Richard Oliver Bray
@robray.dev
Making content at @betterstack.com Father of 2, married to 1. Saved by grace.
I messed about with the super early Remix version 3 and here are my thoughts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXcQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXcQ...
Why Leaving React Was Remix 3's BIGGEST Gamble (That Paid Off)
YouTube video by Better Stack
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November 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I messed about with the super early Remix version 3 and here are my thoughts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXcQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXcQ...
I've been messing around with Remix 3 for a few hours, and I finally got this to work 🙌
Man, I can't wait for there to be proper documentation on this framework.
Man, I can't wait for there to be proper documentation on this framework.
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I've been messing around with Remix 3 for a few hours, and I finally got this to work 🙌
Man, I can't wait for there to be proper documentation on this framework.
Man, I can't wait for there to be proper documentation on this framework.
Today I created a Rails app, and I haven't done that since 2012. Let me tell you, a lot has changed in 13 years!
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Today I created a Rails app, and I haven't done that since 2012. Let me tell you, a lot has changed in 13 years!
Just working on the final touches for this video. Stay tuned to find out when it gets released. It should be this weekend🤞
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just working on the final touches for this video. Stay tuned to find out when it gets released. It should be this weekend🤞
I've neglected Bluesky for a while, but I'm going to make more of an effort to post here in the month of November, to see if it affects my growth.
So if you're into developer/tech-related videos, then go ahead and give me a follow. 🙂
So if you're into developer/tech-related videos, then go ahead and give me a follow. 🙂
October 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I've neglected Bluesky for a while, but I'm going to make more of an effort to post here in the month of November, to see if it affects my growth.
So if you're into developer/tech-related videos, then go ahead and give me a follow. 🙂
So if you're into developer/tech-related videos, then go ahead and give me a follow. 🙂
A lot of people don't know about some of the cool things you can do with Claude Code by @AnthropicAI
Like:
1. Use hooks to set up audio and push notifications
2. Use think, megathink and ultra think to trigger extended thinking mode
3. ...🧵
Like:
1. Use hooks to set up audio and push notifications
2. Use think, megathink and ultra think to trigger extended thinking mode
3. ...🧵
July 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A lot of people don't know about some of the cool things you can do with Claude Code by @AnthropicAI
Like:
1. Use hooks to set up audio and push notifications
2. Use think, megathink and ultra think to trigger extended thinking mode
3. ...🧵
Like:
1. Use hooks to set up audio and push notifications
2. Use think, megathink and ultra think to trigger extended thinking mode
3. ...🧵
If you're an @neovim.io fan and love using AI tools, you should check out these 5 plugins
youtu.be/P62w53FP1JQ
youtu.be/P62w53FP1JQ
The 5 Neovim Plugins Made Me REGRET Ever Using Cursor AI
YouTube video by Better Stack
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May 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
If you're an @neovim.io fan and love using AI tools, you should check out these 5 plugins
youtu.be/P62w53FP1JQ
youtu.be/P62w53FP1JQ
Did Docker's Model Runner Just DESTROY Ollama?
YouTube video by Better Stack
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April 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I've just got NeonDB working with @zero.rocicorp.dev for a React app and I've gotta say, what a wild ride. I'll have a video coming out about it soon...
April 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I've just got NeonDB working with @zero.rocicorp.dev for a React app and I've gotta say, what a wild ride. I'll have a video coming out about it soon...
This is amazing!! I'd love to know more about the tech/infrastructure that holds this all together. Databases, event streaming, caching, etc...
February 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is amazing!! I'd love to know more about the tech/infrastructure that holds this all together. Databases, event streaming, caching, etc...
I wish someone told me before how cool the bash scripting language was.
I learnt a lot while making this video. Time to turn all my tiny TypeScript scripts to bash
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_er...
I learnt a lot while making this video. Time to turn all my tiny TypeScript scripts to bash
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_er...
Bash Script BEST Practices You Need to Know, According to Google
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January 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I wish someone told me before how cool the bash scripting language was.
I learnt a lot while making this video. Time to turn all my tiny TypeScript scripts to bash
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_er...
I learnt a lot while making this video. Time to turn all my tiny TypeScript scripts to bash
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_er...
When I was a front-end dev, a company I worked for expected all developers to know Apache Kafka.
At the time, I thought it was a bit odd. But now I've gone through the effort of making a video about Kafka, I still think it was a bit odd. 🤷
www.youtube.com/watch?v=feKB...
