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YAGNI Club
YAGNI ClubAug 24, 2026
they know React
No one ever got fired for picking React, but they're probably wasting a shit load of tokens.
reactllm
YAGNI Club
YAGNI ClubAug 11, 2026
HTML over the wire
WebSockets for HTML over the wire? In this economy?
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WebSocketswebdev
YAGNI Club
YAGNI ClubAug 7, 2026
local-thirst: doing too much
Join me on my state-of-the-web therapy session where I breakdown all the baloney involved in working with a SPA architecture.
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development
YAGNI Club
YAGNI ClubJul 24, 2026
local-thirst: But Linear…
Dissecting Linear as a local-first app.
local-firstdevelopment
YAGNI Club
YAGNI ClubJul 23, 2026
local-thirst
I'm on a path to reclaim my sanity by taking a step back and exploring modern web architectures. Join me!
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webarchitecture
YAGNI Club
YAGNI ClubOct 27, 2025
Misunderstanding SSE
On my path of practicing simple software my existing understanding of systems, protocols and tools are challenged. My mental model for SSE (Server Sent Events) was a way to keep a connection open and send updates to the client from the server. Broadly this is correct, but read on as I break down what SSE actually is to see why you may be underutilizing SSE in your applications.
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development
YAGNI Club
YAGNI ClubOct 15, 2025
ui = fn(state) done right
If "ui = fn(state)" has ever resonated with you as a frontend developer you owe it to yourself to consider we as an industry have been going about it all wrong for years. Likely your state already lives on the backend and by syncing it to the frontend to render UI we're adding measurable amounts of unnecessary complexity. If you're to radically simplify if you development environments and production deployments then read on…
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development