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29 Dec, 16 tweets, 4 min read
thread of things i put some effort into
1. relationship advice
2. programming advice
3. my beautiful dark twisted javascript course
4. my blog (but i post rarely). mostly programming overreacted.io
5. (work in progress) new react documentation
6. amateur Russian => English song lyrics translations
7. sometimes i stream on youtube. so far some coding and some math
8. why math
9. fuck work
10. wut is web3
11. this chord progression
12. typing my granddad’s entire sonnet redoublé by hand into the twitter box
13. my frontend interview tour
14. my most popular tweet
15. my best tweet

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24 Dec
one of the most obnoxious traits of the “web3” community is labeling existing web experts as “web2 people”. it’s disingenuous because web expertise is usually related to frontend, and “web3” apps, from what i understand, still build UI the same way — HTML, CSS, and JS.
from what i can tell, “web3” is a different approach to building the backend and a different set of values/philosophies. if y’all hope to attract the frontend expertise you desperately need to make your stuff usable, consider not making asses of yourselves by labeling outsiders.
the “web3” branding is, in my opinion, genius and designed to be polarizing. it implies obsolescence and induces FOMO. but it’s just that, a branding. unless you literally reinvent the browser, don’t get too carried away excluding people :)
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23 Dec
i have questions about crypto, web3, and the surrounding ecosystem. i’m gonna thread these. please feel free to reply! but don’t start arguments and fights with other people who reply or i’ll use the banhammer.
1. what is bitcoin’s plan to solve its energy consumption problem? is that on the radar of the team/community? is that considered a non-problem / “worth it”? asking specifically about bitcoin
2. why is there a lot of skepticism around ethereum’s move to PoS? is it because it’s been continually pushed back, or is there skepticism that it will work at all? both?
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17 Dec
properly trying VR for more than a few minutes. got myself a quest 2. what is the coolest/whackiest shit i can do with it? i like music, trippy stuff, idk
maaaaan the whole setup process with a virtual “boundary” and a lo-fi see-through of the room in black and white is already trippy as hell and i am here for it
i am surprised to the degree to which the “slightly wrong” virtual ghost fingers don’t bother me. i believe this
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14 Dec
a hundred things i learned working on the react team @threadapalooza
1. every few years your audience changes. new users don’t appreciate problems of the past bc never seen them. old users burn out or lose excitement. new users have different reference frame, learned in diff ways, you might be their first programming env. plan accordingly.
2. when you fix a problem you better really really understand the problem you’re fixing. take a few steps back and reintegrate new knowledge into the design. should it change the design? it’s like fighting a hydra: solving a problem in the wrong spot spawns 10 new problems.
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13 Dec
recommend me an ANIME. disclaimer: almost know nothing about the genre.

netflix decided to show me jojo adventures and i watched a few eps. liked: camera freezes while character is thinking, weird shit happening. dislike: too teenagery, women are npcs.

what to watch instead
also watched before:

death note — i know it’s kind of a classic entry point but i watched as a teen and i think it’s also rather teen-oriented

mushishi — this is a bit TOO contemplative plus i’d like some character development as the series progresses
ok a few more things. ideally fights/violence wouldn’t be the focal point, it bores me. something like serial experiments lain too depressing, ideally want something more alive. about relationships maybe?? but not infantilizing. actually interesting character drama?
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13 Dec
don’t
in my personal projects i use eslint-config-react-app and prettier and it’s been great. recommend 100%
i mean... if it works for you, great. i want people to know other options exist because for many people who are newer this is literally the only thing they were exposed to
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