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Me after telling the product team that we'll need a few weeks to update from svelte 4 to svelte 5

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We joined @mikek.me’s co-host Matt on the HTML All The Things #podcast to talk about #webdev on Cloud Phone, the growing #digitaldetox trend, and why flip phones still matter www.htmlallthethings.com/podcasts/why...

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Scratching your head over Svelte 5’s new runes—especially $derived vs $effect? You’re not alone. This app and blog unpacks why they confuse devs and how mastering them makes your state logic crystal‑clear.

submitted 60 days ago • 1 comment

🚨 Big Tech vs Startups: Which should you bet your dev career on? AI is lowering the barrier to entry for startups — and that means more opportunities for developers to build fast, own more, and grow quicker. Here’s what you need to know before making the leap 👇

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

After diving deep into Svelte 5 runes I can say confidently that derived can do 99% of the reactive state functionality required. Effect is hardly ever needed.

submitted 67 days ago • 5 comments

Building a little water tracking app to help teach the differences between derived and effect runes in Svelte 5. Might actually use it though cause I definitely haven't been drinking enough water.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

People posting morning routines while here I am with my toddler waking up everyday into chaos.

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

This week I want to dive into two important Svelte 5 runes. $derived - use to compute values from other reactive values $effect - listen to changes on reactive variables and perform an action when a change occurs. Going to create and share a ton of examples with each one to learn.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

AI has killed the traditional job application. Agree or disagree? Had a deep chat with @kentcdodds.com on the podcast about that and other topics like a roadmap for learning React and the Epic Web Conference (Starting March 26th)! www.htmlallthethings.com/podcasts/ai-...

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Claude, ChatGPT, Deepseek they have one thing in common. Tech bias. Most libraries that aren't React or Next.js don't really have a chance because AI just doesn't have enough code to learn on.

submitted 104 days ago • 2 comments

The amount of remote work red flags in this post. If you're company needs to put spyware on your personal computer to take a photo of your face every 7min, run for the fucking hills. I'd rather work at McDonalds then allow this.

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The most important aspect of remote (async) work is trust as long as there is trust both ways it's easy.

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Got tired of manually creating our podcast embeds for different blog platforms. Made a quick little sveltekit app that pulls in the 5 latest HTML All The Things podcast episodes from spotify and creates the embeds for them from their ids. It's ugly but it works.

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When I was on @mikek.me (HTML All The Things Podcast) a few weeks back with @matt-lawrence.bsky.social, we ended up talking a bit about freelancing as a web dev. And their latest episode is all about just that! Check it out here: www.htmlallthethings.com/podcasts/fre...

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

One thing I've come to realize is that the placebo effect is very real. If someone believes in something it's very possible it could help them. So if you want to use Next.js over SvelteKit be my guest.

submitted 133 days ago • 1 comment

Do I have any QA engineers here looking for work? We're looking to hire someone with experience writing end to end tests for sveltekit (or other meta frameworks) and dealing with CI/CD testing amount other things! DM me for more details! (Fully remote + competitive pay)

submitted 137 days ago • 0 comments

The ultimate white noise while working is listening to your own podcast to do some quality checks.

submitted 138 days ago • 0 comments

I think developers overuse async/await way to much. Promises can sometimes provide way better performance and have better ways of handling different states (errors, pending, rejected, etc).

submitted 146 days ago • 0 comments

Pretty clear that the current number 1 goal of all AI platforms is to replace developers as quickly as possible. Regardless if they are fully able to or not in the short term, you need to take this threat seriously.

submitted 152 days ago • 0 comments

Zucc just nonchalantly announcing future layoffs due to advancements in AI. Feel like there's probably more humane ways to do this transition.

submitted 153 days ago • 1 comment

My number 1 reason for using TypeScript is the actually trustable autocomplete it offers. The rest of the features are a bonus. I wrote down some more of my thoughts on TypeScript in my first blog of 2025! www.htmlallthethings.com/blog-posts/w...

submitted 157 days ago • 0 comments

My number 1 reason for using TypeScript is the actually trustable autocomplete it offers. The rest of the features are a bonus. I wrote down some more of my thoughts on TypeScript in my first blog of 2025! www.htmlallthethings.com/blog-posts/w...

submitted 157 days ago • 0 comments

Knowing the difference between client and server has become harder and harder over the years due to the popularity of meta frameworks like next.js, sveltekit, nuxt.js, etc. JavaScript runs on both client and server so we can't even use language as the boundary. ...

submitted 159 days ago • 1 comment

Writing an article on TypeScript vs. JavaScript. Aimed at new devs and will be pushing the importance of TypeScript. I'll give the why and how and also mention some of the rough edges. Anything in particular I should cover?

submitted 162 days ago • 0 comments

My biggest challenge as a head of engineering is split responsibilities. Going from coding to managing and back to coding is a difficult context switch. What helps a ton is time boxing and having separate days for management tasks and coding.

submitted 163 days ago • 1 comment

I don't know how many times I have to say this but developer != IT I can't solve your active directory issues, I can't fix your printer and I definitely can't help you setup your new crappy laptop that you bought against my recommendation cause the others were to expensive.

submitted 163 days ago • 1 comment

Even with AI I'd still recommend learning how to read docs. If you rely to much on AI when it comes to learning new tech it might bite you in the ass. It's now always up to date on new features and patterns of whatever tech you're trying to use.

submitted 171 days ago • 0 comments

I have almost no experience in game dev but all I want to do is build a game where you help a colony of penguins migrate across the arctic.

submitted 178 days ago • 3 comments

Do you actually rest during the holidays? 🤔 In next week’s episode, we’re breaking down how to enjoy the season without work stress. 🎄✨

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