David Herman

Kotlin GDE | Working on Kotlin full-stack / web tech | Favorite languages: Kotlin & Rust | Ex-Googler

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[David Herman @bitspittle]

Now that my interactive CLI Kotlin library #Kotter is 1.0, I thought I'd put together a supercut of some of the favorite demos I wrote using it.

The source for all of these examples (and many more) can be found in the project.

https://t.co/mUhAmjncfC

[David Herman @bitspittle]

I have no idea how many people are here who followed me back when I talked regularly about my projects (mainly #Kobweb and #Kotter).

If you're interested, I'm starting up again on Bluesky. You can find me there at https://t.co/NqFz3o4fP2

[David Herman @bitspittle]

@fcamblor @ivcanet @kotlin Here are the official docs on accessing JS from Kotlin: https://t.co/bgVAHew0k3

And Kotlin from JS: https://t.co/aXoeo5YkY7

In practice I've really only worked with using JS in Kotlin, so I can't speak to how well the whole experience is, but it is technically interop.

[David Herman @bitspittle]

@MDikkii @PreusslerBerlin I believe you are looking for https://t.co/YpxbuGvOrz ? At the very least, I'm sure he could point you in the right direction.

[David Herman @bitspittle]

@droidconSF Thank you @droidconSF for the opportunity to speak!

We set out to give a whirlwind tour of the foundations of #Kobweb and I hope we succeeded.

There will be a recording for this talk published in the next few weeks, which I am looking forward to sharing.

[David Herman @bitspittle]

@JimSproch @I_Love_Pakista9 @abdulbasitgd @amitiitbhu @proandroiddev @QamarSafadi Just to clarify, #Kobweb is a library layered on top of Compose HTML, so it's actually not in the Compose Multiplatform family.

Think of its use-case as someone wants to write a traditional website but with Kotlin instead of JS/TS.

More here: https://t.co/SPFAV26KlK

[David Herman @bitspittle]

@daas20192 Maybe I'm wrong, but I predict a significant drop in orders for Teslas (and other products) in the next few quarters.

I'm personally not worried about autopilot - I'm sure the developers take that job seriously. But will Tesla get the next generation of talent? 🤔

[David Herman @bitspittle]

I am excited to see Twitter 2.0 (as Musk is calling it). At this point, it will be staffed entirely by Musk devotees who, after observing them the last few weeks, I imagine are the sort of people that only learn that stoves are hot by touching them.

[David Herman @bitspittle]

@daas20192 I'll be generous here to Musk in this case. My guess is that the $8 stunt was just a flash in the pan, but that in the next year they'll be rolling out other features. Hard to predict what that's going to look like, or if the site will still even be running stably then.

[David Herman @bitspittle]

@VasiliyZukanov There's so much to potentially discuss here. But after several starts and stops, I don't think we'll hash it out effectively given Twitter limits :)

I will say, I feel I've seen far more professional behavior than the opposite. But we're probably both biased with our own views?

[David Herman @bitspittle]

@dolzhenko @_JamesWard Ah, I meant the opposite. It got snappier throughout the day, but it still wasn't perfect. However, I wouldn't have described it as degrading performance.

[David Herman @bitspittle]

@VasiliyZukanov Sure! I can agree with that last sentence. Him dealing with the consequences, good or bad, is the most fair thing about the current situation, I think.

And I appreciate you considering my replies and listening.

[David Herman @bitspittle]

@dolzhenko @_JamesWard So I prepared the ticket and set up the screencap software and went to repro and it seems like it's snappy now :) There are occasional spinners but it's not worth reporting.

I'll keep an eye on it and if I have a bad experience later, I'll file a ticket.

Great job and thanks!

[David Herman @bitspittle]

@VasiliyZukanov If 75% of the *remaining* people chose to leave voluntarily at a time when the tech market is imploding, that's worth paying attention to. That indicates something really rotten at the core, beyond what can be dismissed as "lazy entitled employees" as I'm seeing so often online.

[David Herman @bitspittle]

@VasiliyZukanov Before the takeover, I talked with some friends and we were all interested in what Musk would do. I wasn't rooting for his failure by any stretch.

But if you knew great people at Twitter, and what the experience was like there at the end, you might understand the disdain.

[Mosquito Capital @MosquitoCapital]

I've seen a lot of people asking "why does everyone think Twitter is doomed?"

As an SRE and sysadmin with 10+ years of industry experience, I wanted to write up a few scenarios that are real threats to the integrity of the bird site over the coming weeks.

[David Herman @bitspittle]

@DomskyMike Yep. You know, the people building all the software? And spending a good chunk of their disposable income on tech and influencing other people in tech?

It's a pretty massive circle. I wouldn't laugh but you do you.

[David Herman @bitspittle]

The problem wasn't that Musk had to cull. Many in tech would agree he had to, and even that a culture change was necessary. But he executed it so inexpertly and mockingly, that he not only melted away real talent from Twitter, but he destroyed his reputation among tech circles.

[David Herman @bitspittle]

@olivercampbell Your explanation (which I'm sure Musk expects people to think) falls apart when you know some of the people who got fired. Musk fans have this narrative that Twitter was full of entitled, lazy, liberal activists, but that bubble pops if you actually knew them.

[David Herman @bitspittle]

@dolzhenko @_JamesWard Yes, build.gradle.kts. After using it for a day, I do feel like maybe it is a bit snappier? Especially after things get cached once? But I'm still seeing multi second spinners sometimes and nothing as good as the above video linked to looks like.

[David Herman @bitspittle]

@teleoflexuous @drmistercody @borgposting Or maybe throw a rock at?