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Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 4m

any reason (besides compute/storage costs) that @bsky.app is showing the skeeter’s DP and not the image/vid/gif associated with a skeet as the OG URL embed preview? Kinda weird to have a large avatar pop up when sharing links on WhatsApp/Signal and elsewhere 😐

Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 11m

something’s up with my miniflux instance. some feeds only show a subset of articles or no articles at all. force refreshing didn’t help. upgrading didn’t help. removing and adding back seems to fix it.

idk if it’s cause I have like 4K unread articles 😭

Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 16m

even tho it wasn’t talked about, i feel there’s not a lot stopping anyone from bringing own state solution and wiring that up to v3.

Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 16m

state updates are manual and need to be done by calling `this.update()`. made me ick at first but… seems to work (and make sense)? felt like a throwback. abstract the state bits away to your own thing, but ensure it emits events on changes, hook that in the component and trigger updates.

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Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 16m

i was skeptical at first but after watching it end to end, I’m looking fwd to it. they def don’t use react, but have their own jsx flavour but are trying to stick close to simple web primitives wherever possible. no hooks and shenanigans. use the platform. server stuff seems 2 be inspired by rails.

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Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 22m

as I understand it, you could probably bring your own state management thingy, and tie it up if for some reason, that’s needed (might be). it should probably be doable?

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Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 25m

the force is real strong at my family temple every evening 😂

ngl, i’d probably be very spiritual if they start worshipping yoda over there and teach the way of the jedi.

Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 1h

i ended up buying it anyway 😛

but wow, that outage is still going on.

Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 4h

maybe it's a sign that I had the itch to buy another domain but tld-list.com decided to go down the same time 🥲

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 5h

“I asked chat GPT”

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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John Reilly @johnnyreilly.com · 6h

Woke up to news on npm security changes. Everyone who maintains npm packages probably has some work to do for each package they maintain. And quickly given the dates outlined here

github.blog/changelog/20...

Strengthening npm security: Important changes to authentication and token management - GitHub Changelog

As part of our ongoing commitment to securing the npm ecosystem, we’re implementing the first phase of security improvements outlined in our recent announcement. These changes will roll out over…

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Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 6h

Anyway, congrats once again to Shopify for getting this right and adding @nerdy.dev to their awesome teams. Everyone else should deeply introspect on where they fucked up.

Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 6h

I also think TAs and EMs need to get their act together wrt hiring. Most are still woefully inept on defining the requirements for the roles they’re hiring for. What are you hoping to gain by this, besides wasting both your’s and the candidate’s time?

At least just pass it through a bloody LLM ffs.

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Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 6h

I really wish senior/staff and higher roles would push a lot more to change this broken process once and for all. There are many who still think it’s normal to put the candidates through the same ringer they all went through, and that it’s fine to gatekeep, or that changing this isn’t worth ROI.

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Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 6h

Maybe @nerdy.dev can expand on this but I also think a bunch of these interviewers failed to set their expectations beforehand. If you are gonna grill on deep React knowledge, let the candidate know ahead of time so they can prep?

It’s your duty to set your candidates up for success.

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Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 6h

You get 1 golden hour with a potential candidate. It needs to be *malleable*. Why the fuck would you need carbon-copy answers that google/GPT can spit out?

Why can’t this be a dialogue — even with a well-known problem as base, poke out their strengths/weaknesses, push them to see where they shine?

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Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 6h

Over the years, I’ve heard & read that the process is the way it is to avoid “false positives”. I say that’s 💩. Esp in 2025.

You are just lazy, incompetent and unwilling to change your broken ways of hiring. Stop this tiring excuse once and for all.

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Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 6h

This is a must-watch for frontend devs out there, even if it’s frustrating to hear and relate to some of the pain points @nerdy.dev faced and to know that even well-known orgs are *still* colossally fucking up their recruitment process, by being so ass-backwards 🤡

youtu.be/9UZalK6jvP4

115: Adam Argyle on Cracking the 2025 Web Dev Interview

YouTube video by Front-End Fire Podcast

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Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 9h

@evanyou.me's talk leading up to Vite+ is now up on YouTube: youtu.be/x7Jsmt_o9ek

Monorepo/type caching bits look really cool.

Evan You | Vite Beyond a Build Tool | ViteConf 2025

YouTube video by ViteConf

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Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 10h

/j

a close up of a man 's face with the words devour feculence below it

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words devour feculence below it

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Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 14h

bun's `update --interactive` is sweet. i was gonna complain other package managers should implement it as well but turns out @pnpm.io already has it. neat! no need for ncu i guess.

npm needs to pick up the pace big time.

Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 14h

@dbushell.com surprisingly, you were more generous rating yotei a 4/5. need to find that hat for my peak onryō.

dbushell.com/2025/10/12/R...

RSS Club #004: Ghost of Autumn

The fourth rule of RSS Club is…

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Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 15h

not a consistent result considering other engines, unless you might know more about this: bsky.app/profile/runo...

Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 18h

idk if i fumbled writing this bench but i can see your results in case of Chrome141, but FF143/Safari26 spread is faster (10k keys, string values). jsbm.dev/A6QBQGEafg0uz

spread is faster on chrome at about <=1600 keys. on m4 mac.

Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 15h

thx to the most recent unnecessary uproar, discovered bad bunny and even though i like the vocal version, i ended up getting hooked to the instrumental/karaoke version of Dákiti: youtu.be/yTtAK4LiFF4

Karaoke: Bad Bunny, Jhay Cortez - Dakiti 🎤🎶

YouTube video by El Club del Karaoke

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Sangeeth Sudheer @runofthemillgeek.com · 18h

hope someone versed in v8 specifics can chime in, would love to understand why this is the case rn.

i can see this being a big deal for libraries folks like me rely on, even if I'd prefer to stick to using spreads and hoping for future engine optims to erase the perf loss.

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