Let structure emerge organically
Structure comes not from imposing plans from the top down, but bubbling ideas from the bottom up
Articles tagged with Hot Take
A collection of articles tagged with Hot Take on my blog!
Only the Professor Matters
It’s not about the subject matter, the title, or even the reputation of the department. It’s about finding instructors who are passionate about their field and who care about their students’ learning and growth.
A skilled and inspiring professor can make even the driest subject matter come to life, while a lackluster instructor can turn the most fascinating topic into a snooze-fest.
Google Sheets is not as versatile as I thought
Google Sheets comes with everything you need, until it doesn't
Conserve your energy rather than your time
Why focusing on energy management can lead to greater productivity and fulfillment
Svelte and SvelteKit's tutorial is wonderful and my new unequivocal recommendation for starting Web Devs
A huge step forward in making web development accessible and enjoyable for beginners
Most CS majors don't want to code or build—they just want to become product managers
A skeptical take on the average CS major I encounter
Without COVID, I may have never learned to code
Reflecting on the largest copium I've ever had from COVID
You're navigating your browser wrong
Ditch the back button and use (the right) keyboard shortcuts instead
A quick rant on React I found on Reddit
I recently found a rant on React from this Reddit thread:
Vue should be more popular. I’m being forced to learn React because there are almost no Vue jobs on my country and I’m disliking it so far. I hate that to make it manageable I have to install more dependencies, form data management sucks, there’s no proper separation between logic, markup and style, css-in-js and CSS modules feel counter-intuitive and I don’t like them. React’s naming conventions isn’t good either. The only good thing I’ll give it would be passing props as function arguments and destructuring them.
Reminds me of A quick rant on Svelte succeeding React I found on Reddit, and how React sucks (kinda).
A quick rant on Svelte succeeding React I found on Reddit
From this Reddit comment:
Working with svelte, you do feel like it purposefully solved pain points in react:
-bloated syntax (svelte has succinct syntax and very little boilerplate in comparison)
-reactivity (svelte automatically has exhaustive dependencies and a simpler reactivity model in general)
-data fetching (svelte has an async/await paradigm instead of clunky useEffects + state)
-local state management (simple and intuitive syntax vs. useState)
-global state management (svelte stores are very lean compared to Redux)
-styling (svelte colocates markup and style)It’s not a direct successor by any means, but in many ways it’s a spiritual successor, and generally very attractive to people who have worked deeply with React.
Reminds me of A quick rant on React I found on Reddit, and how React sucks (kinda).
Every meal is an opportunity for growth
The magic of meals is in the digression. The random tangents that take you to places completely unexplored, foreign, and perhaps uncomfortable.
Head, Heart by Lydia Davis is beautiful, perhaps one of the best poems I've ever heard
One of the most beautiful examples of the power of monosyllabic words
Design your website to be mobile first
It's way easier to go from mobile to desktop than the other way around
Most CS majors don't want to code or build—they just want to become product managers
A skeptical take on the average CS major I encounter
Without COVID, I may have never learned to code
Reflecting on the largest copium I've ever had from COVID
Every meal is an opportunity for growth
The magic of meals is in the digression. The random tangents that take you to places completely unexplored, foreign, and perhaps uncomfortable.
Let structure emerge organically
Structure comes not from imposing plans from the top down, but bubbling ideas from the bottom up
Conserve your energy rather than your time
Why focusing on energy management can lead to greater productivity and fulfillment
Svelte and SvelteKit's tutorial is wonderful and my new unequivocal recommendation for starting Web Devs
A huge step forward in making web development accessible and enjoyable for beginners
Only the Professor Matters
It’s not about the subject matter, the title, or even the reputation of the department. It’s about finding instructors who are passionate about their field and who care about their students’ learning and growth.
A skilled and inspiring professor can make even the driest subject matter come to life, while a lackluster instructor can turn the most fascinating topic into a snooze-fest.
Head, Heart by Lydia Davis is beautiful, perhaps one of the best poems I've ever heard
One of the most beautiful examples of the power of monosyllabic words
Design your website to be mobile first
It's way easier to go from mobile to desktop than the other way around
Google Sheets is not as versatile as I thought
Google Sheets comes with everything you need, until it doesn't
You're navigating your browser wrong
Ditch the back button and use (the right) keyboard shortcuts instead
A quick rant on React I found on Reddit
I recently found a rant on React from this Reddit thread:
Vue should be more popular. I’m being forced to learn React because there are almost no Vue jobs on my country and I’m disliking it so far. I hate that to make it manageable I have to install more dependencies, form data management sucks, there’s no proper separation between logic, markup and style, css-in-js and CSS modules feel counter-intuitive and I don’t like them. React’s naming conventions isn’t good either. The only good thing I’ll give it would be passing props as function arguments and destructuring them.
Reminds me of A quick rant on Svelte succeeding React I found on Reddit, and how React sucks (kinda).
A quick rant on Svelte succeeding React I found on Reddit
From this Reddit comment:
Working with svelte, you do feel like it purposefully solved pain points in react:
-bloated syntax (svelte has succinct syntax and very little boilerplate in comparison)
-reactivity (svelte automatically has exhaustive dependencies and a simpler reactivity model in general)
-data fetching (svelte has an async/await paradigm instead of clunky useEffects + state)
-local state management (simple and intuitive syntax vs. useState)
-global state management (svelte stores are very lean compared to Redux)
-styling (svelte colocates markup and style)It’s not a direct successor by any means, but in many ways it’s a spiritual successor, and generally very attractive to people who have worked deeply with React.
Reminds me of A quick rant on React I found on Reddit, and how React sucks (kinda).