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baskind··on Warsaw came close to never being rebuilt (2015)
Here you go. Opens end of the week and over the weekend: https://maps.app.goo.gl/v3HFoRTtUPoug8yq8?g_st=com.google.ma...
baskind··on LiveView Is Best with Svelte
I have the same view of an app implemented with Rails+Turbo and a duplicate in Elixir+LiveView.

Performance is comparable when I am close to the server (elixir is slightly faster), but when on another continent any content changes/navigation over websockets suddenly feel very laggy, while navigation over HTTP in the supposedly slower Ruby+Rails is actually consistently fast.

I’ve only recently discovered this as I went travelling to another continent, so will do more perf testing.

But the nature of the always-connected websockets hasn’t been a pleasurable one for me: for instance, a LiveView process crashes and you lose all the data in a big form, unless you write glue code for it to restore. And the experience of seeing the topbar getting stuck in the loading state the second your internet connection is spotty or if you are offline just gives me anxiety as a user.

baskind··on LiveView Is Best with Svelte
Nice solution!

In my app, I use reusable Stimulus controllers alongside LiveView, and it works seamlessly as well.

On a general note, while it's a pleasure to build with LiveView, the more I use it in real-life scenarios, the more I realize the benefits of stateless HTTP frameworks like Hotwire, which feel more performant and resilient to reconnections, and avoid the need to place more servers close to users for stability.

baskind··on TikTok is changing the way books are recommended and sold
Buying books doesn’t imply reading them (talking from personal experience)
baskind··on Belarus has temporarily banned most of its citizens from leaving
Civil war is impossible, the nation is united and doesn't want violence (all protests so far have been peaceful).

Coup would've already happened if it could, there is very little chance for it now. Lukashenko has spent decades surrounding himself with loyalist.

With silence and little pressure from Europe and the US towards both Belarus and Russia (apart from symbolic "concerns"), things are unlikely to change.

As long as Putin is in power, Lukashenko will remain in power.

There are many political points for Putin to gain within Russia by annexing Belarus, so that's something that could very well happen in the next few months.

Putin and Lukashenko have had several meetings in regards to Belarus integration over the last few months, with Lukashenko getting $1.5B in donations to support his regime after these meetings. So this seems like the likely scenario. And the time frame is much shorter <12mo.

baskind··on Belarus has temporarily banned most of its citizens from leaving
Indeed, Kremlin propaganda runs like clockwork.
baskind··on Belarus has temporarily banned most of its citizens from leaving
As someone from Belarus, this is not true at all.

While Lukashenko had some support prior to Aug 2020 election, it dropped to <5% at very best following his ruthless attack and torture of citizens and peaceful protestors.

The only people supporting him now are siloviki, i.e. military and police heads who directly benefit from him remaining in power. Although many within the police elites wish him out as well.

baskind··on Belarus has temporarily banned most of its citizens from leaving
Please don't spread Kremlin misinformation. Roman is a journalist and never was part of Azov neo-nazi group: http://euromaidanpress.com/2021/05/26/protasevich-is-a-dissi...
baskind··on Apple recovered 2,204 pounds of gold from broken iPhones last year
Would be equally interesting to know how much it cost them to recover that much gold from that many devices.
baskind··on Show HN: Ghostnote – Contextual notes and todo app
Really great idea. Reminds me of Ember app by Realmac, except this is for the whole filesystem. A very useful addition would be ability to add tags and sort files/notes by tags.
baskind··on WhatsApp Web
Can anyone share screenshots?
baskind··on Show HN: Snabbt.js – a minimalistic animation library
Velocity.js http://julian.com/research/velocity/ is pretty damn good already and just 12kb Gzipped.
baskind··on IBM Design Language
Not saying it's doesn't look nice, but certainly waaay behind Google's Material Design in terms of solidness and clarity IMHO. IBM is just trying to stay 'trendy' IMHO.
baskind··on New Relic files S-1 for IPO
I bet NewRelic spent at least $1m on T-Shirts & RC Helicopters