André Staltz
@staltz.com
JavaScript and open source guy. Working at @socket.dev Previously: Manyverse, SSB, Cycle.js, RxJS
In before "what browser are you using", this is Google Chrome.
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
In before "what browser are you using", this is Google Chrome.
And... it made software less secure
October 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
And... it made software less secure
Slop slop slop slop slop.
I wish AI were anything else than slot machines. Sometimes you win! But mostly you're just busy pulling thay lever over and over again, hoping for the output you want.
Probably gonna cancel this subscription soon.
I wish AI were anything else than slot machines. Sometimes you win! But mostly you're just busy pulling thay lever over and over again, hoping for the output you want.
Probably gonna cancel this subscription soon.
October 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Slop slop slop slop slop.
I wish AI were anything else than slot machines. Sometimes you win! But mostly you're just busy pulling thay lever over and over again, hoping for the output you want.
Probably gonna cancel this subscription soon.
I wish AI were anything else than slot machines. Sometimes you win! But mostly you're just busy pulling thay lever over and over again, hoping for the output you want.
Probably gonna cancel this subscription soon.
The audio generative AI simply does not function as advertised. You're offered the possibility of adding a new instrument track, and you can choose an instrument, but the generated audio turns out to (basically always) be a song, not an instrument track. An interesting one! But not what I asked. 😅
October 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The audio generative AI simply does not function as advertised. You're offered the possibility of adding a new instrument track, and you can choose an instrument, but the generated audio turns out to (basically always) be a song, not an instrument track. An interesting one! But not what I asked. 😅
I start realizing from the UI that this product is probably for the most part vibe coded. Stuff like: multiple "collapse sidebar buttons" differently styled and conflicting with each other. Which immediately made me lose some respect for the product.
But worse...
But worse...
October 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I start realizing from the UI that this product is probably for the most part vibe coded. Stuff like: multiple "collapse sidebar buttons" differently styled and conflicting with each other. Which immediately made me lose some respect for the product.
But worse...
But worse...
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
October 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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
JSX can burn in hell as far as I'm concerned
October 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
JSX can burn in hell as far as I'm concerned
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).
No "flexibility", but a lot of interoperability (via React with its ecosystem).
October 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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).
No "flexibility", but a lot of interoperability (via React with its ecosystem).
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.
October 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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.
Because it's the new HTML. No point in competing with it. Too many good React component libraries out there that must be utilized
October 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Because it's the new HTML. No point in competing with it. Too many good React component libraries out there that must be utilized
"AI coding" / "vibe coding" is ridiculous and I hope the industry eventually sees it. The amount of nonsense code being produced is worrisome
October 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"AI coding" / "vibe coding" is ridiculous and I hope the industry eventually sees it. The amount of nonsense code being produced is worrisome
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
October 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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
Sigh how do I edit posts, I meant "this couldn't be more true" not "further from"
September 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Sigh how do I edit posts, I meant "this couldn't be more true" not "further from"