(Jason) Gedge
@gedge.ca
he/him
👨💻 Unemployed, exploring everything.
🎼 Currently building https://github.com/thegedge/m8t
📽️ Live coding here: https://www.twitch.tv/thegedge
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📈 Be a little better each day
👨💻 Unemployed, exploring everything.
🎼 Currently building https://github.com/thegedge/m8t
📽️ Live coding here: https://www.twitch.tv/thegedge
🕸️ Subscribe to my feed @ https://gedge.ca
📈 Be a little better each day
Mouse events in the terminal 🐁 🎉
December 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Mouse events in the terminal 🐁 🎉
Testing the wonderful world of async (generators) is WILD.
I had a bug where the last epoch of a component would not render when there were two adjacent yields in an async generator with no `await` in between.
I had a bug where the last epoch of a component would not render when there were two adjacent yields in an async generator with no `await` in between.
December 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Testing the wonderful world of async (generators) is WILD.
I had a bug where the last epoch of a component would not render when there were two adjacent yields in an async generator with no `await` in between.
I had a bug where the last epoch of a component would not render when there were two adjacent yields in an async generator with no `await` in between.
A lesser-known work by Mondrian: "reimplementing flex box"
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A lesser-known work by Mondrian: "reimplementing flex box"
I like to educate as I live code, and one thing I talk about is how it's best to avoid obvious comments and focus on documenting the "why", or really anything implicit / unclear.
github.com/mozilla-fire... is a good example of an unnecessary comment that wastes energy (many devs _will_ read it)
github.com/mozilla-fire... is a good example of an unnecessary comment that wastes energy (many devs _will_ read it)
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I like to educate as I live code, and one thing I talk about is how it's best to avoid obvious comments and focus on documenting the "why", or really anything implicit / unclear.
github.com/mozilla-fire... is a good example of an unnecessary comment that wastes energy (many devs _will_ read it)
github.com/mozilla-fire... is a good example of an unnecessary comment that wastes energy (many devs _will_ read it)
Now with proper borders!
Took a while to get here because I was over-engineering… I was trying to support varying border widths, and wow is that gonna be a pain.
I may consider filling in the borders, but for now I'm happy with this.
Now I just need to add in padding/margins, then we're cookin'
Took a while to get here because I was over-engineering… I was trying to support varying border widths, and wow is that gonna be a pain.
I may consider filling in the borders, but for now I'm happy with this.
Now I just need to add in padding/margins, then we're cookin'
November 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Now with proper borders!
Took a while to get here because I was over-engineering… I was trying to support varying border widths, and wow is that gonna be a pain.
I may consider filling in the borders, but for now I'm happy with this.
Now I just need to add in padding/margins, then we're cookin'
Took a while to get here because I was over-engineering… I was trying to support varying border widths, and wow is that gonna be a pain.
I may consider filling in the borders, but for now I'm happy with this.
Now I just need to add in padding/margins, then we're cookin'
Refactored my flex layout algorithm to be closer to the specification (www.w3.org/TR/css-flexb...). In particular, how the various dimensional constraints (e.g., auto height) are incorporated.
I think we're now in a better place moving forward :)
I think we're now in a better place moving forward :)
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Refactored my flex layout algorithm to be closer to the specification (www.w3.org/TR/css-flexb...). In particular, how the various dimensional constraints (e.g., auto height) are incorporated.
I think we're now in a better place moving forward :)
I think we're now in a better place moving forward :)
I've been doing A LOT of work to prep for richer TUIs, input events in particular, so not many (visual) updates, but I finally got a really nice key event system in place. Here's a list component
November 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I've been doing A LOT of work to prep for richer TUIs, input events in particular, so not many (visual) updates, but I finally got a really nice key event system in place. Here's a list component
And now we're responsive! Not amazing — for example, things flicker because we don't track which parts of the screen to change and instead erase most of it — but we're headed there :)
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
And now we're responsive! Not amazing — for example, things flicker because we don't track which parts of the screen to change and instead erase most of it — but we're headed there :)
It's been a lot of fun to do this though. Currently tying up my implementation of something akin to a flex box on the web, and it feels good when you switch to `alignItems: "center"` and it works without any tweaking!
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It's been a lot of fun to do this though. Currently tying up my implementation of something akin to a flex box on the web, and it feels good when you switch to `alignItems: "center"` and it works without any tweaking!
Debugging layout algorithms and rendering for a TUI = plus signs, vertical bars, and hyphens everywhere
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Debugging layout algorithms and rendering for a TUI = plus signs, vertical bars, and hyphens everywhere
TFW you write out something correct and Cursor's autocomplete wants to rewrite it to something wrong.
October 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
TFW you write out something correct and Cursor's autocomplete wants to rewrite it to something wrong.
TFW you're working on something to parse ANSI escape sequences and a failing test emits those escape sequences without the "reset" bit, so all of your terminal output is now a hyperlink
October 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
TFW you're working on something to parse ANSI escape sequences and a failing test emits those escape sequences without the "reset" bit, so all of your terminal output is now a hyperlink
I can't say this enough: we've wasted so many $$$ on garbage tech "innovation" and prob could have made life better for so many humans if we actually spent a small percentage of that money on things that more directly benefit people, paying back long-term.
Myopia is a primary bigwig trait though.
