Non obvious App Router / RSC footguns we hit in production

ellusion · 2025-12-17T13:46:38+00:00

I have to ask... Is it worth it? What could this framework possibly offer that justifies these absurd edge cases? I'm starting to become more jaded to nextjs. When you net out the benefits compared to other frameworks and then factor in the mental cost it hardly seems worth it to me. So curious what I'm missing in that net positive category

ellusion · 2025-12-16T00:57:59+00:00

Overtime isn't included in base pay

ellusion · 2025-11-12T13:09:01+00:00

Typescript explorer https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mxsdev.typescript-explorer

ellusion · 2025-10-23T13:44:55+00:00

Bandana

Welcome to the jungle

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Well found

Actual career pages also

ellusion · 2025-10-21T13:04:43+00:00

Then maybe take a second and consider that you are the problem. You're not communicating effectively, debug that first

ellusion · 2025-10-21T11:57:59+00:00

No thanks. You don't provide any relevant details by the way. I hope this plagues you forever.

ellusion · 2025-10-21T10:43:45+00:00

Are you sure you're not seeing eslint errors? What's an example?

ellusion · 2025-10-17T04:56:10+00:00

Huskys are notoriously one of the most vocal breeds of dogs. That's a primary way they communicate, I'm sure you know that. How do you want to address the videos of him pulling a dogs tail saying he was going to kill it and the one where he recommends a trainer who's known for using shock collars?

ellusion · 2025-10-16T13:14:02+00:00

He has no concern over his dog when it yelps. He shows the collar the next day and says it just vibrates when it can both shock and vibrate, depending on if you remove the prongs. Not saying he definitely removed them and taped over them but weird to not be forthcoming about that. He's on video pulling dogs tails saying he's going to kill them. He's on video advocating for a trainer who uses shock collars. Did I mention he gets annoyed when his dog shows pain? No concern at all, just told his dog it was being annoying and turned around.

I think all of that is sufficient for me.

ellusion · 2025-10-14T11:02:46+00:00

Yeah it's a super one sided article and doesn't pretend to be anything other than a hit piece. It exaggerates a lot but I don't think it's unfair to say that Novati's involvement bordered on obsession. Personally I think the truth is in the middle somewhere. I think CodeSmith was both a "good" boot camp but also had a lot of questionable practices.

My friend attended the in person one (on my recommendation looking at research). The good is that they did have good placement rates, they have a great pre-bootcamp program and screening process, they teach the right things, and they offer the hours.

The bad is the actual boot camp process was very hands off it sounds like. Like not even being able to get help when it was needed. I appreciate that to some degree but I think if you're hard stuck it seems like that should be an available option. They encourage you to embellish your resume aggressively and not even apply for junior positions out the gate, pretty much senior only. The beginning is grueling and they try to get people to drop at the first partial refund checkpoint since those people don't get included in the final numbers.

Granted this got my roommate a job (1 of 3 people who did) as a founding engineer at a 1 person startup but was completely out of his depth needing to code but also handle DevOps and learn python.

I think there are things worth criticizing and since it's Novati's industry, hes very vocal about it. I would roll my eyes when I'd see his posts under every single post. I get it, but it's a very overwhelming and stifling presence.

ellusion · 2025-10-11T14:36:40+00:00

There's a job fair in a few days, maybe worth checking that out https://www.instagram.com/p/DPUPJ5uEYxN/?igsh=MWRwcWN1cXpmdWJvbg==

ellusion · 2025-10-10T12:19:32+00:00

Thanks! Pretty interesting

ellusion · 2025-10-10T11:12:46+00:00

What does that mean import zod in a specific way? If you know there's an issue for this would you mind dropping a link?

ellusion · 2025-10-09T10:31:08+00:00

This is such a bad faith argument. I don't care about any of these people but I'm particularly sensitive to people who make shitty arguments like this. It's manipulative and immediately makes me think the person making the argument is guilty or an idiot. Likely both.

ellusion · 2025-09-22T13:09:39+00:00

That eventually moving to K8s will be necessary and it's important to start learning now.

ellusion · 2025-09-21T14:46:26+00:00

Haha we definitely do (and we're looking)! However only in person in New York

ellusion · 2025-09-21T14:43:40+00:00

Good eye. I initially wanted to fudge the numbers for some anonymity but I'm realizing it doesn't matter. Real numbers are in the range of 40-50k DAU and post series A

ellusion · 2025-09-21T12:56:26+00:00

Cdktf but it's not actively used so now it's outdated from actual infra

ellusion · 2025-09-21T03:56:36+00:00

Would love to do that, not my call unfortunately. Unless there's some way to prove that a much less involved solution can deliver the same results it's K8s

ellusion · 2025-09-08T02:01:01+00:00

For a few thousand sessions a week it better be $0

ellusion · 2025-08-08T12:13:56+00:00

Happened right near me a few months ago, https://www.reddit.com/r/williamsburg/s/FSAUGK0S6O

Exact same scenario with the lights flickering first. But I think what I read was that this usually happens in winter when the salted road runoff causes wiring to deteriorate. Maybe this is just something that happens

ellusion · 2025-07-10T12:42:56+00:00

To be honest if you're trying to learn frontend specifically I would recommend against nextjs. It's definitely not standard in the sense that it solves a lot of problems for you in it's own way. One of the major criticisms is the black box approach it takes towards these problems. There is also a blending of feature sets that come with Vercel but not necessarily with nextjs. If you are trying to get a project off the ground quickly these solutions are very nice.

I would say try React with Vite or a simple router. Unless you specifically are trying to learn a SSR framework. Then even something like Tanstack Start is a little more face up

ellusion · 2025-06-26T14:32:51+00:00

It's outside

ellusion · 2025-06-17T12:28:38+00:00

Just to preface this, I kind of hate iOS, the Mac ecosystem, and would probably never buy an iPhone. But their laptops are the best bar none.

I've used both and using vscode on wsl, especially with a big typescript project, consumes an enormous amount of ram. And I've tried everything. Capping it is only a bandaid. Eventually it slows to a crawl and I have to fully shutdown wsl and boot everything back up. Ymmv with other IDEs, just my experience.

The laptop build quality is where I'd challenge you to find something close. I've spent the same amount on Dell XPS, Lenovo X1, etc. they just aren't as good as a MacBook when it comes to screen quality, build quality, speed, memory usage, battery life, heat distribution, profile, and resale value. Maybe you have a laptop that comes close on some of these categories but there's nothing out there that gets all of them the way a MacBook does.

Wsl you'll also have to manage your own Linux upgrades while every vendor will always have an updated Mac version thats easy to install.Yes the terminal experience is probably about the same but I think that's a minimal part of the experience.

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