Donato Aguirre
@donatoaguirre.com
Engineering @ monarch.com Coffee, '80s music, and F1 enthusiast
Us developers have learned the hard way that: 1. Prototyping is more like 10% of the actual work - even though the business folks thinks we're 90% done 2. Shipping prototypes to production is possible but generally a bad idea Vibe coding is prototyping. Others will learn - soon
React Native 0.79 is now available! This release includes several performance improvements. Metro is now >3x faster to cold start! Android apps will also be faster thanks to changes to JS bundle compression. reactnative.dev/blog/2025/04...
React Native 0.79 - Faster tooling and much more · React Native
Today we are excited to release React Native 0.79!
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being on time for meetings pro tip - use @raycast.com's My Schedule, turn on "Automatically Join Meetings" and it'll give you a popup to join at the right time
TIL about a new `parseInt` quirk. I always thought it simply returns `NaN` when it can't parse a value, but as it turns out, if a value starts with a code unit representing a number it parses it until it doesn't know what to do anymore. 😲 www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-lear...
2024 daily temperatures compared to past years. A frightening graphic from the BBC. #ClimateEmergency
Node.js now supports TypeScript. Here's everything you need to know: www.totaltypescript.com/typescript-i...
Node.js Now Supports TypeScript By Default
TypeScript is coming to Node 23. Let's break down what that means.
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BREAKING: In a surprising turn of events, businesses that said their Cyber Monday sale was limited have extended the sale
React Native 0.77 RC.0 is here 🎉 including: - Swift template for iOS - Progress on native API stability - Better tvOS integration - Improved Animated performance - React DevTools v6 and a lot more! full changelog: github.com/facebook/rea...
Release 0.77.0-rc.0 · facebook/react-native
Breaking Bridgeless: Make NativeModules.foo load turbomodules (unset turboModuleProxy in bridgeless). (cc5f17d5a2 by @RSNara) dev-middleware: Frameworks should specify serverBaseUrl relative to th...
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Okay so the one issue with Bluesky is that my social media addiction is now back with a vengeance
Renewables alone powered the Uruguayan economy for 10 straight months, with wind a major contributor theprogressplaybook.com/2023/10/19/e...
'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for 10 straight months
Uruguay's rapid energy transformation has shielded electricity users from global shocks.
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Episode #17 is out. Kyle Simpson on local-first identity, encryption, passkeys and authn. www.localfirst.fm/17
#17 – Kyle Simpson: Local-first identity - localfirst.fm
A podcast about local-first software development.
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The cell arc of Dragon Ball is by far the best one and it’s not up for debate.
Hey #swifties, I made a page that lays out some simple steps that make migrating over to Bluesky very approachable Please share! www.bluesky-migrate.com
This page serves a simple guide on how to migrate to Bluesky from X. All steps are optional, but you should really do the first two.
bluesky-migrate.com