(webdev Tory) 
@worldsendless@qoto.org
Full Stack Clojure web app engineer
Joined Jul 2021
Current project: getting these to render in raw HTML (actually transpiled from Hiccup which is much nicer)
RT @spacegangster
Hey Clojure twitter, do you know Clojure projects similar to AirBnB?
I'm in a humanitarian project, we want to house and provide self-help resources to Ukrainian refugees.
When things are just failing to work, but with no error -- and they've been working fine for years. No recent system updates, either. ARGH!
But then, in a rather un-linux moment, rebooting the machine seems to have cleared the problem.
RT @cmeter_
@_honza @borkdude @logseq We are at @getschnaq a full-Clojure company with Clojure Backend services, ClojureScript Frontends, Datomic databases and Babashka for server scripting. https://schnaq.com
RT @zack_teo
Digital Commerce Intelligence which has offices in Athens and Singapore (and is open to remote work) is looking to hire a Clojure Developer! Do consider taking a look :o
Is js null truthy in Clojurescript? Not only do I not know the answer, I don't even know how to write it. I thought it might be js/null, but no dice. Anyone?
something every web dev should read. I wish I'd read it long ago: the precise arithmetic of CSS selectors. https://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-4/#specificity-rules
Ouch. The pain of basing your business on someone else's .
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RT @threadreaderapp
@Cyberneticist Hi, you can read it here: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1496174626434469889.html Have a good day. 🤖
https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1496379058946510848
Mutability and scope issues are two things I'm not usually pained by
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RT @thenextweb
Yes, it’s beginner-friendly… until confusion hits https://thenextweb.com/news/python-may-be-easy-but-its-a-mess?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1645606568
https://twitter.com/thenextweb/status/1496454953015169031
RT @WellPaidGeek
Open source software is one of the most important things in the world, as open source software can’t effectively be stopped by any government.
RT @PR0GRAMMERHUM0R
What would we do without c++? https://www.reddit.com/r/programmerhumor/comments/sx0y96
RT @the_lazy_folder
I tend to think that you only get one chance at something and if you blow it, you're done, which is a recipe for bad anxiety and stress.
But this was a good reminder that life does give you second chances.
It's not always the end. https://twitter.com/RwoltX/status/1494523716323188739
I can't seem to find the #css precedence rules that explain the specificity of `a:not([href]):not([tabindex])`. Apparently the :not there override having a more specific class and parents?
(webdev Tory)
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@worldsendless the main win is just async dispatch, really. anything that implements fibers/green threads on top of an async dispatcher to wake them up is going to outperform anything that uses the old blocking threads model. on the plus side fibers look nicer than the callback hell of nodejs.
a long time ago there was much screaming about how the BSDs had things like kpoll and kqueue which let you pause a program until any one of a collection of file descriptors had something to read, which was instrumental in solving the c10k problem.
apple had grand central, BSDs had kpoll/kqueue. erlang channels already worked like this but most people are allergic to erlang. libuv+nodejs basically pushed async to the forefront because webshit bootcampers could use it by default (in java it's not default; you have to specifically use newio/netty/etc.)
I forget if Go does async networking. there is some machinery where a goroutine sometimes occupies a thread and sometimes doesn't, i think it may try to if it can (and fall back to multithreading if it can't) but i've been out of that game.
a long time ago there was much screaming about how the BSDs had things like kpoll and kqueue which let you pause a program until any one of a collection of file descriptors had something to read, which was instrumental in solving the c10k problem.
apple had grand central, BSDs had kpoll/kqueue. erlang channels already worked like this but most people are allergic to erlang. libuv+nodejs basically pushed async to the forefront because webshit bootcampers could use it by default (in java it's not default; you have to specifically use newio/netty/etc.)
I forget if Go does async networking. there is some machinery where a goroutine sometimes occupies a thread and sometimes doesn't, i think it may try to if it can (and fall back to multithreading if it can't) but i've been out of that game.
RT @the_lazy_folder
*Humanity needs #clojure. https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/1494126474969767940
TL;DR : #node is good and convenient with same language (JavaScript). All great reasons to code in Clojure(script) and CLJC, when you are using the same (excellent) language everywhere but also with the benefits of incomparable JVM and Java ecosystem on the backend, and JS ecosystem for the front. We can throw in a REPL for good measure, too.
Or maybe you just use Azure or AWS and spin up a dedicated server for each app, so don't feel you need JVM. Then it's only the superior language factor.
Native apps vs web apps. For some things they say, "native app for better security." It depends upon whether you trust the app creators more than the browser creators (I trust #Firefox). It's really all a lark, though; how many banks do you know who insist you use the app over the web thing? Only for mobile deposit with your phone camera, right? Unless there are offline needs, or maybe hardware integration for games, the reasons for a native app can be counted on one hand. My 2¢.
(webdev Tory)
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Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web - Parimal Satyal: https://neustadt.fr/essays/against-a-user-hostile-web/
Obscure error with a library when updating an old project. Search it and behold! The exact error! Oh, that was a post by me, 5 years ago. Joy! The solution still works!
That was an unexpected emotional roller-coaster.
Moral of the story: DRM is DBD. https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/intel_sgx_proves_bluray_drm_defective_design
Full Stack Clojure web app engineer
Joined Jul 2021
