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Blog @ tonsky.me. Hi! I’m Nikita. Here I write about programming and UI design Subscribe. I also create open-source stuff: Fira Code, AnyBar, DataScript and Rum. If you like what I do and want to get early access to my articles (along with other benefits), you should support me on Patreon. PROJECTS @ TONSKY.ME Nikita has the ability to take team and project initiatives aligned with the business direction of the company. Nikita has strong communication skills, both to present his ideas and research and to listen and understand the organization around him and his team. MACS AND 4K 120HZ DISPLAYS COMPATIBILITY LIST @ TONSKY.ME Negative results for pre-2018 Macs. Thunderbolt version enabling 4k @ 120 Hz only came in 2018, so it’s unlikely Macs before that would have the support. When opening a PR, please attach screenshots like these two. First one shows the exact model of your Mac and its GPU. Second one shows your display model and resolution it is working in. TIME TO UPGRADE YOUR MONITOR @ TONSKY.ME This is because the time between monitor updates is now 32 ms instead of 16 ms at 60 Hz. That means that whatever you do (press a button, move a mouse), the closest moment in time computer might start displaying the result might be as far as 32 ms EMOJI UNDER THE HOOD @ TONSKY.ME Emoji under the hood. For the past few weeks, I’ve been implementing emoji support for Skija.I thought it might be fun sharing a few nitty-gritty details of how this “biggest innovation in human communication since the invention of the letter 🅰️” works under the hood.
GRAPHICS FOR JVM @ TONSKY.MESEE MORE ON TONSKY.ME REDESIGNING GITHUB REPOSITORY PAGE @ TONSKY.ME Redesigning Github repository page. Github design is pretty good: it gets the job done, it’s clean, has consistent visual language, its design is calm and suitable for everyday use. Given all that, there are still many areas that could be improved. Today we’ll take one interface—repository page—and look what UI problems it has and if we
PHIL LIBIN: FIND A NEW WAY TO SKI @ TONSKY.ME Phil Libin: Find a new way to ski. Recently I listened to a very inspiring and refreshing episode of “What I know” with a guest Phil Libin. He’s a co-founder of Evernote and recently mmhmm (yes, that’s the app name). SWIFTUI DEFAULTS CONSIDERED HARMFUL @ TONSKY.ME SwiftUI defaults considered harmful. A few notes on SwiftUI and why UI frameworks should not try to be “smart”. First, the general approach SwiftUI is taking (reactive declarative data-driven UI framework) is really solid and considered state-of-the-art as of the current day of the year. 软件幻灭（译） @ TONSKY.METRANSLATE THIS PAGE 软件幻灭（译）. Translated from English by 江成. 我编程已经15年了。. 但是现在，我们的行业越来越不关注效率、简单性和卓越性，这让我对我的职业和整个IT行业感到沮丧。. 作为对比，现代汽车工作效率可以达到当前引擎设计的98%的效率。. 现代建筑使用刚好的 BLOG @ TONSKY.ME
Blog @ tonsky.me. Hi! I’m Nikita. Here I write about programming and UI design Subscribe. I also create open-source stuff: Fira Code, AnyBar, DataScript and Rum. If you like what I do and want to get early access to my articles (along with other benefits), you should support me on Patreon. PROJECTS @ TONSKY.ME Nikita has the ability to take team and project initiatives aligned with the business direction of the company. Nikita has strong communication skills, both to present his ideas and research and to listen and understand the organization around him and his team. MACS AND 4K 120HZ DISPLAYS COMPATIBILITY LIST @ TONSKY.ME Negative results for pre-2018 Macs. Thunderbolt version enabling 4k @ 120 Hz only came in 2018, so it’s unlikely Macs before that would have the support. When opening a PR, please attach screenshots like these two. First one shows the exact model of your Mac and its GPU. Second one shows your display model and resolution it is working in. TIME TO UPGRADE YOUR MONITOR @ TONSKY.ME This is because the time between monitor updates is now 32 ms instead of 16 ms at 60 Hz. That means that whatever you do (press a button, move a mouse), the closest moment in time computer might start displaying the result might be as far as 32 ms EMOJI UNDER THE HOOD @ TONSKY.ME Emoji under the hood. For the past few weeks, I’ve been implementing emoji support for Skija.I thought it might be fun sharing a few nitty-gritty details of how this “biggest innovation in human communication since the invention of the letter 🅰️” works under the hood.
