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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 1h

Tool chain developers are the real heroes.

Dominik 🔮 @tkdodo.eu · 3h

❤️‍🩹 I realize I often use this platform to complain when something doesn't work for me or when I'm struggling.

But I don't want to spread all negative vibes so let me balance this by saying I really appreciate all folks who put tremendous efforts into the amazing dev tool chains we have today 🙏

Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 18h

Yes!

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 18h

More tests need to use MSW instead of mocking functions. Mock the server!

Artem Zakharchenko @kettanaito.com · 20h

No big spoilers, but MSW 3.0 will be about controlling the network. Not requests or events. The network. Such a beautiful, layering change.

Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 23h

Hello Toronto!

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 2d

If you ever need a pf2 DM, please hit me up in my DMs, I love to run games and I'm down to teach anyone.

Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 2d

I ran DND 3.5 (basically the same as pf1) until 2021, and then I switched to pathfinder 2E. I love the crunch.

What type of engine? I'm assuming this is a web thing?

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 2d

I can do a full write up tomorrow actually, that will be a fun project.

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 2d

Nope! None of those things work.

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 2d

Rescript is definitely worth a shot!

I like to think of it as if JavaScript was planned from the start as a language in 2020 and not tossed together quickly in 1996.

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 2d

That is very cool! Typescript needs more of that.

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 2d

LLMs are so much better at rescript and rust than they are with typescript.

Types and errors from a compiler makes it a lot easier to not write shitty code.

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 2d

Nice! I like the ESlint rules, that is great to be able to enforce patterns like this.

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 2d

I'll be in Toronto on Thursday and Friday for Remix Jam!

Hit me up if you want to hang out and hear me ramble about ReScript or React Router!

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 2d

You can get there with typescript with enough lint rules and everyone buying into using @effect-ts.bsky.social , fp-ts, ts-pattern, branded types, and always defining data as tagged unions, but it falls apart very quickly when you have one dev that just wants to use a "string | null | undefined".

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 2d

I wrote this awhile back about @rescript-lang.org , but I have been thinking about it a lot lately as I work on a small @rust-lang.org project.

I'm reaching the point where working in a codebase that lacks types errors, pattern matching, pipes, and strong/sound types is painful.

ReScript: Rust like features for JavaScript

If Rust is "C++ in ML clothing" then ReScript is "JavaScript in ML clothing". What is...

dev.to

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 2d

"the philosophy is that with a few very sharp tools, you can get really far.
And we want things to be simple, like to stay simple data structures, simple types, not too much magic essentially, because we believe that makes things more maintainable, more approachable."

Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 2d

@z-th.bsky.social was on the latest episode of @devtools.fm to talk about @rescript-lang.org!

www.devtools.fm/episode/156

Episode #156: Gabriel Nordeborn - Rescript

This week we talk to Gabriel Nordeborn, a core member of the Rescript team. Rescript is a langauge that compiles to JS but has some serious superpowers. Whether it is it's awesome pattern matching, or...

www.devtools.fm

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 2d

Just what React needed, more apis!

Seb ⚛️ ThisWeekInReact.com @sebastienlorber.com · 3d

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 4d

Yes

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sabine 🐫🦀 / "use ocaml"; @sabine.sh · 8d

Trade offer meme format with a tuxedo cat. Red banner reads 'TRADE OFFER' with warning symbols. Left side says 'i receive: ALGEBRAIC DATA TYPES'. Right side says 'you receive: NEVER WONDERING WHAT'S IN THAT OBJECT AGAIN'. The cat has wide eyes and hands are pressed together in a pleading gesture.

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 8d

I'm currently migrating the @rescript-lang.org from Next's page router to React Router! It's been fairly easy, I just had some issues to sort out around MDX files and formatting, but now that those are solved I'm hoping to make the switch over the next couple of weeks.

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 8d

Make everything faster!

Void0 almost has everything,they need to finish oxfmt!

VoidZero @voidzero.dev · 8d

What's new in ViteLand?
Our September 2025 recap is out

🤯 Up to 45% faster & smaller @rolldown.rs
💻 @vitest.dev Browser Mode updates
⚓️ Performance tweaks, rules & fixes for Oxlint
🎉 Oxlint Custom JavaScript Plugins prototype
✨ Updates from the Community
👀 and more

voidzero.dev/posts/whats-...

What’s New in ViteLand: September 2025 Recap

September 2025 brought significant updates in Vite's ecosystem, such as huge performance gains for Rolldown, an update on Oxlint Custom JS Plugins and more. Read all about it in our monthly recap!

voidzero.dev

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 9d

4th wolf: rescript is better than typescript :)

Ryan Cavanaugh @searyanc.dev · 10d

Inside you there are three wolves

Post 1: typescript isn't real. it can't hurt me
Post 2: Man, web dev is so cool. I wish TypeScript was real.
Post 3: Typescript is real

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 11d

Oh lol, well, those are also good. Someday we can hopefully edit posts :)

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Josh Vlk @vlkpack.com · 11d

Little functions that never throw errors, use typed errors, are lazy, and don't use null or undefined are the perfect functions.