Hana Sato13 posts

Postgres full text search is criminally underrated for small and medium apps.

Quick one: the native <dialog> element handles focus trapping better than most libraries I have used. #webdev

Replying to @ravi

We did the same and never looked back.

TIL every dependency is a liability you signed up to maintain forever. #heliostack

Replying to @john

Hard disagree, but respect.

I love when the database enforces the invariant so the app code doesn’t have to. #music cc @barbara

typed routes caught three broken links before they hit production today. #a11y cc @linus

Reminder: coffee count: 3. bugs fixed: 1. bugs created: 2. net progress: vibes. #design

Thread: a design system is a set of decisions, not a set of components. #buildinpublic

Thread: CSS anchor positioning just deleted 400 lines of tooltip code from our app.

Unpopular opinion: streaming + Suspense means the slow part of the page no longer holds the fast part hostage.

typed routes caught three broken links before they hit production today. #ai

Replying to @alan

Counterpoint: it depends 😅

Quick one: I love when the database enforces the invariant so the app code doesn’t have to. #css

naming things is still the hardest part. Today’s victim: a feature flag.

a design system is a set of decisions, not a set of components.

Quick one: shipping small things every day beats shipping big things every quarter. #typescript

Replying to @nina

Adding this to our team docs.

Unpopular opinion: if your cache has no invalidation story, it is not a cache, it is a bug farm. #a11y

Replying to @sophie

Strong agree.