GRAPHICS FOR JVM @ TONSKY.MESEE MORE ON TONSKY.ME REDESIGNING GITHUB REPOSITORY PAGE @ TONSKY.ME Redesigning Github repository page. Github design is pretty good: it gets the job done, it’s clean, has consistent visual language, its design is calm and suitable for everyday use. Given all that, there are still many areas that could be improved. Today we’ll take one interface—repository page—and look what UI problems it has and if we
PHIL LIBIN: FIND A NEW WAY TO SKI @ TONSKY.ME Phil Libin: Find a new way to ski. Recently I listened to a very inspiring and refreshing episode of “What I know” with a guest Phil Libin. He’s a co-founder of Evernote and recently mmhmm (yes, that’s the app name). SWIFTUI DEFAULTS CONSIDERED HARMFUL @ TONSKY.ME SwiftUI defaults considered harmful. A few notes on SwiftUI and why UI frameworks should not try to be “smart”. First, the general approach SwiftUI is taking (reactive declarative data-driven UI framework) is really solid and considered state-of-the-art as of the current day of the year. 软件幻灭（译） @ TONSKY.METRANSLATE THIS PAGE 软件幻灭（译）. Translated from English by 江成. 我编程已经15年了。. 但是现在，我们的行业越来越不关注效率、简单性和卓越性，这让我对我的职业和整个IT行业感到沮丧。. 作为对比，现代汽车工作效率可以达到当前引擎设计的98%的效率。. 现代建筑使用刚好的 PROJECTS @ TONSKY.ME Nikita has the ability to take team and project initiatives aligned with the business direction of the company. Nikita has strong communication skills, both to present his ideas and research and to listen and understand the organization around him and his team. LOGOS @ TONSKY.ME
2020. Skia is an open source 2D graphics library. Skija is Skia bindings for Java. Deer crossing sign for traffic signs reimagined by graphic designers project. Datahike is a durable Datalog database. This logo was not accepted as an official one, though. Planet Clojure SOFTWARE DISENCHANTMENT @ TONSKY.ME Software disenchantment. Translations: Chinese French Italian Korean Portuguese Russian Spanish I’ve been programming for 15 years now. Recently, our industry’s lack of care for efficiency, simplicity, and excellence started really getting to me, to the point of me getting depressed by my own career and IT in general. PHIL LIBIN: FIND A NEW WAY TO SKI @ TONSKY.ME Phil Libin: Find a new way to ski. Recently I listened to a very inspiring and refreshing episode of “What I know” with a guest Phil Libin. He’s a co-founder of Evernote and recently mmhmm (yes, that’s the app name). COMPUTERS AS I USED TO LOVE THEM @ TONSKY.ME Computers as I used to love them. I’ve been struggling with file sync solutions for years. In the beginning, Dropbox was great, but in the last few years, they started to bloat up. I moved to iCloud, but it was even worse. Finally, a few days ago, after iCloud cryptically broke again, I decided it’s time to try something different. HOW NOT TO HIRE A SOFTWARE ENGINEER @ TONSKY.ME How NOT to hire a software engineer. I’m not an expert in hiring for big companies, but I have extensive experience for small ones and a bit of common sense. Back in 2013, I ran a highly successful hiring campaign for AboutEcho.com that led to the hiring of nine senior-level engineers. My Russian-speaking readers could read about it here. SWIFTUI DEFAULTS CONSIDERED HARMFUL @ TONSKY.ME SwiftUI defaults considered harmful. A few notes on SwiftUI and why UI frameworks should not try to be “smart”. First, the general approach SwiftUI is taking (reactive declarative data-driven UI framework) is really solid and considered state-of-the-art as of the current day of the year. IT IS FAST OR IT IS WRONG @ TONSKY.ME It is fast or it is wrong. I’ve been doing some Advent of Code programming recently (you can watch the recordings).They publish a small programming problem every day during December and you are supposed to write a program that solves it for you. YOU NEED NEITHER PWA NOR AMP TO MAKE YOUR WEBSITE LOAD Without that, the only choice you have is to go with the hype. But remember that neither AMP nor PWA would magically make your website any faster than say just a regular rewrite would. Airbnb famous 800Kb index page. I would expect more care perf-wise from 900+ developers with average salary of $290,000/year. MY WEB APP DIED FROM PERFORMANCE BANKRUPTCY @ TONSKY.ME My web app died from performance bankruptcy. TL;DR Chrome team breaks web to make Chrome perform better. There’s a widely-used piece of DOM API called addEventListener.Almost every web site or web app that does anything dynamic with JS probably depends on this method in some way.
