Yjs is a CRDT (Conflict-free replicated data type) library for building collaborative and local-first apps. I’ve come across CDRTs in the past as being pretty powerful pattern but aren’t the most intuitive so this could be a handy tutorial. I haven’t had a chance to play with it but this looks like a great way to learn about building collaborative, syncing webapps from the ground up. https://learn.yjs.dev/
I thought this was an interesting post about how this Visual Studio extension came to be. Not only because it shows some details about how you would go about making something like this but also because all it does is restore a small UI change the VS team made that I hadn’t even really noticed but apparently upset a lot of people… https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/the-making-of-bring-back-plus-minus/
interesting a markdown test https://crawshaw.io/blog/programming-with-llms
It’s nice that Netlify listened to a common complaint and you now have the option to not worry about an unexpected bill https://frontendmasters.com/blog/netlify-free-plan/
Some handy tips. > Tutorials often forget to mention some key detail, preventing readers from replicating the author’s process. Other times, the author brings in hidden assumptions that don’t match their readers’ expectations. https://refactoringenglish.com/chapters/rules-for-software-tutorials/
A nice overview of the advancements in LLMs over the last year. Also, Simon Wilson (co-creator of Django) is a pretty level-headed yet prolific voice to follow about AI. https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/llms-in-2024/
What I’ve learned from ten years working on projects like this https://www.seangoedecke.com/large-established-codebases/
Scrum has been having a bad time for the last ten years, and thus so has Agile. https://asktheuxer.com/2025/01/07/the-two-rules-of-software-creation-from-which-every-problem-derives/
Visualizing algorithms
Option+Click React components in your browser to instantly open the source in VS Code. This looks like it could be handy. I’ll have to give it a try. https://github.com/ericclemmons/click-to-component