Kevin Decock

Co-founder & CTO at Overlap Studios

Passionate about AR/VR/XR, functional programming geek, React evangelist, does musical things

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

@colshacol how about using a portal to get that thing out of the problematic tree?

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

@proximus bedankt, pm verstuurd

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

@proximus tof hoor, ik beslis uiteindelijk om over te schakelen naar jullie - hoewel ik al schrik had voor slechte service, en nu blokkeren jullie mijn oude simkaart VOORDAT de nieuwe toekomt.

Top Service. Ik ben zelfstandig, en kan nu geen klanten bereiken. Vergoeding? Nee?

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

@BlitzBullet000 Just found your time capsule (subnautica) - just here to say thanks for the ion 😄 peace!

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

@dan_abramov Alright, makes sense. Especially when called inside components. I do see some merit in what @MaterialUI is doing with makeStyles - more of a setup thing to prep useStyle.

Thanks for the insight!

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

Experimenting with hooks - and eventually ended up creating some higher-order hooks (or hook-creator, whatever). Would this be an acceptable pattern, or are there any issues with performance/rendering I should be aware of? @dan_abramov #react

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

Specifics don't matter -- this is for a mapping-library react wrapper.

I'm just wondering if creating the hook inside a component on each render with a HOF is an issue or not.. 🤔

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

Here's a quick look at how our AR furniture application works. Learn more at https://t.co/6Qgsz1gzcP - or send me a quick message!

https://t.co/cfvtiB4PRC

[Jake Archibald @jaffathecake]

I miss the days when you could tell a site was hacked because it'd be replaced by a picture of a big arse or something.

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

That moment you get shadows working in #AR

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

In any case, I can't count the times a flux pattern has saved my ass in a large scale application.

I get it, though,.. sagas are overkill for a simple todo app. But in my experience, that "boilerplate" these articles talk about, is simply good practice architecture.

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

With all these articles about simple, boilerplate free state management going around, I'm left to wonder,... What environment are you all working in? I'm guessing smaller teams, with small-scale applications?

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

Filing a ticket to tech support in 2018 still feels like a scene from The IT Crowd to me.

Yes, I tried turning it off and on again.
Yes, I set the correct authorization header with a valid token.
Yes, I know what I'm doing, please just admit your API is broken.

#techsupport

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

State of JS 2018 results are always fascinating, and I'm truly thankful for the effort put in. It's a fantastic way to figure out the latest trends.

But oh dear lord, could you guys please not use red colours for positive responses... 🙈#badUX #StateOfJS

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

Looking at the @IKEAtoday Place app, I gotta say,... that's a neat UI. Well done to the dev team over there!

Still wondering what #AugmentedReality means for you as a user? -- This app's a great use case.

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

when typo's lead to memes...

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

and yes, if you're wondering,... this is a response to the frustration I've felt over the years with dealing with all kinds of UI component libraries.

E.g. ever tried customising a material-ui component? It's not as flexible as I would like.

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

Does anyone know of decent react "white-label" component libraries (components that handle functionality for you, without enforcing overrides for UI customisation)? Got some ideas in that direction, looking for inspiration

[Kevin Decock @Ambewass]

Specifically, I want to use patterns like those used by Downshift @kentc
, but looking at a broader, fully fledged component library.