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Blog @ tonsky.me. Hi! I’m Nikita. Here I write about programming and UI design Subscribe. I also create open-source stuff: Fira Code, AnyBar, DataScript and Rum. If you like what I do and want to get early access to my articles (along with other benefits), you should support me on Patreon. PROJECTS @ TONSKY.ME Nikita has the ability to take team and project initiatives aligned with the business direction of the company. Nikita has strong communication skills, both to present his ideas and research and to listen and understand the organization around him and his team. MACS AND 4K 120HZ DISPLAYS COMPATIBILITY LIST @ TONSKY.ME Negative results for pre-2018 Macs. Thunderbolt version enabling 4k @ 120 Hz only came in 2018, so it’s unlikely Macs before that would have the support. When opening a PR, please attach screenshots like these two. First one shows the exact model of your Mac and its GPU. Second one shows your display model and resolution it is working in. TIME TO UPGRADE YOUR MONITOR @ TONSKY.ME This is because the time between monitor updates is now 32 ms instead of 16 ms at 60 Hz. That means that whatever you do (press a button, move a mouse), the closest moment in time computer might start displaying the result might be as far as 32 ms FONT SIZE IS USELESS; LET’S FIX IT @ TONSKY.MESEE MORE ON TONSKY.ME GRAPHICS FOR JVM @ TONSKY.MESEE MORE ON TONSKY.ME REDESIGNING GITHUB REPOSITORY PAGE @ TONSKY.ME Redesigning Github repository page. Github design is pretty good: it gets the job done, it’s clean, has consistent visual language, its design is calm and suitable for everyday use. Given all that, there are still many areas that could be improved. Today we’ll take one interface—repository page—and look what UI problems it has and if we
PHIL LIBIN: FIND A NEW WAY TO SKI @ TONSKY.ME Phil Libin: Find a new way to ski. Recently I listened to a very inspiring and refreshing episode of “What I know” with a guest Phil Libin. He’s a co-founder of Evernote and recently mmhmm (yes, that’s the app name). SWIFTUI DEFAULTS CONSIDERED HARMFUL @ TONSKY.ME SwiftUI defaults considered harmful. A few notes on SwiftUI and why UI frameworks should not try to be “smart”. First, the general approach SwiftUI is taking (reactive declarative data-driven UI framework) is really solid and considered state-of-the-art as of the current day of the year. 软件幻灭（译） @ TONSKY.METRANSLATE THIS PAGE 软件幻灭（译）. Translated from English by 江成. 我编程已经15年了。. 但是现在，我们的行业越来越不关注效率、简单性和卓越性，这让我对我的职业和整个IT行业感到沮丧。. 作为对比，现代汽车工作效率可以达到当前引擎设计的98%的效率。. 现代建筑使用刚好的 BLOG @ TONSKY.ME
Blog @ tonsky.me. Hi! I’m Nikita. Here I write about programming and UI design Subscribe. I also create open-source stuff: Fira Code, AnyBar, DataScript and Rum. If you like what I do and want to get early access to my articles (along with other benefits), you should support me on Patreon. PROJECTS @ TONSKY.ME Nikita has the ability to take team and project initiatives aligned with the business direction of the company. Nikita has strong communication skills, both to present his ideas and research and to listen and understand the organization around him and his team. MACS AND 4K 120HZ DISPLAYS COMPATIBILITY LIST @ TONSKY.ME Negative results for pre-2018 Macs. Thunderbolt version enabling 4k @ 120 Hz only came in 2018, so it’s unlikely Macs before that would have the support. When opening a PR, please attach screenshots like these two. First one shows the exact model of your Mac and its GPU. Second one shows your display model and resolution it is working in. TIME TO UPGRADE YOUR MONITOR @ TONSKY.ME This is because the time between monitor updates is now 32 ms instead of 16 ms at 60 Hz. That means that whatever you do (press a button, move a mouse), the closest moment in time computer might start displaying the result might be as far as 32 ms FONT SIZE IS USELESS; LET’S FIX IT @ TONSKY.MESEE MORE ON TONSKY.ME GRAPHICS FOR JVM @ TONSKY.MESEE MORE ON TONSKY.ME REDESIGNING GITHUB REPOSITORY PAGE @ TONSKY.ME Redesigning Github repository page. Github design is pretty good: it gets the job done, it’s clean, has consistent visual language, its design is calm and suitable for everyday use. Given all that, there are still many areas that could be improved. Today we’ll take one interface—repository page—and look what UI problems it has and if we
PHIL LIBIN: FIND A NEW WAY TO SKI @ TONSKY.ME Phil Libin: Find a new way to ski. Recently I listened to a very inspiring and refreshing episode of “What I know” with a guest Phil Libin. He’s a co-founder of Evernote and recently mmhmm (yes, that’s the app name). SWIFTUI DEFAULTS CONSIDERED HARMFUL @ TONSKY.ME SwiftUI defaults considered harmful. A few notes on SwiftUI and why UI frameworks should not try to be “smart”. First, the general approach SwiftUI is taking (reactive declarative data-driven UI framework) is really solid and considered state-of-the-art as of the current day of the year. 软件幻灭（译） @ TONSKY.METRANSLATE THIS PAGE 软件幻灭（译）. Translated from English by 江成. 我编程已经15年了。. 但是现在，我们的行业越来越不关注效率、简单性和卓越性，这让我对我的职业和整个IT行业感到沮丧。. 作为对比，现代汽车工作效率可以达到当前引擎设计的98%的效率。. 现代建筑使用刚好的 PROJECTS @ TONSKY.ME Nikita has the ability to take team and project initiatives aligned with the business direction of the company. Nikita has strong communication skills, both to present his ideas and research and to listen and understand the organization around him and his team. LOGOS @ TONSKY.ME
2020. Skia is an open source 2D graphics library. Skija is Skia bindings for Java. Deer crossing sign for traffic signs reimagined by graphic designers project. Datahike is a durable Datalog database. This logo was not accepted as an official one, though. Planet Clojure TIME TO UPGRADE YOUR MONITOR @ TONSKY.ME This is because the time between monitor updates is now 32 ms instead of 16 ms at 60 Hz. That means that whatever you do (press a button, move a mouse), the closest moment in time computer might start displaying the result might be as far as 32 ms SOFTWARE DISENCHANTMENT @ TONSKY.ME Software disenchantment. Translations: Chinese French Italian Korean Portuguese Russian Spanish I’ve been programming for 15 years now. Recently, our industry’s lack of care for efficiency, simplicity, and excellence started really getting to me, to the point of me getting depressed by my own career and IT in general. COMPUTERS AS I USED TO LOVE THEM @ TONSKY.ME Computers as I used to love them. I’ve been struggling with file sync solutions for years. In the beginning, Dropbox was great, but in the last few years, they started to bloat up. I moved to iCloud, but it was even worse. Finally, a few days ago, after iCloud cryptically broke again, I decided it’s time to try something different. EMOJI UNDER THE HOOD @ TONSKY.ME Emoji under the hood. For the past few weeks, I’ve been implementing emoji support for Skija.I thought it might be fun sharing a few nitty-gritty details of how this “biggest innovation in human communication since the invention of the letter 🅰️” works under the hood.
