a Map in My Expo Universal App | Alessandro
In this blog post, I’ll walk you through the journey of displaying a map with markers in my Expo Router app. Was it a smooth, trouble-free experience? Unfortunately, no.
I’ll share the challenges I f...
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March 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
My very first attempt at blogging! 😳
Just some thoughts on how painful it was to use a reactjs library in a basic expo router web version of an app.
whtwnd.com/variabileale...
Just some thoughts on how painful it was to use a reactjs library in a basic expo router web version of an app.
whtwnd.com/variabileale...
Is there any active codebase on github using expo-router? 👀
March 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Is there any active codebase on github using expo-router? 👀
Since @expo/webpack-config is deprecated and no longer receiving feature updates, what is the recommended way to set up a proxy for API requests in an Expo Web project?
Started from mobile, where CORS is not an issue. Now, when running on web, all my API requests fail due to CORS restrictions.
Started from mobile, where CORS is not an issue. Now, when running on web, all my API requests fail due to CORS restrictions.
March 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Since @expo/webpack-config is deprecated and no longer receiving feature updates, what is the recommended way to set up a proxy for API requests in an Expo Web project?
Started from mobile, where CORS is not an issue. Now, when running on web, all my API requests fail due to CORS restrictions.
Started from mobile, where CORS is not an issue. Now, when running on web, all my API requests fail due to CORS restrictions.
KeyboardAvoidingView is basically just trial and error until it works not as you wanted but near that at least.
March 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
KeyboardAvoidingView is basically just trial and error until it works not as you wanted but near that at least.
I don't think I'll use Expo Router in my next project. RN7 static configs look promising and the ability to pass a screen a callback to determine whether the screen should be rendered or not makes auth sooo much easier with a single navigator 👀
March 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I don't think I'll use Expo Router in my next project. RN7 static configs look promising and the ability to pass a screen a callback to determine whether the screen should be rendered or not makes auth sooo much easier with a single navigator 👀
having to nest two stack layouts just to implement authenticated routes feels a bit overwhelming 😔
March 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
having to nest two stack layouts just to implement authenticated routes feels a bit overwhelming 😔