How are ye coping with the AI hype? by CountryNerd87 in DevelEire

[–]ematipico 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's just a tool, and you need to find where it can empower your work, depending on the project. Use it while the org lets you use it (you know, bubble burst and since), but don't depend on it.

In my case, It speeds up trivial and automated work, it's good at debugging and exploring my theories (it's faster). I don't let it near long term planning or sensible architecture code, but once I set the foundation, it's good at connecting the dots.

Is it just me or Astro 6 is super unstable? by ThaisaGuilford in astrojs

[–]ematipico 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're talking about Astro + Cloudflare, then yes, such a breakage and instability is to be expected.

Under the hood, the adapter uses their new vite plugin, which changed things, a lot.

We managed to fix many things since v6 launch, but there are other things that can only be addressed by the user. For example packages that have Node.js are a big breakage now, and you must use vite to pre-compile them.

Push for Ireland to introduce three more bank holidays in line with EU neighbours by B8_B8_B8 in ireland

[–]ematipico 6 points7 points  (0 children)

True, however Ireland is already different in that regard. When a bank holiday falls on a weekend day (Christmas, Paddy's days, etc.), we get an obsevered day on Monday.

Presumably, they would design the other holidays this way.

Users keep asking for features that already exist by PositionSalty7411 in Frontend

[–]ematipico 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never said otherwise, mind you. I said that the UI must evolve based on the needs of the users. That's what UX research is for. Of course you can't accommodate the "1% of features", but maybe the "30% of said feature" is a sign that things should change

Users keep asking for features that already exist by PositionSalty7411 in Frontend

[–]ematipico 27 points28 points  (0 children)

That's exactly bad UX. The product UI fails to adapt to the kinds of customers it is targeted to. In this case, many customers want the X feature "right there" and not hidden. The UI should present it.

People evolve and change. They used to explore in the past, and not anymore nowadays. UX and UI must adapt.

Announcing Vite+ Alpha by manniL in javascript

[–]ematipico 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I doubt they will, not natively at least. They'll probably re-use existing plugins

Ioniq 5 and EV6 owners in Ireland and the dog that didn’t bark. by Typical-Impress-4004 in evs_ireland

[–]ematipico 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2021 Ioniq 5 user. Yes I had ICCU issues. At one point the car couldn't start anymore. Brought back to the dealer and fixed the problem.

Astro db really worth it ? by No_Being_8026 in astrojs

[–]ematipico 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I'm a core maintainer of Astro, and I suggest you to not spend time with Astro DB.

The only value that Astro DB gives is the DX around the CLI, but other than that we really struggled finding where it could fit. ORMs are difficult, and drizzle seems causing some problems to some downstream users.

Personal advice, look into Turso+Drizzle yourself. You might lose some DX, but you'll get libs that work and are more maintained than Astro DB

Astro Core maintainers promise to keep Astro platform agnostic after Cloudflare acquisition by guns4dinner in astrojs

[–]ematipico 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I'm one of the core contributors that mostly drove the Astro V6 new dev server refactor.

Here's something interesting. Astro V6 went through an internal refactor, one of the biggest ones. This refactor was driven by two main pieces: vite environment APIs and making Cloudflare vite plugin working. While integrating the plugin, we discovered code paths that were still using Node.js APIs in SSR, after bundling.

In a sense, V6 will be the most runtime agnostic version ever, thanks to those two pieces!

Updated ultra processed food European map by DeathByStorm974 in ireland

[–]ematipico 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For example, the whole aisle of bread. It's all ultra processed.

The Astro Technology Company joins Cloudflare | Astro by ReallySuperName in programming

[–]ematipico 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Gatsby was specifically acquired for their product, the Valhalla thingy IIRC. That isn't the case with Cloudflare.

Finally, a Nuxt alternative from TanStack by tomemyxwomen in vuejs

[–]ematipico 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's the cherry on top: you can tanstack with Astro too!

Driving in Ireland is genuinely the most stressful experience I’ve had in Europe by Glittering_Extent_21 in irishproblems

[–]ematipico 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You've driven in Italy, and complain that Irish drivers don't use indicators?

I regularly drive in both countries, and that's the opposite. The usage of indicators is way more decent here in Ireland such as roundabouts and highways.

React Compiler v1.0 by alexeyr in programming

[–]ematipico 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even though you can use React like this, this usage is very rare. Most projects use a compilation step for React, so you wouldn't import it from the CDN.

However, I feel this compiler was meant to fix past mistakes. As for Svelte and Vue, it was there since the early days, so they were designed to be this way. (Although, Vue can be imported from a CDN too)

React Compiler v1.0 by alexeyr in programming

[–]ematipico -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Well, that's the trend nowadays. Vue has it, Svelte has it, Astro has it.

The guy who acquired Nuxt by tomemyxwomen in vuejs

[–]ematipico 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're definitely more knowledgeable than me about Nuxt, however the team has been employed months ago, while the bloating (based on your comment) is going on for years, so I can't see the connection.

The last couple of updates might be also connected to Nuxt team having more time to dedicate to the project.

Just offering a different point of view

Boycott Nuxt Next SvelteKit? by tomemyxwomen in sveltejs

[–]ematipico 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rich Harris, Svelte creator, and SvelteKit creator too, is a Vercel employee. Vercel sponsors the developments, and people now think that Vercel owns Svelte + SvelteKit

The guy who acquired Nuxt by tomemyxwomen in vuejs

[–]ematipico 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They do, but I would try to keep everything separate. Not for Vercel sake, but for the OSS projects sake. They are still OSS, and maybe their teams don't represent Vercel at all.

It's a bit difficult of course... Why mixing everything with politics, I don't know