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I will never forgive JavaScript for this

Web console showing two lines of code creating date objects with different arguments. The arguments clearly express the same date but instantiate different values.

Code reads:

new Date('2021-02-24');
> Tue Feb 23 2021 16:00:00 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
new Date('2021', '02', '24');
> Wed Mar 24 2021 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)

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@chancethedev

Oct 21, 2023

Love our little language 🥰

JS snippets from Chrome console:

let items = [1, 2, 3]
> undefined

items[0.5] = 1
> 1

items
> (3) [1, 2, 3, 0.5: 1]

items.length
> 3

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@chancethedev

Nov 23, 2022

Do not write software with bugs. Instead, write software without bugs. That way your software will have no bugs!

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@chancethedev

Apr 26, 2020

Life hack for when you’ve got too many docker containers running

My laptop propped up on my knees against the air conditioning unit while I work

Tough but fair

I have the hardest time quitting work for day if I’m working something tough and haven’t solved it yet. But if I write code after 6ish I can’t sleep because I’ll replay the problem in my brain all night. Is this a common phenomenon in our field or am I just losing it?

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@chancethedev

Jan 17, 2022

Did you know about the CSS image-set function? Let the user's device/browser choose the best image for them, similar to srcset for <img>!

.hero-image {
/* fallback for browsers that don't support image-set */
background-image: url("/hero.jpg");
/* UA will choose an image based on support + resolution */
background-image: image-set(
url("/hero.avif") type("image/avif") 1x,
url("/hero-lg.avif") type("image/avif") 2x,
url("/hero.jpg") type("image/jpeg") 1x,
url("/hero-lg.jpg") type("image/jpeg") 2x
);
}

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@chancethedev

Oct 24, 2021

I’m real close to quitting web tech and launching a new stud-finder startup, because there is absolutely no way this is the best we can do here

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@chancethedev

Mar 21, 2020

I just realized I probably have to learn how to reverse a linked list now NOOO

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@chancethedev

Jun 23, 2020

Million dollar idea: a recipe website that isn’t a huge pain in the ass to use

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@chancethedev

Dec 21, 2020

"Always has been" meme:

Far left: Earth from space: "React Server Components"

Center: Astronaut looking at Earth: "Wait, isn't that like PHP?"

Right: Astronaut behind the other astronaut's back with a gun pointed toward them: "Always has been."

React

@reactjs

Dec 21, 2020

As 2020 comes to an end we wanted to share a special Holiday Update on our research into zero-bundle-size React Server Components. The demo is available now whether you want to play with it during the holiday, or when work picks back up in the new year. reactjs.org/server-compone…