I love SVG! Recently I needed to render markdown in SVG and found no library existed for that yet so I released one:
github: https://github.com/davefowler/markdown-svg playground: https://markdown-svg-production.up.railway.app
Readit NewsI love that the recipe example is still being used as one of the main promising use cases for computers and now AGI. One day hopefully computers will solve that pressing problem...
If anything we need more Excels. Excel is coding for people who don't even know they're coding.
Karen from accounting made an entire app even though she's not a "software developer" by trade and people think that's a bad thing?
Yeah, isn't the main user of those tools non-developers? It's not that developers are getting lazy, it's that people who aren't developers also have technical needs (and some chops).
thingsilearned commented on Using an $8 smart outlet to avoid brainrot neilchen.co/blog/kasa... · Posted by u/NWChen
I've used a similar smart outlet on a timer to just shut my wifi off at 9pm. I then put an alarm on my computer to give me a 15 minute wrap-up warning.
thingsilearned commented on Using an $8 smart outlet to avoid brainrot neilchen.co/blog/kasa... · Posted by u/NWChen
One thing that finally worked for me was using: https://one-sec.app/
It basically forces you to do a little breathing exercise before you can visit the site that you have on its block list.
It has been life changing. It adds enough friction for me to stop any impulsive visits but also is not so annoying that I would completely disable it in a weak moment.
One Sec was developed by someone with ADHD, I think and it definitely shows.
It is important to understand that not every solution will work for everyone. There can be many reasons why you struggle with social media addictions. Ultimately those corporations are spending millions and employ state of the art psychological manipulation tactics to keep you engaged so it is important to be kind to yourself. Don't give up. You might find something that works for you.
I liked one-sec but now prefer https://www.getclearspace.com
I recently released suggestion-mode functionality for prosemirror
https://github.com/davefowler/prosemirror-suggestion-mode
and now I'm building it into my reading and note taking app for a better interaction of AI giving assisted edits, most similar to the Patchwork project from ink and switch https://www.inkandswitch.com/patchwork/notebook/07/
thingsilearned commented on Getting AI to write good SQL cloud.google.com/blog/pro... · Posted by u/richards
It is absolutely the greatest golden age in programming ever - all these infinitely wealthy companies spending bajillions competing on who can make the best programming companion.
Apart from the apologising. It's silly when the AI apologises with ever more sincere apologies. There should be no apologies from AIs.
companion or replacement?
thingsilearned commented on More Everything Forever nytimes.com/2025/04/23/bo... · Posted by u/c0rtex
Did this get removed from the home page? As I write this it was posted 2 hours ago with 48 points and 73 comments. Should definitely be on the home page. Why are we filtering content like this?
Anyways, impressive, but what I’d really love to see is flexbox for SVG ;)