At the time, I thought it was a bit odd. But now I've gone through the effort of making a video about Kafka, I still think it was a bit odd. 🤷
www.youtube.com/watch?v=feKB...
MASTER Apache Kafka in just 8 minutes to Build Real-Time Apps
YouTube video by Better Stack
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January 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
When I was a front-end dev, a company I worked for expected all developers to know Apache Kafka.
At the time, I thought it was a bit odd. But now I've gone through the effort of making a video about Kafka, I still think it was a bit odd. 🤷
www.youtube.com/watch?v=feKB...
At the time, I thought it was a bit odd. But now I've gone through the effort of making a video about Kafka, I still think it was a bit odd. 🤷
www.youtube.com/watch?v=feKB...
As good as AI is, I spend ages with it trying to debug an issue only to find the solution in @StackOverflow in 2 seconds.
stackoverflow.com/questions/77...
Not convinced it's going to take our jobs just yet 😅
stackoverflow.com/questions/77...
Not convinced it's going to take our jobs just yet 😅
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'kafka.vendor.six.moves' in Dockerized Django Application
I am facing an issue with my Dockerized Django application. I am using the following Dockerfile to build my application:
FROM python:alpine
ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
ENV
stackoverflow.com
January 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
As good as AI is, I spend ages with it trying to debug an issue only to find the solution in @StackOverflow in 2 seconds.
stackoverflow.com/questions/77...
Not convinced it's going to take our jobs just yet 😅
stackoverflow.com/questions/77...
Not convinced it's going to take our jobs just yet 😅
If you asked me about load balancers in the past, I'd say use @caddy.bsky.social. But after writing this @dropboxofficial.bsky.social article, I know much, much more about them
I mean, the team built their own load balancer from scratch!
newsletter.betterstack.com/p/how-dropbo...
I mean, the team built their own load balancer from scratch!
newsletter.betterstack.com/p/how-dropbo...
How Dropbox Saved Millions of Dollars by Building a Load Balancer
Dropbox saved resources by creating a superior version of a tool everyone uses
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December 11, 2024 at 5:17 PM
If you asked me about load balancers in the past, I'd say use @caddy.bsky.social. But after writing this @dropboxofficial.bsky.social article, I know much, much more about them
I mean, the team built their own load balancer from scratch!
newsletter.betterstack.com/p/how-dropbo...
I mean, the team built their own load balancer from scratch!
newsletter.betterstack.com/p/how-dropbo...
If you use @dailydotdev.bsky.social I've created a public squad with all the Hacking Scale articles.
dly.to/Ax9N1cW5ova
dly.to/Ax9N1cW5ova
December 11, 2024 at 3:59 PM
If you use @dailydotdev.bsky.social I've created a public squad with all the Hacking Scale articles.
dly.to/Ax9N1cW5ova
dly.to/Ax9N1cW5ova
Wait, so you can earn money on @Reddit now! When was this a thing?
December 11, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Wait, so you can earn money on @Reddit now! When was this a thing?
Real talk has anyone seen any benefit to being verified on @linkedin.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Real talk has anyone seen any benefit to being verified on @linkedin.com
📣 BIG NEWS 📣
My full React Data Fetching video course has been released on newline 🙌
The course teaches devs how to fetch data safely in React without using a third-party library or the useEffect hook.
Interested? Click on the link below and check it out 👇
www.newline.co/courses/reac...
My full React Data Fetching video course has been released on newline 🙌
The course teaches devs how to fetch data safely in React without using a third-party library or the useEffect hook.
Interested? Click on the link below and check it out 👇
www.newline.co/courses/reac...
December 3, 2024 at 2:28 PM
📣 BIG NEWS 📣
My full React Data Fetching video course has been released on newline 🙌
The course teaches devs how to fetch data safely in React without using a third-party library or the useEffect hook.
Interested? Click on the link below and check it out 👇
www.newline.co/courses/reac...
My full React Data Fetching video course has been released on newline 🙌
The course teaches devs how to fetch data safely in React without using a third-party library or the useEffect hook.
Interested? Click on the link below and check it out 👇
www.newline.co/courses/reac...
Just finished writing the draft for an article about @dropboxofficial.bsky.social Robinhood for Hacking Scale and let me tell you, there is a lot of complicated tech out there.
December 2, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Just finished writing the draft for an article about @dropboxofficial.bsky.social Robinhood for Hacking Scale and let me tell you, there is a lot of complicated tech out there.