HOW NOT TO HIRE A SOFTWARE ENGINEER @ TONSKY.ME How NOT to hire a software engineer. I’m not an expert in hiring for big companies, but I have extensive experience for small ones and a bit of common sense. Back in 2013, I ran a highly successful hiring campaign for AboutEcho.com that led to the hiring of nine senior-level engineers. My Russian-speaking readers could read about it here. SWIFTUI DEFAULTS CONSIDERED HARMFUL @ TONSKY.ME SwiftUI defaults considered harmful. A few notes on SwiftUI and why UI frameworks should not try to be “smart”. First, the general approach SwiftUI is taking (reactive declarative data-driven UI framework) is really solid and considered state-of-the-art as of the current day of the year. LE DÉSENCHANTEMENT DU LOGICIEL @ TONSKY.METRANSLATE THIS PAGE Le désenchantement du logiciel. Traduit de l’anglais par Romain Fallet.. Je programme depuis 15 ans maintenant. Récemment, le manque d’attention de l’industrie du logiciel en matière d’efficacité, de simplicité et d’excellence a commencé réellement à me peser, au point d’être déprimé par ma propre carrière et l’informatique en général. YOU NEED NEITHER PWA NOR AMP TO MAKE YOUR WEBSITE LOAD Without that, the only choice you have is to go with the hype. But remember that neither AMP nor PWA would magically make your website any faster than say just a regular rewrite would. Airbnb famous 800Kb index page. I would expect more care perf-wise from 900+ developers with average salary of $290,000/year. BLOG @ TONSKY.ME
Blog @ tonsky.me. Hi! I’m Nikita. Here I write about programming and UI design Subscribe. I also create open-source stuff: Fira Code, AnyBar, DataScript and Rum. If you like what I do and want to get early access to my articles (along with other benefits), you should support me on Patreon. PROJECTS @ TONSKY.ME Nikita has the ability to take team and project initiatives aligned with the business direction of the company. Nikita has strong communication skills, both to present his ideas and research and to listen and understand the organization around him and his team. MACS AND 4K 120HZ DISPLAYS COMPATIBILITY LIST @ TONSKY.ME Negative results for pre-2018 Macs. Thunderbolt version enabling 4k @ 120 Hz only came in 2018, so it’s unlikely Macs before that would have the support. When opening a PR, please attach screenshots like these two. First one shows the exact model of your Mac and its GPU. Second one shows your display model and resolution it is working in. TIME TO UPGRADE YOUR MONITOR @ TONSKY.ME This is because the time between monitor updates is now 32 ms instead of 16 ms at 60 Hz. That means that whatever you do (press a button, move a mouse), the closest moment in time computer might start displaying the result might be as far as 32 ms FONT SIZE IS USELESS; LET’S FIX IT @ TONSKY.MESEE MORE ON TONSKY.ME GRAPHICS FOR JVM @ TONSKY.MESEE MORE ON TONSKY.ME REDESIGNING GITHUB REPOSITORY PAGE @ TONSKY.ME Redesigning Github repository page. Github design is pretty good: it gets the job done, it’s clean, has consistent visual language, its design is calm and suitable for everyday use. Given all that, there are still many areas that could be improved. Today we’ll take one interface—repository page—and look what UI problems it has and if we
PHIL LIBIN: FIND A NEW WAY TO SKI @ TONSKY.ME Phil Libin: Find a new way to ski. Recently I listened to a very inspiring and refreshing episode of “What I know” with a guest Phil Libin. He’s a co-founder of Evernote and recently mmhmm (yes, that’s the app name). SWIFTUI DEFAULTS CONSIDERED HARMFUL @ TONSKY.ME SwiftUI defaults considered harmful. A few notes on SwiftUI and why UI frameworks should not try to be “smart”. First, the general approach SwiftUI is taking (reactive declarative data-driven UI framework) is really solid and considered state-of-the-art as of the current day of the year. 软件幻灭（译） @ TONSKY.METRANSLATE THIS PAGE 软件幻灭（译）. Translated from English by 江成. 我编程已经15年了。. 但是现在，我们的行业越来越不关注效率、简单性和卓越性，这让我对我的职业和整个IT行业感到沮丧。. 作为对比，现代汽车工作效率可以达到当前引擎设计的98%的效率。. 现代建筑使用刚好的 BLOG @ TONSKY.ME
