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lauren
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@poteto
building @cursor_ai and cursor.com/marketplace/cu…. @reactjs compiler core team. prev @meta @netflix
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Joined September 2014
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    becoming a senior engineer is just saying "it depends" over and over again until you quit/retire
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    what if instead of getting the pfizer or moderna vaccine, you got a VaccineProvider in your arm instead? now you can swap out whichever vaccine you like I call it... Dependency Injection
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    We ran 80,000 simulations tonight. Because you called setState in a useEffect.
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    Backend dev used to be "simple", that is, you just used php and that was it ;). Then we got Kubernetes, Kafka, microservices, distributed systems... is "simple" backend development still possible? Or is it really a massive disaster?
    Frontend dev used to be "simple", that is, you just used jquery and that was it ;). Then we got Angular, React, builds, modules ... is "simple" frontend development still possible? Or is it really a massive disaster? @marcin_ba responds to @mostruszka: softwaremill.com/simple-fronten…
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    It’s official! I’m thrilled to share that I’ve joined @Facebook as an engineer within the React org on the Web Core team! 🤩 I’m humbled to be working alongside such a smart and kind group of people on ✨ new Facebook ✨ and other fun stuff
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    don't dunk on html. a friend in high school showed me how to create html in notepad, and then i learned about the <marquee> tag and i thought that was the coolest thing ever. that kickstarted my whole interest in programming, and ive worked on some pretty cool projects since then
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    "Alpha male" implies the existence of Release Candidate and Stable male
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    prepare to be whelmed
    Replying to @reactjs
    @poteto will talk about React Compiler
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    why keep your code DRY when u can keep it MOIST Make Others Insane Sick & Terrified
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    Not sure if I explained the difference between Server Side Rendering (SSR) and React Server Components well, so let me try again:
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    They don’t know my libraries support node 0.4
That’s like ur whole thing
Literally no one wants this
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    now I can do some work
    Lauren's desk at work. Pink desk mat, laptop on a stand, 32" 4K monitor. Lots of plushies including BMO and alpacas.
    Close up shot of my pink "milk" desk mat and my keyboard. Keyboard is a Leopold FC660C with custom keycaps.