Beyond React?

I became aware of Svelte today, https://svelte.dev/blog/svelte-3-rethinking-reactivity, it sounds very interesting. The video of the presentation “Rethinking Reactivity” from “You Gotta Love Frontend Code Camp” is well worth a watch (embedded on that page). There are some very interesting ideas in there. The virtual DOM is not used to compare the difference between changes, it……

Samiam

Last night I saw Samiam play at the Union as part of Manchester Punk Festival. I love Samiam. I’ve been listening to them for many years. They’re in important part of my musical history. Last night was the 4th time I’ve seen them. Maybe 1997 was the first time at the Duchess in Leeds. Then……

I’ve stopped listening but I’m fully aware

I stopped listening and reading to the news a while ago. I found everything depressing. Depressing to the point that it was affecting me directly. Global issues made me think there was no hope, and issues more close to home, violence against others, and especially any form of child abuse would make me feel very……

Saying No

In the past I’ve been very bad at saying no to requests for my help and I’ve found myself stretched thin. Not to say that these things weren’t beneficial, but at times it caused a lot of stress. Over the past 2-3 years I’ve practiced saying no and I’m now much more comfortable doing it.……

On Refactoring

Do you clean your home? Do you take your rubbish out? Have a tidy up? When it’s aged do you redecorate? When your needs change do you remodel? Why? Things get used, your needs change over time… you need to keep a mental model of where things are so you can find them. When you……

Different strokes for different folks

I saw this on Jeremy Keith’s blog/journal, which I liked a lot, The events of the world do not form an orderly queue, like the English. They crowd around chaotically, like Italians. —The Order Of Time Which I sent to my mum, because I thought she’d like it too, to which she responded with how……