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building @cursor_ai and cursor.com/marketplace/cu…. @reactjs compiler core team. prev @meta @netflix
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    @poteto
    May 25
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    How I Use Cursor
    I need to get something off my chest. Before my interview @cursor_ai, I had never actually used Cursor. At Meta, Claude Code was explosively taking off. I even paid for a personal $200 a month plan...
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    @poteto
    Jan 9, 2021
    becoming a senior engineer is just saying "it depends" over and over again until you quit/retire
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    @poteto
    Aug 23, 2021
    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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    @poteto
    Nov 5, 2024
    We ran 80,000 simulations tonight. Because you called setState in a useEffect.
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    @poteto
    Jun 19, 2024
    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?
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    Adam Warski
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    Jun 18, 2024
    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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    @poteto
    Apr 30, 2020
    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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    @poteto
    Jun 27, 2024
    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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    Jun 25, 2024
    women in tech.🥷
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    @poteto
    Jul 27, 2020
    "Alpha male" implies the existence of Release Candidate and Stable male
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    @poteto
    Sep 29, 2025
    prepare to be whelmed
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    Sep 29, 2025
    Replying to @reactjs
    @poteto will talk about React Compiler
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    @poteto
    Jun 8, 2024
    why keep your code DRY when u can keep it MOIST Make Others Insane Sick & Terrified
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    @poteto
    Dec 21, 2020
    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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    @poteto
    Jun 23, 2024
    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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    @poteto
    Oct 27, 2019
    do it
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    @poteto
    Oct 7, 2021
    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.

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