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Congratulations to Claude or GPT-5 for getting your PR merged into the LinkedIn app. I am amazed that ux/brand allowed LLM purple gradient into the app
Retry premium for $0 button in LLM purple
November 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Introducing the mid-level boss of bad management, the Silo Hydra. Break down one, and many more appear.
The silo hydra, a depiction of the Lernaean Hydra, but with industrial silos forming its many heads.
September 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Good luck fighting the silo hydra
depiction of the Lernaean Hydra, but with industrial silos forming its many heads
September 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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I have created the best git alias for managing stashing. `git eat` to stash and `git poop` to pop the last stash.
screenshot of creating git eat and git poop commands ```bash # create "git eat" command to stash changes including untracked git config --global alias.eat "stash -u"; # create "gIt poop" command to pop stash git config --global alias.poop "stash pop"; ```
September 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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I have found the rare 10x product owner who thinks of every edge case
An image showing a DoorDash app screen with a collision detected message. The top of the screen shows a map of Ohio and Kentucky, with the Ohio River separating them. The highlighted route shows the driver's path, ending near a red exclamation mark icon. The main part of the screen is a white card with the title "There's been an accident" and "Collision Detected" in red. Below this is a progress bar with three icons: a DoorDash logo, a restaurant icon, and a red warning triangle, which is highlighted. A home icon is at the end of the bar. Text below the bar reads: "Your driver crashed 0.3 away from you. You can still pick up your order, but contents might be damaged." There is a button that says "Get directions". At the bottom of the screen, a partial white card is visible, showing a bouquet of flowers and the text: "Send flowers to your Dasher's hospital room."
August 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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If AI creates code that kills the universe by disabling safety code.
Example code that always causes kill the universe function to run from https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/Empty#syntax
June 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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When I have to deal with CJS and ESM interop and get build errors
CJS must die ! An edited screen shot from a presentation by Douglas Crockford saying ie 6 must die
February 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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I thought software engineering had ridiculous requirements for jobs then I found accounts need 57 years of experience
February 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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I absolutely love that node.js supports a web server that is not supported by any browser
Screenshot from https://nodejs.org/api/http2.html#http2createserveroptions-onrequesthandler Telling you that http2.createServer is no supported by any browser
January 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Did I cost Panera money with the unlimited sip club?
1 year sip cup summary showing 911 cups redeemed and "savings" of $2749.
January 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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On the internet, everyone can be equal; the only question is what type of equality
the three of four equality algorithms in JavaScript source https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Equality_comparisons_and_sameness
January 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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My js todo startup business is ruined...I cannot support todo events on September 15, 275760...no one is going to want to buy my app😢
MDN doc stating the rage of valid dates in js
January 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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MDN is so mean tempting me with the temporal api. It has been promised for years but still not here.
A banner announcement from MDN date page saying "Note: TC39 is working on Temporal, a new Date/Time API. Read more about it on the Igalia blog. It is not yet ready for production use!" Source https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date
January 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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JavaScript is just like me sloppy by default
A banner from mdn saying "Note: Sometimes you'll see the default, non-strict mode referred to as sloppy mode. This isn't an official term, but be aware of it, just in case." From https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Strict_mode
December 31, 2024 at 2:35 AM
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TIL JS only got full cross browser support for addition in July 2015. I could have sworn it was earlier.
Screen shot from MDN https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Addition stating Addition became widely available in July 2015
December 29, 2024 at 6:30 AM
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My solution
screen shot of code showing type VariableDeclaration<ID> = { id: ID; type: "VariableDeclaration"; }; type CallExpression<Argument> = { argument: Argument; type: "CallExpression"; }; type Parse<S extends string> = S extends `${infer F extends string}let ${infer ID extends string} =${infer Rest}` ? [...Parse<F>, VariableDeclaration<ID>, ...Parse<Rest>] : S extends `${infer F extends string}const ${infer ID extends string} =${infer Rest}` ? [...Parse<F>, VariableDeclaration<ID>, ...Parse<Rest>] : S extends `${infer F extends string}var ${infer ID extends string} =${infer Rest}` ? [...Parse<F>, VariableDeclaration<ID>, ...Parse<Rest>] : S extends `${infer F extends string}(${infer Argument extends string});${infer Rest}` ? [...Parse<F>, CallExpression<Argument>, ...Parse<Rest>] : [];
December 19, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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I have created a super fast page (fast-page-ten.vercel.app) that gets a perfect 100 on lighthouse but is not very useful
Perfect 100 on lighthouse scores for fast page
December 19, 2024 at 4:23 AM
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It is sad that js Math.sumPrecise will still not be able to add .1+.1+.1 and get the answer that a first grade teacher would expect.

github.com/tc39/test262...
.1 +.1+.1 not adding to .3
December 17, 2024 at 6:38 AM
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Who thought it was a good idea to start month at 0?
JS Date object param for month Index saying "@param monthIndex — The month as a number between 0 and 11 (January to December)."
December 17, 2024 at 12:21 AM
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Here is my solution that works
December 15, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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I've completed 🎅Santa Hides Behind Perf Review - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/14

TS infer is magic
December 14, 2024 at 5:07 AM
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I've completed The Reindeer Plan Their Attack - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/13

Every good attack has a secret plan or variable
December 13, 2024 at 5:11 AM
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I've completed 🎩Bernard's Long List Of Names - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/12

When in doubt, use a mapping function and hard code the naughty kids
December 12, 2024 at 5:46 AM
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I've completed Excuses, Excuses - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/11

I now have a new type of excuse for not doing something, and it extends my record.
December 11, 2024 at 5:23 AM