Blog @ tonsky.me. Hi! I’m Nikita. Here I write about programming and UI design Subscribe. I also create open-source stuff: Fira Code, AnyBar, DataScript and Rum. If you like what I do and want to get early access to my articles (along with other benefits), you should support me on Patreon. PROJECTS @ TONSKY.ME Nikita has the ability to take team and project initiatives aligned with the business direction of the company. Nikita has strong communication skills, both to present his ideas and research and to listen and understand the organization around him and his team. MACS AND 4K 120HZ DISPLAYS COMPATIBILITY LIST @ TONSKY.ME Negative results for pre-2018 Macs. Thunderbolt version enabling 4k @ 120 Hz only came in 2018, so it’s unlikely Macs before that would have the support. When opening a PR, please attach screenshots like these two. First one shows the exact model of your Mac and its GPU. Second one shows your display model and resolution it is working in. TIME TO UPGRADE YOUR MONITOR @ TONSKY.ME This is because the time between monitor updates is now 32 ms instead of 16 ms at 60 Hz. That means that whatever you do (press a button, move a mouse), the closest moment in time computer might start displaying the result might be as far as 32 ms FONT SIZE IS USELESS; LET’S FIX IT @ TONSKY.MESEE MORE ON TONSKY.ME GRAPHICS FOR JVM @ TONSKY.MESEE MORE ON TONSKY.ME REDESIGNING GITHUB REPOSITORY PAGE @ TONSKY.ME Redesigning Github repository page. Github design is pretty good: it gets the job done, it’s clean, has consistent visual language, its design is calm and suitable for everyday use. Given all that, there are still many areas that could be improved. Today we’ll take one interface—repository page—and look what UI problems it has and if we
PHIL LIBIN: FIND A NEW WAY TO SKI @ TONSKY.ME Phil Libin: Find a new way to ski. Recently I listened to a very inspiring and refreshing episode of “What I know” with a guest Phil Libin. He’s a co-founder of Evernote and recently mmhmm (yes, that’s the app name). SWIFTUI DEFAULTS CONSIDERED HARMFUL @ TONSKY.ME SwiftUI defaults considered harmful. A few notes on SwiftUI and why UI frameworks should not try to be “smart”. First, the general approach SwiftUI is taking (reactive declarative data-driven UI framework) is really solid and considered state-of-the-art as of the current day of the year. 软件幻灭（译） @ TONSKY.METRANSLATE THIS PAGE 软件幻灭（译）. Translated from English by 江成. 我编程已经15年了。. 但是现在，我们的行业越来越不关注效率、简单性和卓越性，这让我对我的职业和整个IT行业感到沮丧。. 作为对比，现代汽车工作效率可以达到当前引擎设计的98%的效率。. 现代建筑使用刚好的 PROJECTS @ TONSKY.ME Nikita has the ability to take team and project initiatives aligned with the business direction of the company. Nikita has strong communication skills, both to present his ideas and research and to listen and understand the organization around him and his team. LOGOS @ TONSKY.ME
2020. Skia is an open source 2D graphics library. Skija is Skia bindings for Java. Deer crossing sign for traffic signs reimagined by graphic designers project. Datahike is a durable Datalog database. This logo was not accepted as an official one, though. Planet Clojure TIME TO UPGRADE YOUR MONITOR @ TONSKY.ME This is because the time between monitor updates is now 32 ms instead of 16 ms at 60 Hz. That means that whatever you do (press a button, move a mouse), the closest moment in time computer might start displaying the result might be as far as 32 ms SOFTWARE DISENCHANTMENT @ TONSKY.ME Software disenchantment. Translations: Chinese French Italian Korean Portuguese Russian Spanish I’ve been programming for 15 years now. Recently, our industry’s lack of care for efficiency, simplicity, and excellence started really getting to me, to the point of me getting depressed by my own career and IT in general. COMPUTERS AS I USED TO LOVE THEM @ TONSKY.ME Computers as I used to love them. I’ve been struggling with file sync solutions for years. In the beginning, Dropbox was great, but in the last few years, they started to bloat up. I moved to iCloud, but it was even worse. Finally, a few days ago, after iCloud cryptically broke again, I decided it’s time to try something different. EMOJI UNDER THE HOOD @ TONSKY.ME Emoji under the hood. For the past few weeks, I’ve been implementing emoji support for Skija.I thought it might be fun sharing a few nitty-gritty details of how this “biggest innovation in human communication since the invention of the letter 🅰️” works under the hood.
