Tom Slutsky

Software Engineer at @looxio
I'm writing code when being asked to.

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@thekitze @benjiDotSo I'm not starting any npm init nowadays without convex and tanstack

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@jamesacowling LLMs are so addicting.
I miss the rush of good getting-started docs, but I’ve completely lost the patience for them now.

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Convex instead optimizes for application-layer transactionas and small result sets.

In that world, cross-query optimization and massive parallel execution matter less than predictable transactional behavior close to application code.

And yet again.. its all about tradeoffs

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Reading Designing Data-Intensive Applications and stumbled on this:

“Declarative query languages like SQL turned out to be much better than imperative query APIs.”

The reasoning is interesting:

Different assumptions → different abstractions.

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At first glance, these ideas feel like they compete.

But I think the key insight is: databases are mostly tradeoff machines.
SQL systems optimize heavily for large-scale set operations where global query optimization matters a lot.

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@theo In the sense of owning metal??

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Is AI fatigue a thing? Is this how web devs felt about js frameworks a decade ago?

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@GergelyOrosz I find that I am most valuable on the edges.
On the one hand I need to be in control on the big picture: the architecture, design, structure.
On the other hand I need to desicde on the specifics in critical areas.
When those are set correctly most other falls right.

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@jamesacowling Design problems out of existence. The best problem solving there is.

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@adamwathan This!

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@DavidKPiano Simple math

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@DavidKPiano Are you suggesting a jquery comeback?

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@heyandras @coolifyio Do it!

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@Swizec Graphql for shooting yourself in the head

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@flaviocopes RalphBot

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@housecor I just hope 6 is not 80% decrease in job openings in a few years

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@yongfook Wow this is a spicy take against so many vendors 🌶️😬
Can't say that I agree

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@Swizec @asmartbear Didn't you mean 1) verify the Ai wrote a detailed PRD?

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@thekitze Amen to that 🙏
They are also doing great work IMO