jkkramer

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by jkkramer 7mo ago
I did do it again, and spent time figuring out how to do it even more. The cool thing though is that I could have chosen to do something else, too. I’m not at a loss for fulfilling, productive things to do. AI won’t change that.
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by jkkramer 8mo ago
Just yesterday I noticed I was mentally EXHAUSTED after building out a feature with Claude Code. I actually had to think really, really hard to keep up with the idiot savant as it cranked out code. Correctness was extremely important for th
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by jkkramer 1y ago
As a fellow parent and hater of YouTube Kids, I've thought about building a replacement. What holds me back is knowing that -- if this was an iPad app, for example -- I'd be at the mercy of both Google AND Apple. It's a minef
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by jkkramer 2y ago
Great little product! Seems like this could actually make good money with the right marketing. Are you doing anything special to leverage TikTok or Instagram Reels? I notice you had a few sample posts. I'd go hard on that if you'r
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by jkkramer 3y ago
3 that I always watch for: - Lenny's newsletter. While lately it's become mostly about how to succeed as a PM in Big Tech, he occasionally covers juicy startup tactics. For example, "What is good retention?" was solid go
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by jkkramer 4y ago
A rule of thumb I sometimes use to assess products, including ones I've built: Looking back at the last year, are you (or your users) happy with the time spent using the product? Do you/they regret it? Juicing short-term engagemen
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by jkkramer 5y ago
Everyone seems to be missing the obvious reason they want you to view Wrapped in the app: because they want you to share it to your stories on Instagram, Snapchat, etc, which you cannot do on the web. When Wrapped came out a few days ago, v
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by jkkramer 6y ago
Great interview with Nick about this and other topics: https://www.joincolossus.com/episodes/20135760/kokonas-know-...
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by jkkramer 10y ago
Got a source? I can only find references to training on amateur games (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaGo_versus_Lee_Sedol#Alpha... )
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by jkkramer 10y ago
I would call its style unorthodox rather than nonhuman. It still plays common josekis (standard opening sequences) but often chooses uncommon variations. Its mid game is full of startling moves backed by VERY good reading. There's defi
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by jkkramer 10y ago
One technique that can be useful is imposing domain-specific restrictions, then passing responsibility down the chain. For example, most people only have a handful of recent conversations; can you get away with ignoring distant-past convers
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by jkkramer 10y ago
It's my experience with their web-oriented and JavaScript projects. They definitely put out lots of high quality open source work in other domains.
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by jkkramer 10y ago
It's interesting to contrast how Google and Facebook both approach open source for the web. Google tends to release code and promote it without really using it much internally first. Documentation is prolific but confusingly organized
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by jkkramer 10y ago
It looked like a risky dependency, simple as that. Despite the HN title, the point of the article was not to talk about React Router. EDIT: Additionally, I'm not saying React Router is bad per se, just that it's not fully baked. I
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by jkkramer 10y ago
You're not wrong. But it feels worse in JS. In both cases lib authors would do well to set proper expectations - if your lib is half baked, be up front about it.
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by jkkramer 10y ago
Further thoughts: choosing an unstable library and then criticizing it for being unstable seems silly. There are two sides: library authors need to value things like careful design, real world testing, and backwards compatibility. Library c
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by jkkramer 10y ago
Yeah maybe. To me it feels like many in the community complain and shirk responsibility, and some stern words were needed to counterbalance that position. If the community wants stability in its projects, it needs to learn what it takes to
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by jkkramer 10y ago
Thanks for the thoughtful reply! I don't have a problem with strong opinions and harsh words when warranted, with the understanding that we're all learning. What I wrote wasn't entirely in response to the HN thread. Similar t
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by jkkramer 10y ago
It's hard. 1) Gain experience. 2) Talk to tech veterans and journeymen. 3) Look to other communities for lessons.
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by jkkramer 10y ago
As programmers, we suffer from various maladies. NIH is one, laziness and shiny-chasing are others. As in life, balance is needed. Don't forget the cost part of cost/benefit analysis.
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Why I Don't Use React Router(jkk.github.io)
122 points by jkkramer 10y ago|75 comments
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by jkkramer 11y ago
Things would also be significantly sped up if you compiled in production mode. From looking at your source, all the dev mode checks are still being performed. See: https://facebook.github.io/react/downloads.html (the n
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by jkkramer 11y ago
I'm confused. The "demo" is just a screenshot? Seems promising but I would like to try it.
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Frontend Is Eating the World(jkk.github.io)
3 points by jkkramer 11y ago|0 comments
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by jkkramer 11y ago
There's a React Dev Tools plugin for Chrome that will show a tree of components instead of the DOM.
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Understanding Clojure Transducers Through Types(conscientiousprogrammer.com)
73 points by jkkramer 12y ago|23 comments
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by jkkramer 13y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote, <6 month projects Experienced developer with a keen aesthetic sense. I've worked with startups, corporations, government. Favorite buzzwords: Clojure, Scala, JavaScript, Backbone Recently: https://k
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by jkkramer 14y ago
Clojure Doc is easier since it doesn't require a CA. IRC (#clojure and #clojure-doc on Freenode) is good for coordinating with other contributors.
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by jkkramer 14y ago
Please do. Good writers like yourself can make a big difference right now. There's also the Clojure Doc project - http://clojure-doc.org/
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by jkkramer 14y ago
You are not forced to pass strings. That's merely a convenience (for Java). You can construct and pass data structures instead.

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