HOW NOT TO HIRE A SOFTWARE ENGINEER @ TONSKY.ME How NOT to hire a software engineer. I’m not an expert in hiring for big companies, but I have extensive experience for small ones and a bit of common sense. Back in 2013, I ran a highly successful hiring campaign for AboutEcho.com that led to the hiring of nine senior-level engineers. My Russian-speaking readers could read about it here. SWIFTUI DEFAULTS CONSIDERED HARMFUL @ TONSKY.ME SwiftUI defaults considered harmful. A few notes on SwiftUI and why UI frameworks should not try to be “smart”. First, the general approach SwiftUI is taking (reactive declarative data-driven UI framework) is really solid and considered state-of-the-art as of the current day of the year. LE DÉSENCHANTEMENT DU LOGICIEL @ TONSKY.METRANSLATE THIS PAGE Le désenchantement du logiciel. Traduit de l’anglais par Romain Fallet.. Je programme depuis 15 ans maintenant. Récemment, le manque d’attention de l’industrie du logiciel en matière d’efficacité, de simplicité et d’excellence a commencé réellement à me peser, au point d’être déprimé par ma propre carrière et l’informatique en général. YOU NEED NEITHER PWA NOR AMP TO MAKE YOUR WEBSITE LOAD Without that, the only choice you have is to go with the hype. But remember that neither AMP nor PWA would magically make your website any faster than say just a regular rewrite would. Airbnb famous 800Kb index page. I would expect more care perf-wise from 900+ developers with average salary of $290,000/year. BLOG @ TONSKY.ME
Blog @ tonsky.me. Hi! I’m Nikita. Here I write about programming and UI design Subscribe. I also create open-source stuff: Fira Code, AnyBar, DataScript and Rum. If you like what I do and want to get early access to my articles (along with other benefits), you should support me on Patreon. PROJECTS @ TONSKY.ME Nikita has the ability to take team and project initiatives aligned with the business direction of the company. Nikita has strong communication skills, both to present his ideas and research and to listen and understand the organization around him and his team. LOGOS @ TONSKY.ME
2020. Skia is an open source 2D graphics library. Skija is Skia bindings for Java. Deer crossing sign for traffic signs reimagined by graphic designers project. Datahike is a durable Datalog database. This logo was not accepted as an official one, though. Planet Clojure PATRONS @ TONSKY.ME
Last updated February 06, 2021. Sponsors; Dustin Getz; Kaveesha Induwara; Zalán Forró; Supporters; Alexander Savchenko FONT SIZE IS USELESS; LET’S FIX IT @ TONSKY.MESEE MORE ON TONSKY.ME TIME TO UPGRADE YOUR MONITOR @ TONSKY.ME This is because the time between monitor updates is now 32 ms instead of 16 ms at 60 Hz. That means that whatever you do (press a button, move a mouse), the closest moment in time computer might start displaying the result might be as far as 32 ms SOFTWARE DISENCHANTMENT @ TONSKY.ME Software disenchantment. Translations: Chinese French Italian Korean Portuguese Russian Spanish I’ve been programming for 15 years now. Recently, our industry’s lack of care for efficiency, simplicity, and excellence started really getting to me, to the point of me getting depressed by my own career and IT in general. GRAPHICS FOR JVM @ TONSKY.MESEE MORE ON TONSKY.ME REDESIGNING GITHUB REPOSITORY PAGE @ TONSKY.ME Redesigning Github repository page. Github design is pretty good: it gets the job done, it’s clean, has consistent visual language, its design is calm and suitable for everyday use. Given all that, there are still many areas that could be improved. Today we’ll take one interface—repository page—and look what UI problems it has and if we
软件幻灭（译） @ TONSKY.METRANSLATE THIS PAGE 软件幻灭（译）. Translated from English by 江成. 我编程已经15年了。. 但是现在，我们的行业越来越不关注效率、简单性和卓越性，这让我对我的职业和整个IT行业感到沮丧。. 作为对比，现代汽车工作效率可以达到当前引擎设计的98%的效率。. 现代建筑使用刚好的 BLOG @ TONSKY.ME
Blog @ tonsky.me. Hi! I’m Nikita. Here I write about programming and UI design Subscribe. I also create open-source stuff: Fira Code, AnyBar, DataScript and Rum. If you like what I do and want to get early access to my articles (along with other benefits), you should support me on Patreon. PROJECTS @ TONSKY.ME Nikita has the ability to take team and project initiatives aligned with the business direction of the company. Nikita has strong communication skills, both to present his ideas and research and to listen and understand the organization around him and his team. LOGOS @ TONSKY.ME
2020. Skia is an open source 2D graphics library. Skija is Skia bindings for Java. Deer crossing sign for traffic signs reimagined by graphic designers project. Datahike is a durable Datalog database. This logo was not accepted as an official one, though. Planet Clojure PATRONS @ TONSKY.ME
Last updated February 06, 2021. Sponsors; Dustin Getz; Kaveesha Induwara; Zalán Forró; Supporters; Alexander Savchenko FONT SIZE IS USELESS; LET’S FIX IT @ TONSKY.MESEE MORE ON TONSKY.ME TIME TO UPGRADE YOUR MONITOR @ TONSKY.ME This is because the time between monitor updates is now 32 ms instead of 16 ms at 60 Hz. That means that whatever you do (press a button, move a mouse), the closest moment in time computer might start displaying the result might be as far as 32 ms SOFTWARE DISENCHANTMENT @ TONSKY.ME Software disenchantment. Translations: Chinese French Italian Korean Portuguese Russian Spanish I’ve been programming for 15 years now. Recently, our industry’s lack of care for efficiency, simplicity, and excellence started really getting to me, to the point of me getting depressed by my own career and IT in general. GRAPHICS FOR JVM @ TONSKY.MESEE MORE ON TONSKY.ME REDESIGNING GITHUB REPOSITORY PAGE @ TONSKY.ME Redesigning Github repository page. Github design is pretty good: it gets the job done, it’s clean, has consistent visual language, its design is calm and suitable for everyday use. Given all that, there are still many areas that could be improved. Today we’ll take one interface—repository page—and look what UI problems it has and if we
