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Top topics: JavaScript · React · Python
MCP was always a bad idea?
My comment on MCP was always a bad idea? — Hacker News. This article entirely misses the value that MCP brings today. Sure, there's almost no reason to use MCPs if you are running a full-blown terminal agent (Claude…
llm-keys-ui 0.1
Release: llm-keys-ui 0.1 This plugin solves a very specific problem. I've started using Codex Remote to run coding agents on various machines while controlling them from my phone. Sometimes I use those machines to hack…
datasette-explain 0.2.2
Release: datasette-explain 0.2.2 Explain plans now work on read-only stored-query pages. I upgraded datasette.simonwillison.net to Datasette 1.0a40, which inspired me to ship a new version of this explain plugin. Tags:…
bro.js v3.0.0 – What’s new
Tired of flaky state leaking between tests or worrying about insecure defaults? bro.js just hit v3.0.0 and brings a bunch of practical upgrades that let you focus on code, not on runtime quirks. Edge & Web Standard…
Why React & Next.js Users Get `ChunkLoadError` After Deployment — And How to Fix It
Imagine this: You have a React or Next.js application running in production. You deploy a new version. New visitors can use the website normally. But some users who already had the website open suddenly see:…
What Clients Actually Expect From a Freelance Web Developer
Clients rarely hire a freelance web developer for code alone. They hire someone who can turn a business goal into a reliable website, explain trade-offs, communicate clearly, and deliver without unnecessary surprises.…
React Router Finally Clicked --- Because I Stopped Treating It Like a List of APIs
A few weeks ago, I set up an experiment for myself: Could I learn React while building without turning the process into AI-assisted copy-pasting? The rule was simple: Learn the overview of a concept first. Attempt the…
Building a Live Scoreboard with a Sports Data API (Vanilla JS + WebSocket)
In this tutorial we'll build a working live scoreboard — the kind you'd embed on a sports site or a fan-engagement app — using Orbistats as the data source. We'll cover the initial fixture fetch, the WebSocket…
React Derived State: Why That useState Is Probably a Bug
You add a search box to a todo list. todos is state, filter is state, and — because the filtered list "depends on" both — you add a third state variable, visibleTodos, and a useEffect that recalculates it whenever todos…
Why I Didn't Use React: A Technical Post-Mortem of 36 Vanilla JS Mental Health Tools
I built 36 mental health tools using vanilla JavaScript. No React. No Vue. No framework. No build step. No npm install. Every time I tell a developer this, I get the same look: why? Here's the honest post-mortem. The…
How to build high-converting in-app announcements without sacrificing INP & LCP
We recently ran Lighthouse audits across 40 top B2B SaaS web applications. Over 65% of them were failing Interaction to Next Paint (INP) and Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) targets. The culprit? Legacy onboarding and…
Plugin Architecture Across Service Boundaries: An API Contract with Pydantic & FastAPI - Pt. 1
This articles shows how to build a service-level plugin architecture with Pydantic and FastAPI. I will be using an API contract package that plugin providers implement and our platform validates the contract during…
How to build high-converting in-app announcements without sacrificing INP & LCP
We recently ran Lighthouse audits across 40 top B2B SaaS web applications. Over 65% of them were failing Interaction to Next Paint (INP) and Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) targets. The culprit? Legacy onboarding and…
How I Built a Fully Client-Side QR Code Generator (And Why I Avoided a Backend)
The Problem with Most QR Generators I was building a simple tool for my own use and needed to generate a QR code for a WiFi network. I tried the popular free tools, and they all did the same thing: They routed the QR…
CSR SSR SSG and ISR Rendering Methods Explained
Many developers still get confused about the different rendering methods available today. Let's understand how each method works and when you should choose it. (Especially if you are using NextJS). Here's a simple and…
The @forge/bridge import that kills your resolver, and why nothing warns you
The @forge/bridge import that kills your resolver, and why nothing warns you Key takeaways @forge/bridge throws at IMPORT time, not call time. A handler that imports a poisoned module and never calls it still fails,…