Jim Simon

I realized I never shared the blog post I wrote for the Reddit Engineering Blog about how we adopted Vite in our monorepo. Seems like a solid first post for this platform! Check it out here: www.reddit.com/r/RedditEng/...

Nothing has so clearly shown how much the US is an "empire in decline" than what I just watched. Time for the EU to fill the vacuum that the US is creating. Anything less means continental dominance by China & Russia. The US was isolationist during WW1/2. We're repeating that historical mistake.

Must resist the urge to feed the troll(s)...

It feels like the Lit ecosystem is still missing a well maintained server framework. There used to be an Astro plugin, but support for it was dropped last year. Something in the same vein, with all the modern bells and whistles, would be a nice next step for the community.

"I've been down that road before. I built my own library to author web components. Declarative templates, reactive data, lifecycle hooks — all the shiny things that make building components fun…I spent more time working on the library than the components." www.abeautifulsite.net/posts/buildi...

Alright! This fix has rolled back out again as of last night! Both the double audio bug and low/incorrect thumbnail quality bug for Reddit videos should be fixed now. Thanks for following along!

it exists! arewebcomponentsathingyet.com

We need a "Who's using web components" site to counter all of the "Nobody uses web components" folks. Something we can just link to everytime someone says it. Big name companies off the top of my head: Adobe, Blizzard, Cisco, GitHub, Google, IBM, ING, Microsoft, Mozilla, Red Hat, Reddit, VMWare

Cool, Blizzards design system is custom elements built with @lit.dev

Friendly reminder that text messages are insecure and you should be using something with end-to-end encryption like Signal (the best option imo), WhatsApp, or Facebook Messenger instead! ICYMI: www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

I've been preaching this for ages! Extensive logging is super useful for debugging issues in any environment (including prod). The key is to ensure you can configure it for targeted areas so you don't need to restart the app and potentially "fix" the bad behavior before identifying the problem.

It's frustrating how the loudest voices in the room are often still the most influential even when they're wrong or out of touch.

finally finished downloading my limewire wrapped after 20 years

Astro 5 is out. Anyone reading this probably already knows about Server Islands and Content Layer, but 5.0 is packed with dozens of features big and small. Here's some of my favorites 👉

Vite 6.0 is out ⚡️ vite.dev/blog/announc...

Out of curiosity, what happens if you erroneously get put on one of these mass block lists going around? Is there an easy way to tell if you're on one? Do you just forever lose access to large chunks of content? Not that I plan on getting added to one, but it seems like it could be abused.

Hey look! We fixed Reddit's link previews! www.reddit.com/r/RedditEng/...

Now all three major browser engines are working on scoped custom element registries!!! It's been a long time since I first opened the proposal. I almost can't believe it's really happening... #webcomponents

Is anyone aware of a "Web Component Advocates" starter pack floating around anywhere?

GitLens 16 is here, bringing big improvements to Git workflows in VS Code. The new, enhanced Source Control View makes it easier than ever to stay on top of your repos, branches, and commits—all in one place. Here’s what else is new 🧵👇 #Git #GitLens #VSCode #ReleaseNotes #AI #VSCodeExtensions