Reda Lemeden @redalemeden@mastodon.social

I really want to keep liking Gatsby.js, but the distasteful npm ecosystem,
the forced client-side JavaScript, and my complete lack of use for client-side hydration
—the process of turning static pages to interactive Web…

https://redalemeden.com/microblog/post-1627249229000

Random Lessons from the SwiftUI Digital Lounge
https://redalemeden.com/microblog/post-1624394526000

This easter break I built my first command line utility in Swift using the Argument Parser library. My main motivation was to automate some of the tasks I have been doing manually in one of unannounced projects. The…

https://redalemeden.com/microblog/post-1617612455000

風任せ
https://redalemeden.com/microblog/post-1617456764000

Open-source maintainers: README files should not replace proper reference documentation.

https://redalemeden.com/microblog/post-1617223598000

I noticed that I consistently, and mistakenly, name the first closure parameter in Swift functions with multiple trailing closures. My two cents on SE-297 now that the dust has settled: ignoring that feedback was not a…

https://redalemeden.com/microblog/post-1617043337000

“No one gives a shit what programming language you use.” A harsh but forthright rant by George Stocker. There’s nothing wrong with preferring one language over another, as long as it is not the only deciding factor. I…

https://redalemeden.com/microblog/post-1617028047000

I love the indie Web concept of POSSE, but it’s not universally practical given how the platform and the format actively shape the content. Many of my micro-posts fit poorly in the context of Twitter/Mastodon, which…

https://redalemeden.com/microblog/post-1616929222000

With the Gatsby 3.0 migration complete, I took some time to try out Gatsby Cloud. The onboarding was smooth and the build times were almost twice as fast as what I saw on Netlify for the same build. I moved this site…

https://redalemeden.com/microblog/post-1616888205000

Sylvain Kerkour writes about the high churn rate in the Rust language: Unfortunately, there is one thing that makes me anxious about its future: the 6-week development cycles. It’s, I believe, one of the causes of an…
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Oops, my bot seems to have gone haywire. Apologies.

Gatsby 3.0
https://redalemeden.com/microblog/post-1614757971669

"I open-sourced some of the color helpers I've been using in SwiftUI. While it's not feature-complete, it might be already useful in a handful of situations, so check it out and let me know what you think!

https://github.com/kaishin/Kroma"
https://redalemeden.com/microblog/post-1612654928485

(Sorry of the dupes, forgot to turn on debug mode on my script while debugging a cross-posting issue)

Santa came late this year, but at least he made it just in time for my birthday!

TIL about server-side caching strategies (cache-aside, write-through, etc). Better late than never.
https://redalemeden.com/microblog/post-1610627588004

New micro-post 👇
https://redalemeden.com/microblog/post-1610530950929

In software, there is room for specialists, generalists, and everything in between. Enough with gatekeeping already.
https://redalemeden.com/microblog/post-1608909986545

"Mozilla: Apple’s anti-tracking plans for iPhone"
https://redalemeden.com/microblog/post-1608029294826

"Chrome is Bad"
https://redalemeden.com/microblog/post-1607859526002