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Founder @ Devographics. I run the State of JS/CSS/etc. surveys. Kyoto, Japan. https://sachagreif.com/ https://devographics.com/

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Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · Nov 5

Looking for devs to follow on Bluesky?

I made Starter Packs of all the people mentioned in the latest State of JS/CSS/etc. surveys!

- State of JS: go.bsky.app/8PEMiMq
- State of CSS: go.bsky.app/4TsVohC
- State of React: go.bsky.app/LG1peYB

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 1m

to be fair, I caught myself using Airtable's built-in AI integration to convert Japanese Yen to US Dollar the other day… before remembering it's just a multiplication

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 50m

When all you have is an AI hammer, everything looks like an AI nail…

A screenshot of google search results showing an ad for converting a JSON file to YAML using Claude AI

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 1d

if you're curious I try to list all those I can find in every survey: 2025.stateofcss.com/en-US/resour...

State of CSS 2025: Resources

2025.stateofcss.com

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 1d

Me: makes surveys
Me: takes every other survey to see what the competition is doing
Me: regularly forgets to take my own surveys

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 2d

The Japanese word for "jig" (as in woodworking jig) is, as expected, "jigu" (ジグ) since it's a load word from English.

But what I didn't know is that the word actually has its own kanji, 治具, which loosely mean "governing tool". Pretty fitting!

ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%...

治具 - Wikipedia

ja.wikipedia.org

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 3d

Current copyright law is way too in favor of rights holder imo.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncn...

Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams to pay $5 million to Marvin Gaye estate for 'Blurred Lines'

The five-year legal battle has ended with a verdict in favor of Martin Gaye's estate, who sued claiming "Blurred Lines" copied Gaye's "Got To Give It Up"

www.nbcnews.com

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 3d

If the end result is transformative and creative enough I think you *should* be allowed to “take ordinary people’s work” and use it to make something new

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 3d

I think this is already the case. But yes what you outline does sound great to me!

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 3d

A stopped clock is right twice a day. AI firms can be right about copyright and wrong about (most) everything else

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 3d

I believe the artists would have instagram accounts, patreons, etc. through which to build an audience and distribute their works. Similar to e.g. podcasts

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 3d

maybe that's just me but I could probably pirate any media, game, font, etc. I want with no consequence, but I still pay for it because I want to support the creator; not because of the law

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 3d

you can still produce an album and sell it on Bandcamp, or get paid by Spotify when people stream it, even without copyright.

I think the fact that people spend 100x more for a real Louis Vuitton bag over a copy means they do value acquiring the original.

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 3d

exactly. I think "artists need copyright to live" is a notion that's always promoted by movie studios, music labels, etc. but I think it's worth questioning.

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 3d

thanks for coming to my TED talk

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 3d

great idea! feel free to add it here: github.com/Devographics...

State of JS 2026 Suggestions · Issue #308 · Devographics/surveys

YAML config files for the Devographics surveys. Contribute to Devographics/surveys development by creating an account on GitHub.

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 3d

Overall I think pro-copyright arguments play right into mega-corporation's hands, and take the attention away from much more serious concerns with AI such as the loss of truth and climate impact.

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 3d

And anyway I'm not sure why we'd want to live in a world where you can't legally publicly post your drawing of Pikachu without exposing yourself to a lawsuit.

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 3d

I'd consider myself an AI skeptic, but I find it strange when people bring up the copyright system as an anti-AI argument.

Even if AI-created works did lead to the end of copyright, I'm not sure it'd be such a catastrophe. Recipes are not copyrightable, yet there are plenty of restaurants around.

Reposted by Sacha Greif

Ilja @fubits.dev · 5d

This year's State of JavaScript survey has already crossed incredible 6500 submissions! Help make it 10000 - participate and share with your peers: survey.devographics.com/survey/state...

Screenshot of the post-submission screen of the survey. It shows a progress bar towards 10000 submission. Currently, the count is 6511

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 6d

the precedent is 1935…

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 7d

Thank god we'll all have photorealistic personalized AI companions to take our minds off all the wildfires and heatwaves!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sNK...

The growing environmental impact of AI data centers’ energy demands

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

www.youtube.com

Reposted by Sacha Greif

Kilian Valkhof @kilianvalkhof.com · 7d

"Don't just say what's wrong, also explain what to do about it" is my guiding mantra for error and warning message design.

It's not always easy but it helps a ton down the line.

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 7d

Reminder to myself: how to write good error messages

Bad:

- "Error: Missing item foo"

Good:

- "Error: Missing item foo, please add it to items.yml"

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 7d

note: that presupposes you actually *do* know what to do about it…

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 7d

Reminder to myself: how to write good error messages

Bad:

- "Error: Missing item foo"

Good:

- "Error: Missing item foo, please add it to items.yml"

Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 8d

What's new in the 2025 State of JavaScript survey

dev.to/sachagreif/w...

(you can take the survey here: survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey... )

What's new in the 2025 State of JavaScript survey

The yearly JavaScript ecosystem is taking place early this year