Myopia is a primary bigwig trait though.
October 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I can't say this enough: we've wasted so many $$$ on garbage tech "innovation" and prob could have made life better for so many humans if we actually spent a small percentage of that money on things that more directly benefit people, paying back long-term.
Myopia is a primary bigwig trait though.
Myopia is a primary bigwig trait though.
Me asking Cursor's LLM chat to help me find undocumented functions 🤦♂️
I only post a small sample, but my experience with Cursor's chat is ~10% success, ~20% of "ugh, okay, I'll clean up the mess", and the rest is bad.
I continue to be shocked at Cursor's valuation. We've set the quality bar SO LOW.
I only post a small sample, but my experience with Cursor's chat is ~10% success, ~20% of "ugh, okay, I'll clean up the mess", and the rest is bad.
I continue to be shocked at Cursor's valuation. We've set the quality bar SO LOW.
October 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Me asking Cursor's LLM chat to help me find undocumented functions 🤦♂️
I only post a small sample, but my experience with Cursor's chat is ~10% success, ~20% of "ugh, okay, I'll clean up the mess", and the rest is bad.
I continue to be shocked at Cursor's valuation. We've set the quality bar SO LOW.
I only post a small sample, but my experience with Cursor's chat is ~10% success, ~20% of "ugh, okay, I'll clean up the mess", and the rest is bad.
I continue to be shocked at Cursor's valuation. We've set the quality bar SO LOW.
I don't know how I pulled it off, but really wanting to hit my sub-4 hour goal allowed me to go from ~5:50/km to ~5:20/km in the last few kilometres. I'd like to thank Dragonforce's "Through the fire and the flames" for the high-energy push on the home stretch.
October 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I don't know how I pulled it off, but really wanting to hit my sub-4 hour goal allowed me to go from ~5:50/km to ~5:20/km in the last few kilometres. I'd like to thank Dragonforce's "Through the fire and the flames" for the high-energy push on the home stretch.
literally no one:
cursor's autocomplete, if I were to "vibe":
cursor's autocomplete, if I were to "vibe":
October 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
literally no one:
cursor's autocomplete, if I were to "vibe":
cursor's autocomplete, if I were to "vibe":
Saw this today when I (doom)scrolled through LinkedIn. This shouldn't be what we celebrate. If an employee at your company has to miss their once in a lifetime celebration, in my opinion, you've failed to build a company worth working for.
But, hey, at least the shareholders are happy, right?
But, hey, at least the shareholders are happy, right?
October 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Saw this today when I (doom)scrolled through LinkedIn. This shouldn't be what we celebrate. If an employee at your company has to miss their once in a lifetime celebration, in my opinion, you've failed to build a company worth working for.
But, hey, at least the shareholders are happy, right?
But, hey, at least the shareholders are happy, right?
Seems like a huge oversight that `Array.isArray` doesn't narrow a readonly array type 🤔
![A code snippet where there's an early return within an `Array.isArray` check on a variable typed as `number | readonly number[]`. The mouse is hovering over the variable after this early return and it's still typed as an array.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lgytot67zrlsmmicu2j4s6qe/bafkreihlqrb4psaekoyxvxcfbabksvho64qt32jayz4r4uxvv3iodxwzbu@jpeg)
October 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Seems like a huge oversight that `Array.isArray` doesn't narrow a readonly array type 🤔
Another fun one today! Once I tidied up some CSS — font sizes and switching away from zoom to transform, in particular — I was able to quickly (just a couple of minutes!) create an overview mode for my presentation framework 🎉
I've been wanting this to quickly assess any (visually) broken slides.
I've been wanting this to quickly assess any (visually) broken slides.
September 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Another fun one today! Once I tidied up some CSS — font sizes and switching away from zoom to transform, in particular — I was able to quickly (just a couple of minutes!) create an overview mode for my presentation framework 🎉
I've been wanting this to quickly assess any (visually) broken slides.
I've been wanting this to quickly assess any (visually) broken slides.
Spotify nailed the kind of Thursday morning vibe I'm looking for. I _know_ I can channel grandmother energy this morning.
September 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Spotify nailed the kind of Thursday morning vibe I'm looking for. I _know_ I can channel grandmother energy this morning.
I just added a search feature to my website, entirely frontend, with a lazy-loaded index (<200kb gzipped). I had a lot of fun building it, even though it will probably never be used 🙃
September 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I just added a search feature to my website, entirely frontend, with a lazy-loaded index (<200kb gzipped). I had a lot of fun building it, even though it will probably never be used 🙃
I have to eat basically an extra days worth of food today. HOW?!
BRB while I go bathe myself in tub full of bacon cheeseburgers.
(Jokes aside, I'm very proud of this run. It's my longest so far. I'm also very hungry.)
BRB while I go bathe myself in tub full of bacon cheeseburgers.
(Jokes aside, I'm very proud of this run. It's my longest so far. I'm also very hungry.)
September 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I have to eat basically an extra days worth of food today. HOW?!
BRB while I go bathe myself in tub full of bacon cheeseburgers.
(Jokes aside, I'm very proud of this run. It's my longest so far. I'm also very hungry.)
BRB while I go bathe myself in tub full of bacon cheeseburgers.
(Jokes aside, I'm very proud of this run. It's my longest so far. I'm also very hungry.)