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The thing people don’t get about Boston is that yes: it’s wildly expensive. Yes: it’s freezing. And yes: it’s difficult to navigate and the people are unfriendly. BUT the food? Also not good.

...which is why I think a lot of tools feels like they are built for someone who has already used the tool 1,000s of times.

Weird analogy but I'd imagine it's very hard for a music producer to listen to a track 1,000s of times while making it, and still imagine what it sounds like for the person listening to it the first time. I think there's something similar for dev tools, APIs, and libraries?

Every year or two I remember what’s probably the most scarily/stunningly impressive linguistic feat I’ve ever seen. Every time, I think I must be mistaken, then I read the thing, and I just shake my head in disbelief. It’s been twenty years. Let me tell you about it.

sync XHR saving the web from main-thread-blocking third party scripts is a plot twist i did not see coming (explanation: partytown uses sync XHR under the hood via a proxy to facilitate DOM access from a worker. some truly next-level mad scientist shit)https://twitter.com/adamdbradley/status/1441069845559140355 …

My love language is removing tracking parts from URLs before sharing them.

My ultra scientific prediction is: some people like metropolises, some people like the boonies, things will change a slight amount, but most people are not a spokesperson for the life style preferences of their generation

It’s funny how every time someone writes about the future of work/living/commuting/cars/cities, the prediction is always the author’s current life style

The common narrative is that kids learn faster than adults, but I’m not sure the difference is meaningful. Watch any toddler. They spend nearly every waking minute on the edge of their ability and then sleep 12 hours. If adults acted similarly they would be learning machines.