I've got a fun @typescriptlang.org question... why can't TS be satisfied with this assignment? From what I can tell it is safe. www.typescriptlang.org/play/#code/G...
TS Playground - An online editor for exploring TypeScript and JavaScript
The Playground lets you write TypeScript or JavaScript online in a safe and sharable way.
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Literally just looking at pictures of my daughter from the school teacher, while an AI Agent works in the background. I have never felt like I had the time/energy/mental bandwidth to do this before.
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terrific post, to which i'll add a couple of related thoughts. first: a lot of developers, especially juniors, tend to assume that other people's code is better than theirs, and so using a dependency (rather than a snippet) makes their codebase better this is very much not the case
James@43081j.com · 11mo agosome thoughts about the bloat introduced by edge-case first libraries
some thoughts about the bloat introduced by edge-case first libraries
The bloat of edge-case first libraries
How building edge-case first led to bloated, overly-granular libraries and what we can do about it
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We recently ran a successful live failover of our control plane database from Azure West US to East US 2. Our goal was to validate that Vercel can survive a complete regional failure of its core database. Here's the full breakdown: vercel.com/blog/prepar...
Preparing for the worst: Our core database failover test - Vercel
On July 24, 2025, we successfully performed a full production failover of our core control-plane database from Azure West US to East US 2 with zero customer impact.
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At Vercel, our relationship with open source is foundational. Today we're sharing our Open SDK strategy, which is a commitment you can hold us to. vercel.com/blog/open-s...
Open SDK strategy - Vercel
Vercel’s Open SDK strategy commits to building frameworks, SDKs, and tools in the open, under permissive licenses. Learn how we’re avoiding lock-in, ensuring portability, and investing in open source to build a better web for everyone.
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I'm pleased to have had a small hand in this (all actual credit to @tomocchino.com). it is music to my ears — and, I hope, to open source maintainers and community alike... 🎶 specifically, I'm delighted that @vercel.com (and others) _see the value_ in aiming for openness, portability + choice.
Open SDK strategy - Vercel
Vercel’s Open SDK strategy commits to building frameworks, SDKs, and tools in the open, under permissive licenses. Learn how we’re avoiding lock-in, ensuring portability, and investing in open source ...
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me, a relentless refactorer webpro.nl/hire-me i have 1 or 2 days a week availability to untangle & fresh up any JavaScript or TypeScript codebase ✂️
Next.js 15.5 • Turbopack for builds (beta) • Node.js middleware (stable) • TypeScript support improvements • `next lint` command deprecation • Next.js 16 deprecation warnings nextjs.org/blog/next-15-5
Next.js 15.5
Next.js 15.5 includes Turbopack builds in beta, stable Node.js middleware, TypeScript improvements, `next lint` deprecation, and deprecation warnings for Next.js 16.
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Join vlt as a Senior Backend Engineer and help build the future of JavaScript packages
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Explained being On Call to my two year old daughter, so she has an intimate understanding of capitalism now. She wants to know who’s calling me, but otherwise seems ok with it.
Most annoying thing about SQL is that you can't chain WHERE clauses. Same annoyance as languages that don't allow trailing commas on lists.
Why does every system promote start with “you are an experienced software engineer”?
JSON is widely considered a machine readable format. It’s ironic that it became a standard precisely because it was human readable. And even more ironic that LLMs are reading plain text / natural language formats now.
Dropped @eslint.org in favor of @biomejs.dev in our 2 million LOC codebase. p99 ESLint times in CI went from ~19m down to ~2mins. A bunch of caveats, but we're...happy?
NuxtLabs, creators of Nuxt and Nitro, are joining Vercel. Same license, roadmap, and open governance, but now in a joint mission to build the best web.
Scope hoisting is broken in most JavaScript bundlers, and I'm considering removing it in Parcel v3. Wrote a post about why. devongovett.me/blog/scope-h...
JavaScript scope hoisting is broken
Modern JavaScript bundlers commonly implement two optimizations: scope hoisting, and code splitting. In this post, I'll discuss how these are fundamentally at odds with each other.
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I wonder if there's overlap between the people who're really good at writing clear prompts for coding tasks and the people who're really good at writing clear git commits. Seems that prompts could be seen as writing the commit first?
if you can, avoid exporting the types of a dependency. some of the migrations we've done are such a pain in terms of backwards compat because of this 😬
What is the german word for when you're trying to do something quickly and every single UI lag, password reset and confirmation comes up at the same time. Also you bump your coffee mug and it spills.
It should be a red flag if the most visited doc in your eng org is "how to force merge a PR"
A good reason to use node:test is that you can focus on upgrading your runtime, instead of upgrading dependencies.