软件幻灭（译） @ TONSKY.METRANSLATE THIS PAGE 软件幻灭（译）. Translated from English by 江成. 我编程已经15年了。. 但是现在，我们的行业越来越不关注效率、简单性和卓越性，这让我对我的职业和整个IT行业感到沮丧。. 作为对比，现代汽车工作效率可以达到当前引擎设计的98%的效率。. 现代建筑使用刚好的 LOGOS @ TONSKY.ME
2020. Skia is an open source 2D graphics library. Skija is Skia bindings for Java. Deer crossing sign for traffic signs reimagined by graphic designers project. Datahike is a durable Datalog database. This logo was not accepted as an official one, though. Planet Clojure PATRONS @ TONSKY.ME
Last updated February 06, 2021. Sponsors; Dustin Getz; Kaveesha Induwara; Zalán Forró; Supporters; Alexander Savchenko TIME TO UPGRADE YOUR MONITOR @ TONSKY.ME This is because the time between monitor updates is now 32 ms instead of 16 ms at 60 Hz. That means that whatever you do (press a button, move a mouse), the closest moment in time computer might start displaying the result might be as far as 32 ms APPLE DESIGN TEAM VS THE WORLD @ TONSKY.ME Apple Design Team vs the World. Last week Apple announced new iPad. Don’t take me wrong: it’s an amazing piece of technology. It’s thinner, lighter, more powerful, bigger better screen and more. It’s a miracle they keep doing it every single time. Two things caught my HOW NOT TO HIRE A SOFTWARE ENGINEER @ TONSKY.ME How NOT to hire a software engineer. I’m not an expert in hiring for big companies, but I have extensive experience for small ones and a bit of common sense. Back in 2013, I ran a highly successful hiring campaign for AboutEcho.com that led to the hiring of nine senior-level engineers. My Russian-speaking readers could read about it here. PHIL LIBIN: FIND A NEW WAY TO SKI @ TONSKY.ME Phil Libin: Find a new way to ski. Recently I listened to a very inspiring and refreshing episode of “What I know” with a guest Phil Libin. He’s a co-founder of Evernote and recently mmhmm (yes, that’s the app name). IT IS FAST OR IT IS WRONG @ TONSKY.ME It is fast or it is wrong. I’ve been doing some Advent of Code programming recently (you can watch the recordings).They publish a small programming problem every day during December and you are supposed to write a program that solves it for you. MEDIUM IS A POOR CHOICE FOR BLOGGING @ TONSKY.ME Medium is a poor choice for blogging. THIS ARTICLE IS BEST CONSUMED ON MEDIUM.. Many people choose Medium lately as their go-to platform to blog. Kind of like Blogger a while back, it just seems what everybody has been doing (unless you YOU NEED NEITHER PWA NOR AMP TO MAKE YOUR WEBSITE LOAD Without that, the only choice you have is to go with the hype. But remember that neither AMP nor PWA would magically make your website any faster than say just a regular rewrite would. Airbnb famous 800Kb index page. I would expect more care perf-wise from 900+ developers with average salary of $290,000/year. 软件幻灭（译） @ TONSKY.METRANSLATE THIS PAGE 软件幻灭（译）. Translated from English by 江成. 我编程已经15年了。. 但是现在，我们的行业越来越不关注效率、简单性和卓越性，这让我对我的职业和整个IT行业感到沮丧。. 作为对比，现代汽车工作效率可以达到当前引擎设计的98%的效率。. 现代建筑使用刚好的 BLOG @ TONSKY.ME
Blog @ tonsky.me. Hi! I’m Nikita. Here I write about programming and UI design Subscribe. I also create open-source stuff: Fira Code, AnyBar, DataScript and Rum. If you like what I do and want to get early access to my articles (along with other benefits), you should support me on Patreon. PROJECTS @ TONSKY.ME Nikita has the ability to take team and project initiatives aligned with the business direction of the company. Nikita has strong communication skills, both to present his ideas and research and to listen and understand the organization around him and his team. LOGOS @ TONSKY.ME
2020. Skia is an open source 2D graphics library. Skija is Skia bindings for Java. Deer crossing sign for traffic signs reimagined by graphic designers project. Datahike is a durable Datalog database. This logo was not accepted as an official one, though. Planet Clojure PATRONS @ TONSKY.ME
Last updated February 06, 2021. Sponsors; Dustin Getz; Kaveesha Induwara; Zalán Forró; Supporters; Alexander Savchenko SOFTWARE DISENCHANTMENT @ TONSKY.ME Software disenchantment. Translations: Chinese French Italian Korean Portuguese Russian Spanish I’ve been programming for 15 years now. Recently, our industry’s lack of care for efficiency, simplicity, and excellence started really getting to me, to the point of me getting depressed by my own career and IT in general. REDESIGNING GITHUB REPOSITORY PAGE @ TONSKY.ME Redesigning Github repository page. Github design is pretty good: it gets the job done, it’s clean, has consistent visual language, its design is calm and suitable for everyday use. Given all that, there are still many areas that could be improved. Today we’ll take one interface—repository page—and look what UI problems it has and if we
