Francois Ward

@joshmanders @AntWilson We try to give answers same day (not always possible) even though it goes through at least 2 people. For companies with dedicated staff to screen, its not even strange, even without AI.

@FwardPhoenix @AntWilson I know this because I got the denial in under 24 hours for each.

Overheard at supabase: "the amount of AI generated text in CVs and summaries it's insane... feels like I'm reviewing the same person 10 times over" seems like a worrying trend.

@joshmanders @AntWilson We go through resume manually (we don't get as many being a smaller company, but its still hundreds+ at a time), and discard the obvious AI ones. And a lot of bigger companies do the same (maybe using tools, for sure), so its a number games but not putting odds in your favor.

Only makes sense when majority of the industry is using ai to auto deny people. It has now become a numbers game. Candidates don't have the time to put 8 hours of work into customizing their resume and writing a cover letter stroking the hiring manager's ego. You have to apply to hundreds of jobs to even get a handful of potential interviews.

@AdamRackis @HSVSphere @jordwalke @floydophone @andourys Because I jump between Windows/Mac/Linux as well as Android/iOS regularly and so do my peer group, so I really can't be tied to a platform. If it was cross platform, maybe, but there's better options there.

@FwardPhoenix @HSVSphere @jordwalke @floydophone @andourys Why avoid it? It’s awesome.

It really sucks that there is only one good manufacturer of laptops. (Apple)

@AdamRackis @HSVSphere @jordwalke @floydophone @andourys iMessage has a fairly universal US (and I think Canada) monopoly, but in most other places its fairly dead. Ive managed to avoid it in the US but its harder.

@HSVSphere @jordwalke @floydophone @andourys Dunno where you are but plenty of people here use iMessage 🤷‍♂️

@floydophone @jordwalke @HSVSphere @andourys they do on Steam deck. So just need a more powerful Steam deck with a good USB C hub!

@jordwalke @HSVSphere @andourys don't waste your time. it's never the year of the linux desktop. do bluetooth headsets work reliably yet?

@Ian_Gay_briel Trying to remember a song or a TV show based from a mostly incorrect string of words. That feature alone makes LLMs awesome.

@devongovett @theadamaho Will try that too, it would be pretty amazing if it worked with Playwright tests.

@theadamaho Probably? I don't think we've tried that but it should work in theory. We use testing-library/user-event internally to fire events. Let us know if you try it!

Wanted to highlight our new ARIA test utils package! It makes testing both apps and components much easier. For example there are methods to open menus, select tabs, navigate tables, etc. And it's not specific to React Aria – it should work with anything following ARIA patterns!

@yeeeerika I had to make a phone call to book an appointment recently. Who the f still uses phones to make calls? What's next, sending a damn fax?

i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?

@floydophone I work with auth on a daily basis and still get confused on how its supposed to work. LIke, if you're not using a password manager like 1Password to store them and just use the OS' store, how do you share them between devices? I have trouble finding info, nevermind regular users.

Never met a user excited about passkey auth

@braulio_sl @housecor This. Honestly even JSX is a bit much to me. Now that its been years we're all used to it and the tooling standardized around it, so its fine, but early on I just used the underlying factory functions and it was not half bad.

@housecor I prefer to stick to the language; inventing new tags or attributes will vary across frameworks, and I'm not sure if they are as robust as using something like TypeScript, in fact in Angular you can find now to "ifs" approaches on the markup

Would you like to learn yet another proprietary syntax for basic if/else logic? Or just use a ternary? Easy decision. This meme is backwards.

@AArdvarkErick @housecor Yeah, you can even see in this thread that people see differences between the two that don't exist, or bring in convention/logic from other languages they're used to, that don't apply in TypeScript. TS interfaces aren't C#/Java interface. There's just types like any other.

@housecor It’s a design bug not a feature that TS supports two competing constructs like this. They should’ve consolidated around one or the other and stuck to it.

In TypeScript, many people argue over when to use type vs interface. My rule? Use type when necessary. Here are 5 things only type can do. Otherwise, prefer interface. Interfaces display better, and are more performant.

@housecor There was always a shortage of those people, and that shortage is just increasing.

@housecor Head down coding was never the best place to be, but it's now essentially dead. Converting business or customer problem into working solution that may or may not involve software? That still pays top dollar and will likely even better in the new world.

Why does coding pay well? 4 reasons: 1. Keeping up with the syntax, patterns, best-practices, and tools is hard work. Many can’t do it, or aren’t willing to. 2. It’s isolating. Many people would rather spend their days away from a computer screen. 3. It requires excellent communication skills. You’re basically a translator. Developers translate English to code. 4. Due to 1-3, there has been a shortage of good developers for years. My concern for 2025: There is no longer a developer shortage. And AI translates English to code. I can tell my editor what to do in plain English. So, I don’t have to translate English to syntax as often anymore. I merely validate. And when a mistake occurs, I tell AI to fix it. Sure, it often fails, but it’s getting better daily. Yes, I still need to be a good communicator in the age of AI. But communicating in English is a much lower bar than translating English to code. Long term, it seems likely a non-technical product owner will be able to build effective software via English commands alone. All of this pushes down salaries, and reduces the number of developers required to deliver a product. What am I missing?

@adamwathan Azure as a whole. Everything just seems like a half assed version of other platforms. Nothing like looking at a Redis connection string when you don't have permission, and instead of telling you that, you see the connection string with "undefined" for the username and password.

What tool that your company spends at least $1000/yr on do you hate the most?

@adamwathan @dennisdebest Don't worry Adam, I'll buy 2 licenses to make up for that other person.

@dennisdebest Ok sounds good!

If you’re a guy in your early 20s, buy a Tailwind UI license. Go into debt if you have to.

@NateRybner @ronsterd89 Fortunately one doesn't have to understand it, just accept it. Their wedding, their choice. Your wedding will have your rules (or had, if its already done~)

Is it rude to bring kids to a “no kid” wedding if you couldn’t find a babysitter?

@ronsterd89 If the couple says its a wedding where only people with green eyes and a birth mark on their left hips can come, then that's that. If they say no kid, then it's no kid. Most you can do is ask (and don't push it). It's their wedding, their rules.

@housecor Dunno if RR7 kept the feature, but in Remix the route can be a folder, and you can put stuff anywhere, you just reexport, which kindda gives you the best of all worlds IMO.

Next.js and React Router 7 (RR7) have fundamentally different approaches to decomposition. In Next.js, you create many small files per route (Page.tsx, Loading.tsx, etc). Each file has a clear purpose, and must have a certain name. Result: Many small files 👍, but many files in the solution will have the same name 👎. In RR7, you create one file per route called a “module”. It exports many functions that must have specific names (loader, action, headers, links, handle, meta, etc). Result: One clearly named file per route that contains all that route’s concerns, decomposed into well named functions 👍, but the file may grow big 👎. My take? I prefer RR7’s approach. I prefer unique filenames, and I can decompose the route file if it gets too big.

@banndittaa @SnapVariants The one on the right is one of the best variants in the game, alongside Rainbow Alioth.

After playing a lot of mill I finally got the perfect split on Misery! The only question remains, which variant 👀 @SnapVariants

@alz_zyd_ If consciousness is figuring out what is the statistically most likely next word after a string of words, then yeah, sure they are.

Does anyone still disagree with the obvious truth that LLMs are basically conscious and thinking entities