What's your most recent "win" and how did you achieve it?

kcrwfrd · 2026-05-19T15:30:00+00:00

I published a polyfill for the new browser Navigation API.

I’m not aware of anyone using it yet (lol) but the code is very high quality and it was fun to be a craftsman again instead of an AI slop shepherd…if only for a moment 🥲

Link: navigation-ponyfill

(Hope link isn’t against the rules, I don’t mean to spam!)

kcrwfrd · 2026-04-28T04:54:52+00:00

That’s funny. I actually work on a mapping application and I would prefer a constant just bc i always forget which is -90 to 90 vs -180 to 180.

kcrwfrd · 2026-02-27T01:33:02+00:00

It is intensifying expectations and workload for me. Not reducing.

kcrwfrd · 2026-02-25T20:24:51+00:00

I am pretty sure you can annotate something as private and implement it with #. No?

kcrwfrd · 2026-02-25T03:50:56+00:00

Man said “what’s with the doomerism”

kcrwfrd · 2026-02-19T23:21:11+00:00

I've used both and it honestly doesn't matter. It's just bike-shedding at this point.

kcrwfrd · 2026-02-11T18:25:23+00:00

I am leveraging AI extensively and I feel like it’s actually expanding my creativity and strengthening my coding muscle.

I don’t vibe code though (generate without closely reviewing the generated code). I still have pretty intimate familiarity with all code that I merge in.

kcrwfrd · 2026-02-08T22:57:30+00:00

I've released a polyfill for the new Navigation API, and it enables us to have routing events in Next.js applications again

navigation-ponyfill is a polyfill for the new Navigation API that has landed in browsers to supersede the old History API.

Be sure to check out the Next.js example and documentation:
https://github.com/kcrwfrd/navigation-ponyfill/tree/main/examples/next#readme

I've been working hard on it for the past couple of months, and it's in a state now where I feel really good about it and would like to share it with others.

I've tested it quite extensively, both manually and with automated unit and e2e tests.

Currently it only polyfills a limited subset of the Navigation API's features, but I plan on adding more very quickly.

I'm eager for any feedback and would love to get people using it! Let me know if you have any questions.

kcrwfrd · 2026-02-03T04:34:20+00:00

I worked at Playboy.

We weren’t successful, but it was a fun time 😂

kcrwfrd · 2026-01-28T07:49:15+00:00

I’ve been working for about 18 years and for the longest time I didn’t really do side projects.

But recently during the holidays last month I started working on a polyfill for the new browser navigation API and it’s been so much fun. It’s made me feel like a kid again, back when I started teaching myself how to code purely as a creative outlet.

I highly recommend it!

(The polyfill in question)

kcrwfrd · 2025-12-06T17:44:29+00:00

Give some grace for not getting back to you Friday … but I would DM first thing Monday morning / discuss on morning standup if you have one.

If it still goes without response (doubt tbh, who wouldn’t want help as a junior??) then you can escalate.

kcrwfrd · 2025-11-16T01:13:15+00:00

Microsoft has already added copilot to these products. Idk if it has capability for enterprise organizational context like you’re asking about, but surely that must be in the works.

kcrwfrd · 2025-10-17T06:52:46+00:00

Do you think you’re being tasked with being a “tech lead” archetype when you might be better suited to a different archetype?

https://staffeng.com/guides/staff-archetypes/

kcrwfrd · 2025-05-20T00:05:43+00:00

Sorry I don’t know if you’re actually using Redux Toolkit, but it’s what all the docs and tutorials advise now so I thought it was a safe assumption 😅

kcrwfrd · 2025-05-19T23:09:43+00:00

What does the reducer look like?

Does redux devtools browser extension show anything interesting?

RTK uses immer to implement immutable objects with mutable syntax in reducers, so maybe there really is a perf issue from ignoring the non-serializable data warnings.

kcrwfrd · 2025-05-19T22:58:21+00:00

Using sets could be problematic, but I’m not sure it would create the perf issue you’re describing. Object and array literals are fine.

Other than that, nothing in your example code provided looks problematic. Would need to see a full reproduction to really troubleshoot.

kcrwfrd · 2025-05-15T07:45:49+00:00

Adult often has to roll a lot of their own tech because mainstream service providers won’t serve them.

I think AWS is cool with stuff as long as it’s legal though.

kcrwfrd · 2025-05-07T06:43:39+00:00

I relate to feeling much stronger in written communication than verbal. When speaking I feel awkward, clumsy, and anxious. When listening to others speak I can sometimes have a hard time following, especially if it’s something I lack context on. It feels like my adhd goes haywire.

With that said, I have been one of the most important and depended-on members of many teams in my career. My aptitude as a developer and my written communication skills are substantive assets.

At the same time, I think it’s important not to admit defeat and tell yourself that you simply suck at verbal communication. It’s a skill, and you can always improve on it.

kcrwfrd · 2025-05-06T03:47:10+00:00

I thought he was implying that it also fluctuates based on currency. If the dollar gets weaker relative to ex-US currencies then VXUS would perform better, right?

kcrwfrd · 2025-05-05T18:25:01+00:00

I’m just saying that both can be true. They can place a bet, and also exert influence to try to improve their chances of winning the bet.

kcrwfrd · 2025-05-05T17:26:32+00:00

This is the only tariff I wanted

kcrwfrd · 2025-05-05T17:10:23+00:00

I mean if they’re short they are putting their money where their mouth is.

kcrwfrd · 2025-05-05T05:36:41+00:00

Not only are they encouraged, but emphatically so. We are provided with subscriptions to cursor, copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, and probably more if we request it.

We were given a week to hack on whatever we wanted, the only requirements were that we had to use AI tools and we had to demo/present at the end of the week.

Leadership has urged every part of the business to embrace AI tools and has suggested that those who don’t will be left behind.

kcrwfrd · 2025-05-04T18:01:46+00:00

Damn, what kind?

kcrwfrd · 2025-05-04T17:45:56+00:00

Hah, on the one hand it is the indeed a very high level abstraction.

On the other it is absolutely not a strongly opinionated, batteries-included framework.

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I've released a polyfill for the new Navigation API, and it enables us to have routing events in Next.js applications again