I remember meeting you at a DC Ruby conference after a talk you gave on middleware as a design concept. This was years ago, in the early days of Vagrant I think. Amazing to see how much you’ve accomplished since then. Congrats on your achievements and best of luck with your future hacking!
Similar goals, different philosophies and approaches.
A few differences: HTMX makes it possible to enhance any element with hypertext capabilities. I don’t believe it works with JavaScript disabled. Hotwire still relies on <a> and <form> to make HTTP requests as its focus is more geared towards progressive enhancement; the Hotwire portions of the app will still work with JS disabled.
This reminds me of the Accomplice brand of immersive theater that’s been active in New York and other cities for years now. It’s part walking tour, part play, part mystery, part scavenger hunt. The best part is trying to figure out whether the people you come across are actually part of the play/tour or not—getting it wrong has led to some funny reactions.
I got my start in web development right around the time Ryan started RailsCasts, the early days of Rails. He inspired a generation of developers, me included, to learn the ins and outs of the framework and its ecosystem. His weekly posts were required viewing. I’d catch myself at work using his catch phrases: “Yay that works!”
I’d encourage anyone who hasn’t seen RailsCasts to check it out. Many software content creators follow in his footsteps. He set a standard for teaching through screencasts that still holds up today.
I’m looking forward to reading the rest of his series.
This is a really interesting use case! Screenshots of your book look great.
I'd just started looking into the existing tools like those you mentioned for e-book authoring and it's quickly gotten overwhelming. From what you've described, I'm interested in looking into puppeteer as an alternative workflow.
What if you wanted to return early in the component? E.g. a hook has returned a certain value and you now want to stop all other execution and return null. With hooks you can't as that would change the order.
Yeah but you also wouldn't try to return in the middle of function argument declarations. I know it's a little weird, but just treat it as a declaration block and you won't have any problems, what you're proposing is impossible with react architecture as a whole anyways (because the next component would get wrong state cells, it's a stack).
My wife passed away in her sleep in 2016. It was unexpected. I woke up like it was any other day and then it wasn't. I never imagined something like that would happen. Learning how to carry on without my partner and my best friend has made these past two years the most challenging of my life.
In this time, I've learned a few things about grief. That it affects everyone differently. That there's no right or wrong way to grieve. Some of us feel guilt, anger, sadness, depression, or numbness... or all of the above.
I also discovered that my wife's passing and my grief made other people feel uncomfortable. I sensed it was hard for folks to know what to say or do. And that's ok—there isn't much you can say or do that will change things for those closest to loss.
But, speaking for myself, it does mean a lot when someone reaches out and shares their thoughts. In my experience, the best things to say are to acknowledge the hurt and to share how you feel. Avoid trying to make sense of it (you can't) or that things will get better (you don't know). If you're able, say the person's name. If you knew the person, tell your grieving friend how much she meant to you.
Matt, I didn't know your wife, Cindy, but I met you once and recall being struck by how smart, genuine, and kind you were, aside from all the great work you've done to help me learn about SEO. From what you've shared about Cindy, I can tell she is an amazing person, that she is loved, and that she is missed dearly. My heart goes out to you and your family.
My wife also passed away unexpectedly in her sleep in 2016.
My heart aches for Matt. I don't know him or his wife, but I know the feeling of being unmoored. In fact I've used that same word to describe it.
I agree that people never know how to act about the situation. It's weird now to think of all of the people I have met who only know me as a widower, who never knew me when my wife was alive.
I appreciated the outpouring of support I received in the immediate aftermath. It was overwhelming, but not unwelcome.
