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by ctnicholas 5mo ago
Hey folks, I'm Chris, one of the authors of the post! It was a joy to write up this post, and write about the problems we've faced and fixed through the years, in our native LiveList implementation. Let me know if you have any que
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How CRDTs and sync engines keep realtime lists ordered with fractional indexing(liveblocks.io)
2 points by ctnicholas 5mo ago|1 comments
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Open sourcing the Liveblocks sync engine and dev server(liveblocks.io)
10 points by ctnicholas 7mo ago|1 comments
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by ctnicholas 7mo ago
Hey all, we've just open sourced our sync engine and dev server, and we're very excited to share this. We're planning on open sourcing more of our platform as time goes on, and this is the first stage. You can start your dev
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by ctnicholas 1y ago
I work at Liveblocks—yes! Our founders were inspired by Figma and wanted to make it possible for others to build apps like this more easily. We provide our own sync engine, Storage, which is aimed at this use case.
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by ctnicholas 2y ago
Hey all, I'm the writer! I thought I'd share this since a couple of my interactive articles went down quite well on here. Happy to answer any questions.
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How to write exceptional documentation(chrisnicholas.dev)
6 points by ctnicholas 2y ago|3 comments
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by ctnicholas 2y ago
You might have missed this quote near the top—it recommends Tiptap for most uses. > If you’re here for a quick recommendation, we think the most well-rounded choice is Tiptap because it strikes a balance between being a feature-rich edi
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by ctnicholas 2y ago
I thought you might like this, as my other blog posts went down well! Let me know if you have any questions. Here's the last ones: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38842116 https://news.ycombinator.com&#
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Building an AI toolbar for text editors(chrisnicholas.dev)
2 points by ctnicholas 2y ago|1 comments
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by ctnicholas 3y ago
If you disable JavaScript in your browser and load my blog, you'll find the entire site works apart from the interactive components in the article! That's the only part that uses client-side JS.
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by ctnicholas 3y ago
Yes! There was a bug on iPhone, though I've fixed it now.
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by ctnicholas 3y ago
You've been hilariously accurate here—I was actually a WordPress dev for years, and now I don't mention it because I'm not interested in those jobs. Haven't even told any of my colleagues!
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by ctnicholas 3y ago
Thanks, appreciate it!
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by ctnicholas 3y ago
Right, the most important thing is getting your posts out there! I say do what works best for you, we all have knowledge and experience in different areas, and there isn't a single solution for everyone.
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by ctnicholas 3y ago
Thanks! I always enjoy playing with new tech, and HTMX looks fun, though I wouldn't use it for anything serious. If you're looking for something fun and simple, I'd 100% recommend using Svelte on Astro, they're both a jo
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by ctnicholas 3y ago
To make it fill the page, you need to make sure it's placed inside an element (with relative positioning) that's height comes from its content. Then give the noise absolute positioning. The noise still overlays the text, it's
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by ctnicholas 3y ago
I saved myself time by reusing a small noise image I'd used before, but you could do it with an SVG pretty easily! https://grainy-gradients.vercel.app/
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by ctnicholas 3y ago
I've just deployed a change to the noise as I saw a screenshot from another user and it looked like an iPhone bug! The noise shouldn't even be noticeable. Is it looking better now?
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by ctnicholas 3y ago
100%! I tried to set it at a level where it "feels" right, but you don't realise why.
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by ctnicholas 3y ago
Damn, that's crazy! Reminds me of the old Windows "pipes" screensaver, but far nicer.
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A new blog for 2024(chrisnicholas.dev)
156 points by ctnicholas 3y ago|98 comments
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by ctnicholas 3y ago
My last interactive blog post, from a couple of years ago, went down really well, so thought you might like this one! Here's the last one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31987713
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Interactive: How to use Next.js 12.2 Middleware(ctnicholas.dev)
1 points by ctnicholas 4y ago|0 comments