Meditations on unlearning

SYS.STATUS: ONLINE  |  2026-08-24 17:41:41

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1. they know React No one ever got fired for picking React, but they're probably wasting a shit load of tokens. 2026-08-24
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2. HTML over the wire WebSockets for HTML over the wire? In this economy? 2026-08-11
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3. local-thirst: doing too much Join me on my state-of-the-web therapy session where I breakdown all the baloney involved in working with a SPA architecture. 2026-08-07
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4. local-thirst: But Linear… Dissecting Linear as a local-first app. 2026-07-24
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5. local-thirst I'm on a path to reclaim my sanity by taking a step back and exploring modern web architectures. Join me! 2026-07-23
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6. Misunderstanding SSE On my path of practicing simple software my existing understanding of systems, protocols and tools are challenged. My mental model for SSE (Server Sent Events) was a way to keep a connection open and send updates to the client from the server. Broadly this is correct, but read on as I break down what SSE actually is to see why you may be underutilizing SSE in your applications. 2025-10-27
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