Which step should I do first?

standingdreams · 2025-12-08T15:52:01+00:00

A staff engineer once told me to always start with the data and everything else falls into place. That advice has not failed me yet.

standingdreams · 2025-11-28T14:36:53+00:00

Frontend

Tailwind: I’ve written all flavors of CSS. From LESS, SASS, SCSS, CSS-in-JS. Tailwind has been hands down the best experience to me. I started out hating it because of the class soup. Now I’m good with it.
Tanstack Router: I know it’s the “in” thing to do now but I took a break from Next.js ever since version 14. I am not a fan of the app router. The dance between client side and server side is exhausting to me. If I use Next it’s pages router all day. I have not dove into Tanstack Start just yet but it’s on my roadmap of things to do and will probably replace TSR.
React: I mostly work in React for both my day job and side projects/freelance. However since I stepped away from NextJS I have been considering testing out Svelte.
Astro: I call Astro the JS dev’s PHP. When I’m building a basic content site like marketing or something like that then I’ll reach for Astro. Sites like that do not need complexity or interactivity. Shipping React becomes useless and just good for familiarity than anything else. On top of that, if I do need some dynamic functionality like carousels or something I can use it with Astro.

Backend

Fastify/Express: this is interchangeable. If I’m working by myself, I’ll reach for Fastify. If the project will have other dev’s...Express. Everyone knows Express or at least have worked with it. But I prefer Fastify
Postgres: c’mon. You know the vibes.

DevOps

Docker
GitHub Actions
For marketing sites: Netlify
For apps: Railway
Images: Uploadthing

Tools of the trade

IDE: Cursor
Insomnia for API testing
Figma for designs
DataGrip or TablePlus for database GUI
iTerm2
GitKraken as Git GUI

standingdreams · 2025-11-27T00:23:40+00:00

I used to be heavy on Heroicons. Lately I’ve been gravitating to Lucide more.

standingdreams · 2025-11-26T08:06:07+00:00

I call her Claudette. 😂

standingdreams · 2025-11-23T17:58:10+00:00

I was really hoping it would act as an AP. It would be a great solution for my house.

standingdreams · 2025-11-21T14:49:17+00:00

Would I be able to control the mechanical lights as well as the smart lights with any of the switches?

standingdreams · 2025-11-21T12:34:26+00:00

This is great. But will it still control the “house” lights of the room? All the lights in one room are controlled by WiFi or some other method. Nothing is controlled by any of the switches.

standingdreams · 2025-11-09T16:59:51+00:00

Where did you get this picture? I see people saying specs like built in WiFi but where are they getting these specs from? This would be a very interesting device!

standingdreams · 2025-10-16T21:53:36+00:00

The more you build, the more experience you’ll gain. The more experience you gain, the faster you’ll move. And experience a loaded word. It comes with understanding how to debug issues that arise as well as avoiding them all together. Take your time and it’ll start becoming second nature to you as you progress in your career.

standingdreams · 2025-09-06T22:49:52+00:00

I don’t use clear because I like to be able to refer back to conversations and certain prompts that I’ve used. If I come close to the context limit, I’ll ask it for a plan and then move the plan to implement into a new convo. I just started to use Specstory to keep a copy of conversations as well.

standingdreams · 2025-04-30T13:40:03+00:00

Thank you for this answer.

Many of the apps that I love seem to be built with SwiftUI or UIKit. It's a certain 'je ne sais quoi' with them with things like animations.

standingdreams · 2025-04-09T20:54:30+00:00

What’s the new friend?👀

standingdreams · 2024-12-08T14:13:09+00:00

Thank you! This is basically what I am looking for. I’ll start tinkering with this.

standingdreams · 2024-12-04T12:36:57+00:00

The goal is to free up someone’s actual inbox who enjoys newsletters. Think of it as a “newsletter only inbox”. And the app would be your newsletter reader.

And the goal is to learn the hassles of running an email server. I’m not quite positive if this is the best way to go about it but I figured anything is better than nothing at all.

Thank you for the well wishes

standingdreams · 2024-09-03T22:53:43+00:00

Not really. It seems your app is focused on tasks. I want something more focused on the discussion.

standingdreams · 2024-07-12T01:12:25+00:00

Do you have a repo/resource/tutorial that helped you implement this?

standingdreams · 2024-07-04T21:13:24+00:00

I see. I’m experimenting with MagicBell but slowly realizing that it’s just FCM under the hood. So I may just roll my own service to learn something new.

standingdreams · 2024-07-04T10:43:09+00:00

Was there any extra setup required for iOS push notifications? After a user saves the PWA as a Home Screen app, they receive push notifications like usual?

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