t. nguyen
@tnsicdr.bsky.social
frontend developer of the javascripty kind my views, words, and opinions represent me and only me and no one else
“Suddenly, I started to see all around me just how powerful of a concept [open source] really is and how much is missed by not embracing a more open world.” nomad.blog/2026/07/17/b...
better way
WordPress 7.1 Beta 1 is out in the world as of yesterday. Whew, so many people are involved in every release that I can only offer a big “thank you” to everyone. Every release has its o…
nomad.blog
the most realistic scene in Jurassic Park is when two scientists make a questionable decision — traveling to an undisclosed location with a strange man — on the promise of three years of modest funding
I was in a slack, and found out someone at is named TIM HORTON, and I CANNOT get over the hilarity that is. 🇨🇦s will understand me. ☕️ 🍩
My normal gas station was under renovation and I ended up going to a bp station to refuel- and it was weird… I’m used to the green nozzle being the diesel one elsewhere
my aunts and uncles bickering over who has to look after my grandmother right now at the end of her life
Dear internet marketers, Please stop sending me Father’s Day marketing My grandfathers and my father are no longer here
I'm drinking the Bios Crash slurpee I hope it crashes my bios I hope I blue screen
I think I need to push back more on he concept of mobile when designs come back- and focus on having designers consider the whole picture- because on a desktop, in a small width viewport, horizontal scroll is clunky without a trackpad
PHP and Node.js are NOT rivals. They are partners. Together, they can change the game. Join us for a webinar that bridges the gap. "Node loves PHP: Reuniting Web’s Power Duo for the Microservices Era" is happening on June 4, 2025, at 05:00 PM.
the worst part of being in the presence of other people after the event is people reminding you that you’re in the dead parent club
Dear Businesses Let me opt out of Father's Day promotions for the rest of eternity, thanks
Prepping my Death of the Browser talk for @futurefrontend.bsky.social in Helsinki next week. It's never the same talk twice! This one focuses more on what web devs can do to lean into (or out of) agentic and LLM use. Can't wait to sauna <3
kind of want to write up about this concept of “infinite scaling” (mentioned in github.com/facebook/rea...) sometime but not sure if it’s gonna sound too pretentious. it’s an interesting property i don’t often see discussed
We're living through the Who Cares Era, where completely disposable things are shoddily produced for people to mostly ignore, while the government stomps its uncaring boot on our necks. But there's an easy way to fight back: Care. I wrote about it: dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
Most people keep forgetting that Open Source and Open Governance sits into completely different axis.
Overheard at work: “Do you think they’re celebrating Cinco De Mayo at the Gulf of America?”
if you liked my old "React as a UI Runtime" post, i think this one represents something similar for RSC. it’s like “the shortest path to get to the same endpoint”
dan@danabra.mov · last yr.luckily it isn't much to learn overreacted.io/functional-h...
Two weeks ago, I was in Paris, presenting "Node.js will use all the memory available, and that's ok!" at dotJS. Quite a few people asked me if I planned to write a blog and document my findings. Here it is! blog.platformatic.dev/optimizing-n...
Chrome 136+ ships a new V8 version that supports a "compile hint", which makes V8 parse and compile all functions in that file eagerly. Great for entry points – where you know all functions will very likely be used. Less so as 'one weird trick to make all your JS faster'.
If you write code to make websites (HTML, CSS, JS, Web API, Media) and you get frustrated trying to wrangle your code to work in Safari, which bugs are blocking you? Which existing features would you most like to see improved? If you got a chance to order priorities which effort would you put first?
Looking for your next icons set, but you are on a budget? Here are 200 free, “do wtf you want with” pixel-perfect icons by James and Orman Clark, with new icons added every week. iconic.app/
This deepseek situation demonstrates the underwhelming, wasteful output of the western tech industry perfectly. It’s all built for making billionaires richer and that’s why it’s burning you out.
I am very excited to announce Unpic 1.0 🎉 As easy as an <img> tag but generates all the right attributes and styles for a responsive image. No downloading and no build-time resize • Components for ten frontend frameworks • Support for 26 image providers, now with type-safe transforms for every one
Unpic 1.0 – Unpic
Introducing the first version of Unpic: image components for every framework
unpic.pics
Learned about giscus recently Eager to give it a try when I can devote more time to hacking on my blog giscus.app
giscus
A comments widget built on GitHub Discussions.
giscus.app
