Shu

@shud.in

only raw thoughts here (like very raw, with typos)

... i have joined the @nextjs.org team at @vercel.com. for a start, i'll be working part-time, so please don’t flood me with bug reports yet. however, i’ll try to keep an eye on them as i want to understand what problems Next.js users are running into every day. i want App Router to get good!

This is actually really funny to me. While react developers are criticizing RSCs because it's viewed as abandoning SPAs, anti-react developers are criticizing react SPAs by citing issues from the 2010s solved by RSC.

what’s the way to preload an <iframe> in 2024? all I found on the internet was lazy loading it

I recently switched from a 8GB RAM MacBook Air to a 36GB M4 Pro. Things become much smoother (literally ship 2x more PRs) but I wish someday I can instead optimize my tools and go back to my 8GB Air :/

const get = use (v) => { side effects return () => { cleanup v return v’ } } // useState + useEffect in one hook? maybe a language

it’s nice to say yes but it’s even better to say no - as someone originally from a country that doesn’t have votes 🫤

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