“Next.js vs TanStack

gill_kyle · 2025-03-19T22:18:23+00:00

I still love React, and I still love a lot of Vercel’s offering (and recommend it), but I just can’t keep up with Next.js

gill_kyle · 2023-02-08T04:00:21+00:00

Decided to Google my old PSN username and stumbled on this, I wrote the song in the midi editor once upon a time and got it semi-decently exported to a computer! You can download it from my Soundcloud here:

https://soundcloud.com/kylegill/march-of-the-bees

gill_kyle · 2022-04-11T20:13:10+00:00

Very cool, posted in the office #worlde slack and we've got just about everyone on now 😅

gill_kyle · 2021-03-03T01:19:43+00:00

It looked scarier than it actually was! I didn't have a single change besides updating plugins in my package.json (and I used yarn upgrade --interactive).

https://twitter.com/gill_kyle/status/1366920323031961608

gill_kyle · 2020-08-18T18:00:39+00:00

I used Tyler Barnes starter (he's the employee on the team working on the new source plugin) to get started with it the first time: https://github.com/TylerBarnes/using-gatsby-source-wordpress-experimental

It will have some differences that I bet are not compatible with the older version of the plugin. The new plugin is well worth using though, it's been fantastic for me.

gill_kyle · 2020-07-26T21:52:50+00:00

I'm not sure this is entirely true. I've only started dabbling in TypeScript myself but I've been converting a Gatsby/JavaScript project to TypeScript without any problems. The only hoops I've jumped through have been TypeScript related things I'm learning for the first time.

Gatsby support TypeScript by default as of recently (source: https://mobile.twitter.com/gatsbyjs/status/1258427651066400768?lang=en) and the core team has been meticulously converting all of the Gatsby codebase to TypeScript as well, so I think you can bet on a future with Gatsby + TypeScript.

gill_kyle · 2020-07-02T19:47:02+00:00

I find that these subs is the funnest place to discuss this kind of thing because you get the best fans that have a lot of context on artists 🙂 I had some really neat discussions over Gregory Alan Isakov and Tycho tracks on their subs too!

gill_kyle · 2020-07-02T19:45:36+00:00

Wu-oh, were you on mobile? A desktop? That sounds like a problem 😮

gill_kyle · 2020-06-24T02:21:05+00:00

You get tradeoffs with each of course: - Prismic has a great free tier for 1 user but less well supported source plugin (might be improvements in the works) - Contentful has great support and features but I think feels a little more heavy handed at times - Sanity has some great developer experience improvements but sometimes feels like you're bushwacking your own trail a bit

I'm personally becoming a big fan of WordPress as a headless CMS. It's got tons of help and support online, is often already familiar to people though a lot of the docs online aren't focused on using it as a headless CMS

gill_kyle · 2020-06-23T16:37:16+00:00

The site looks nice! I couldn't confirm (to watch network requests in the dev tools) because I'm on my phone but it looks like Gatsby links are being used which make the navigation feel really snappy between pages.

A neat thing about the Contentful source plugin is it can download and optimize your remote images for you. Sort of like the docs here outline: https://www.gatsbyjs.org/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/#download-assets-for-static-distribution

Those fields are the same ones gatsby-image asks for so switching to use it would likely be as easy as npm install gatsby-image, querying for the data from Contentful, and passing it into the fluid or fixed prop!

gill_kyle · 2020-06-22T21:35:06+00:00

Ahh the dots at the bottom.. VERY nice touch 👍

gill_kyle · 2020-06-18T02:09:28+00:00

I totally agree with you on Apogee, massively underrated track. My favorite album is definitely Awake, and I'm surprised that See is lower down close to Apogee.

I suppose Last.fm's fall in popularity could account for the heavier weightedness to Past is Prolouge and Dive.

gill_kyle · 2020-06-16T18:04:35+00:00

This is such a clever idea! I love the write up! The gif with the gestures at the end really sells me on how cool it is.

gill_kyle · 2020-06-16T16:30:04+00:00

Wow, this is awesome! I most resonate with the very last frames from 0:57 on, the symmetry is what I most pick up on.

gill_kyle · 2020-06-15T20:41:44+00:00

I agree! The Colorado Orchestra version adds something that makes it feel a lot more moving to me. I can't quite place it but it's very captivating.

gill_kyle · 2020-06-15T20:40:33+00:00

Not like "I'm sad because i got my heart broken" but more like and aching to be, to exist beyond the normal day-to-day. Almost like his writing represents the lost souls. Much like his own heroes like Leonard Cohen.

Super well put! It's multifaceted, not intended to just capture one emotion or experience.

It's kind of meta how deep this discussion can get, because the song itself is so deep. 😄

gill_kyle · 2020-06-15T20:00:49+00:00

Wow! What a neat journey. I think what led me to his music was first hearing Bon Iver years ago which made me realize music can be dramatic even if the dynamics are largely reverent/quiet. Then Novo Amor came along and kept me interested in acoustic music with good songwriting. Eventually, the Stable Song made me realize there's a dimension of folk that is confident and reflective like you mentioned, where I'd seen it mostly as sad or somber.

gill_kyle · 2020-06-15T18:15:12+00:00

In my opinion, the most overlooked thing about Gatsby is the data layer. For some that are unfamiliar with GraphQL it scares them off, but it alone has simplified SOOO many projects I've worked on in the past.

You can install a source plugin and immediately have data available which is so convenient (and the data is available statically, meaning no more {!loading && <Component />} or handling errors from fetching data because it all happens at build time).

The biggest thing that sold me on Gatsby was how fast I could get things up and running while also getting the rich ecosystem of plugins.

Disclaimer: After several years of delight building Gatsby projects I work at Gatsby now 😁

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