Are they any @dropboxofficial.bsky.social engineers on here that I can ask a Robinhood question to?
The question being why is it called Robinhood 🙂
The question being why is it called Robinhood 🙂
November 29, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Are they any @dropboxofficial.bsky.social engineers on here that I can ask a Robinhood question to?
The question being why is it called Robinhood 🙂
The question being why is it called Robinhood 🙂
Well would you look at that, over 4K subs 🚀🚀🚀
Thanks to all those who have subscribed and shared it with friends or colleagues.
I have so many more awesome articles in the pipeline and it's exciting to know more people will read them
#tech #scale #growth #programming
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Thanks to all those who have subscribed and shared it with friends or colleagues.
I have so many more awesome articles in the pipeline and it's exciting to know more people will read them
#tech #scale #growth #programming
newsletter.betterstack.com
November 28, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Well would you look at that, over 4K subs 🚀🚀🚀
Thanks to all those who have subscribed and shared it with friends or colleagues.
I have so many more awesome articles in the pipeline and it's exciting to know more people will read them
#tech #scale #growth #programming
newsletter.betterstack.com
Thanks to all those who have subscribed and shared it with friends or colleagues.
I have so many more awesome articles in the pipeline and it's exciting to know more people will read them
#tech #scale #growth #programming
newsletter.betterstack.com
I think it's really cool that #Shopify built their own observability system called Observe.
There isn't a lot of information about it out there but I've written hopefully the first of many articles about it.
newsletter.betterstack.com/p/how-shopif...
There isn't a lot of information about it out there but I've written hopefully the first of many articles about it.
newsletter.betterstack.com/p/how-shopif...
How Shopify Reduced Metrics Resources by 75%
Shopify saved resources by breaking big tools into tiny reusable services
newsletter.betterstack.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:13 PM
I think it's really cool that #Shopify built their own observability system called Observe.
There isn't a lot of information about it out there but I've written hopefully the first of many articles about it.
newsletter.betterstack.com/p/how-shopif...
There isn't a lot of information about it out there but I've written hopefully the first of many articles about it.
newsletter.betterstack.com/p/how-shopif...
It's not often I get nice comments on #Reddit but this one really stood out to me as being extremely nice.
Reddit can be a kind place sometimes.
Reddit can be a kind place sometimes.
November 26, 2024 at 10:28 AM
It's not often I get nice comments on #Reddit but this one really stood out to me as being extremely nice.
Reddit can be a kind place sometimes.
Reddit can be a kind place sometimes.
This is embarrassing. Before last week, I had never connected a server to NGINX before 🤯
Most of my roles have been FE and for my first full stack role this stuff was already setup.
It's not that complex, but it's given me a better understanding of how it works.
Still prefer Caddy though 😅
Most of my roles have been FE and for my first full stack role this stuff was already setup.
It's not that complex, but it's given me a better understanding of how it works.
Still prefer Caddy though 😅
November 25, 2024 at 12:37 PM
This is embarrassing. Before last week, I had never connected a server to NGINX before 🤯
Most of my roles have been FE and for my first full stack role this stuff was already setup.
It's not that complex, but it's given me a better understanding of how it works.
Still prefer Caddy though 😅
Most of my roles have been FE and for my first full stack role this stuff was already setup.
It's not that complex, but it's given me a better understanding of how it works.
Still prefer Caddy though 😅
Everyone talks about #Copilot, no one talks about the most important things #GitHub has done this year...
The Cruft Pack.
An insanely feature they have added to Git that is able to compress your projects by up to 90%!
Interested in how it works? 👇
newsletter.betterstack.com/p/how-github...
The Cruft Pack.
An insanely feature they have added to Git that is able to compress your projects by up to 90%!
Interested in how it works? 👇
newsletter.betterstack.com/p/how-github...
How GitHub Reduced Repo Storage size by over 90%
GitHub tackled its data overload by introducing a completely new type of file
newsletter.betterstack.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Everyone talks about #Copilot, no one talks about the most important things #GitHub has done this year...
The Cruft Pack.
An insanely feature they have added to Git that is able to compress your projects by up to 90%!
Interested in how it works? 👇
newsletter.betterstack.com/p/how-github...
The Cruft Pack.
An insanely feature they have added to Git that is able to compress your projects by up to 90%!
Interested in how it works? 👇
newsletter.betterstack.com/p/how-github...