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Jay Phelps
@jayphelps
Server-Driven UI, compilers, language design, and reactive programming. Shared Client Foundations at @Netflix
Austin, Texas
Born October 28, 1987
Joined April 2009
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    Jay Phelps
    @jayphelps
    Jul 8, 2024
    Why spend money on a ChatGPT subscription when you can just ask Amazon.com on literally any product page?
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    Jay Phelps
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    Oct 12, 2019
    Manager: I want our web app to feel more like a native app You:
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    Jay Phelps
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    Jun 11, 2024
    git productivity booster life hack
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    Jay Phelps
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    Apr 1, 2021
    StackOverflow has GOT to be trolling me for April Fools
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    Jay Phelps
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    Feb 29, 2016
    I died. 😂
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    Jay Phelps
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    Sep 29, 2020
    I don’t trust people who don’t use semicolons in JavaScript.
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    Jay Phelps
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    Feb 20, 2020
    Combine the new JavaScript features “nullish coalescing” with “optional chaining” and a ternary to make your code extra modern and abstract. Your PRs will be unstoppable come review time.
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    Jay Phelps
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    May 7, 2020
    1) Create an open source library that is 3 KB 2) Library slowly becomes popular 3) Progressively fix bugs and edge cases 4) Library is now 100 KB 5) People don't realize why so they make a new library 6) goto 2
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    Jay Phelps
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    Nov 22, 2019
    This is one of most noncommittal APIs to ever exist. It’s impressive.
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    Jay Phelps
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    Nov 22, 2019
    Replying to @jayphelps
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    Jay Phelps
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    Feb 6, 2016
    Introducing: git blame-someone-else. Why admit fault when you can blame someone else? github.com/jayphelps/git-…
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    Jay Phelps
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    Jul 7, 2020
    When people ask me what Twitter is like I show them this
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    Jay Phelps
    @jayphelps
    Jan 22, 2021
    Pro tip: if you delete all your code, commit it, then add all the code back, commit it, you’ll become the top contributor for the repo on GitHub 😎
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    Jay Phelps
    @jayphelps
    Dec 2, 2021
    It should be illegal to prevent pasting into a password input field.
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    Jay Phelps
    @jayphelps
    Dec 7, 2023
    When your playful side project at work breaks the entire website.
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