HOW NOT TO HIRE A SOFTWARE ENGINEER @ TONSKY.ME How NOT to hire a software engineer. I’m not an expert in hiring for big companies, but I have extensive experience for small ones and a bit of common sense. Back in 2013, I ran a highly successful hiring campaign for AboutEcho.com that led to the hiring of nine senior-level engineers. My Russian-speaking readers could read about it here. SWIFTUI DEFAULTS CONSIDERED HARMFUL @ TONSKY.ME SwiftUI defaults considered harmful. A few notes on SwiftUI and why UI frameworks should not try to be “smart”. First, the general approach SwiftUI is taking (reactive declarative data-driven UI framework) is really solid and considered state-of-the-art as of the current day of the year. YOU NEED NEITHER PWA NOR AMP TO MAKE YOUR WEBSITE LOAD Without that, the only choice you have is to go with the hype. But remember that neither AMP nor PWA would magically make your website any faster than say just a regular rewrite would. Airbnb famous 800Kb index page. I would expect more care perf-wise from 900+ developers with average salary of $290,000/year. MY WEB APP DIED FROM PERFORMANCE BANKRUPTCY @ TONSKY.MESEE MORE ON TONSKY.ME
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Blog @ tonsky.me. Hi! I’m Nikita. Here I write about programming and UI design Subscribe. I also create open-source stuff: Fira Code, AnyBar, DataScript and Rum. If you like what I do and want to get early access to my articles (along with other benefits), you should support me on Patreon. PROJECTS @ TONSKY.ME Nikita has the ability to take team and project initiatives aligned with the business direction of the company. Nikita has strong communication skills, both to present his ideas and research and to listen and understand the organization around him and his team. LOGOS @ TONSKY.ME
2020. Skia is an open source 2D graphics library. Skija is Skia bindings for Java. Deer crossing sign for traffic signs reimagined by graphic designers project. Datahike is a durable Datalog database. This logo was not accepted as an official one, though. Planet Clojure PATRONS @ TONSKY.ME
Last updated February 06, 2021. Sponsors; Dustin Getz; Kaveesha Induwara; Zalán Forró; Supporters; Alexander Savchenko SOFTWARE DISENCHANTMENT @ TONSKY.ME Software disenchantment. Translations: Chinese French Italian Korean Portuguese Russian Spanish I’ve been programming for 15 years now. Recently, our industry’s lack of care for efficiency, simplicity, and excellence started really getting to me, to the point of me getting depressed by my own career and IT in general. REDESIGNING GITHUB REPOSITORY PAGE @ TONSKY.ME Redesigning Github repository page. Github design is pretty good: it gets the job done, it’s clean, has consistent visual language, its design is calm and suitable for everyday use. Given all that, there are still many areas that could be improved. Today we’ll take one interface—repository page—and look what UI problems it has and if we
HOW NOT TO HIRE A SOFTWARE ENGINEER @ TONSKY.ME How NOT to hire a software engineer. I’m not an expert in hiring for big companies, but I have extensive experience for small ones and a bit of common sense. Back in 2013, I ran a highly successful hiring campaign for AboutEcho.com that led to the hiring of nine senior-level engineers. My Russian-speaking readers could read about it here. SWIFTUI DEFAULTS CONSIDERED HARMFUL @ TONSKY.ME SwiftUI defaults considered harmful. A few notes on SwiftUI and why UI frameworks should not try to be “smart”. First, the general approach SwiftUI is taking (reactive declarative data-driven UI framework) is really solid and considered state-of-the-art as of the current day of the year. YOU NEED NEITHER PWA NOR AMP TO MAKE YOUR WEBSITE LOAD Without that, the only choice you have is to go with the hype. But remember that neither AMP nor PWA would magically make your website any faster than say just a regular rewrite would. Airbnb famous 800Kb index page. I would expect more care perf-wise from 900+ developers with average salary of $290,000/year. MY WEB APP DIED FROM PERFORMANCE BANKRUPTCY @ TONSKY.MESEE MORE ON TONSKY.ME
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2020. Skia is an open source 2D graphics library. Skija is Skia bindings for Java. Deer crossing sign for traffic signs reimagined by graphic designers project. Datahike is a durable Datalog database. This logo was not accepted as an official one, though. Planet Clojure TIME TO UPGRADE YOUR MONITOR @ TONSKY.ME This is because the time between monitor updates is now 32 ms instead of 16 ms at 60 Hz. That means that whatever you do (press a button, move a mouse), the closest moment in time computer might start displaying the result might be as far as 32 ms SOFTWARE DISENCHANTMENT @ TONSKY.ME Software disenchantment. Translations: Chinese French Italian Korean Portuguese Russian Spanish I’ve been programming for 15 years now. Recently, our industry’s lack of care for efficiency, simplicity, and excellence started really getting to me, to the point of me getting depressed by my own career and IT in general. DESIGNING GOOD DSL @ TONSKY.ME Make it verbose. Most well-known example of non-verbose DSL is regular expressions: Even though regular expressions are quite popular, it’s not a good design to copy. First, most of its syntax beyond the very basics like "X+" or " " is impossible to remember. It’d be nice to know what " (?
