I used 11ty to generate the frontend site. It uses Alpine.js for interactivity and Pico CSS for styling. Deployed to Cloudflare Pages.
The backend API is Hono running in a Cloudflare Worker. I used Cloudflare’s embedded SQLite database (D1) for data storage.
It was a little bumpy figuring things out, but the docs are pretty helpful. I find Cloudflare’s UI and docs less intimidating than AWS.
TIL how to use Cloudflare Workers and Cloudflare Pages. Hilariously I deployed a home-cooked app that is only used by me and @mhilltopple.
But hey, at least it’ll be lightning fast if we happen to find ourselves on the other side of the world.
My spicy take is that spicy food is overrated.
I don’t know who needs this but I have a bunch of examples of a filterable list using various JavaScript frameworks. https://codepen.io/blakewatson/pen/bGOdBLR
No React tho ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Let's say you are a frontend developer and you have made an app than has some data stored in localStorage. What is the dead simplest way to persist this data beyond the browser (eg, in a database, in a file on a server, in the cloud, etc)?
I have a fast approaching talk about home-cooked apps—the ones we make just for ourselves and family and friends. Tell me about yours so I can give examples! https://blakewatson.com/notes/13827e9b/
I just now discovered CHVRCHES. This song was released in 2021 but it sounds like it came straight out of the eighties. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kRYTaT0PB8
I was just forced to do an image verification captcha to unsubscribe from a marketing email list. 😖
When I was in high school complaining about math and asking when I would ever need this, I wish my teachers would have said “In 20 years when you finally try to make a video game.”
@chriscoyier Just noticed your site redesign. Looks great! Love the faint border on top of the cards. And I'm especially happy to see that the big chonker of a scrollbar is continuing its reign. 🧡
I wrote a JavaScript tutorial for improving procedural code with more declarative, functional code.
https://blakewatson.com/journal/fancy-foreach-with-functional-programming-in-javascript
@allenstenhaus@toot.site Yeah exactly. I'm in a bit of a similar situation in that I'm only able to earn the income I do because of some very specific rules and money juggling.
But it really shouldn't be this way.
Follow-up on yesterday’s SSI post:
Ideally I’d like to see means-testing completely removed from disability programs that provide equipment and in-home care.
Free us up to chase the highest wages we can and that will mean more taxes paid back into the system.
Some people just want to watch the world burn and type their smileys backward (:
For example, I have a severe mobility impairment. But thanks to federal and state programs, I’ve been able to get an education, learn computer programming, and join the workforce as a software engineer working for a NASA contractor—despite being so weak I can barely move my fingers.
But I rely on my daily caregiver hours in order to continue working. I can’t afford to pay all of their wages. And without them, I couldn’t work.
We need programs that let people with disabilities work and thrive.
And it’s not just about receiving cash payments. In many cases, SSI participants aren’t receiving payments at all.
Rather, their SSI status is giving them access to other services they need, such as paying for medical equipment and providing in-home care.
In the US, our disability support programs impose stringent financial limits. In the case of SSI, participants cannot have more than $2k in assets (cash, checking, savings, etc *combined*).
That limit was set in the 80s and hasn’t been updated since.
It’s time to fix that.
https://thearc.org/blog/new-bipartisan-bill-would-advance-economic-security-for-disabled-americans/
Software dev projects would be so much more fun if you could finish them.
Ayyy. Ivory for macOS will now respect custom icons. I’m using this delightful one by @andycarolan!
https://ko-fi.com/s/9359968cf7
