The open web, remix and path dependency.
Bryan Cantrill's talk Platform as a Reflection of Values gave me a lens I didn't know I needed. When platforms diverge, he argued, it's rarely about technical merit. It's about values misalignment. The things that matter most to one community simply rank
A Director walked up to our group in the hallway, our white StaffPlus lanyards clearly visible, and said something I'm still thinking about: "I came over because StaffPlus people have more interesting conversations than the LeadDev attendees." It was a compliment, but also a diagnosis. It
A shared canon equips Staff+ engineers with the language, ideas and tactics for an ecosystem bigger than any one person.
Which Vitest API is your favorite? There are so many great ones to choose from. test is a classic, vi.fn might have the best name, and expect is a great Swiss Army knife. Like a proud parent, I have trouble choosing my favorite. But I know which API I
I love a good test. No, scratch that, I love a laconic test! There's an art to it: the eloquent test name, the crisp setup that establishes context, the succinct action that triggers only what needs testing, and finally a few pithy assertions. A truly great test is
Ben Thompson likes to point out that early websites were essentially static copies of physical world artifacts like newspapers and brochures. The web only reached its potential during the Web 2.0 era when developers discovered truly native capabilities that previous mediums couldn't match. For example, the feed&
Ever feel like updating your Remix app's UI is a circus act? One small change, and suddenly everything's breaking? You're not alone. This fragility often comes from tightly coupled components – a change in one place triggers a domino effect throughout your code. But
Welcome, brave souls, to a realm where the ordinary meets the supernatural, where lines of code transform into incantations. Today, I extend an invitation to journey with me into the depths of arcane knowledge, armed with a dusty tome retrieved from the restricted section of the Miskatonic University. This hallowed
This is an uncontroversial opinion for people using Remix, but it needs to be said:   The  loader  API is the  best  thing about  Remix . Some background: A  loader  is a custom defined function that is responsible for "loading" all of
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