Elliot Larson

I'm a UX designer and full stack web application developer.

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

It's strange to me when web apps have a huge "sign up" button and a little "sign in" link. Ahem... like Twitter. I mean, as a user of the app, I'm going to sign up once but sign in countless times. At the very least these two actions should have equal visual priority.

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

Wow, the battery life and processing power of the M1 MacBook Air is like a leap into the future. And it has a real keyboard without any gimmicky touch bar shenanigans. Apple is finally producing compelling laptops again. I haven't upgrade since my 2015 Macbook Pro. Glad I waited.

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

It makes me sad when the coffee is over

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

I keep seeing "minimal" and "fast" web frameworks popping up. None of these are "fast" if you're optimizing for developer time. Give me a framework where the creators make a set of reasonable choices that abstract away the boilerplate. Recreating the wheel is slow.

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

Moving forward I've decided to start looking at things in unreal terms.

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

Building a Kiwi crate with my daughter. I suddenly realize that all Kiwi crates are is Ikea for kids.

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

I have 150 Chia plots. If I keep farming them I should be able to win a couple of Chia coins by the time my 10 year old goes to high school... wait, college, .... no, sends her kids to college.

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

Just realized that I have a pair of skinny pants I haven't worn in over 10 years... hope springs eternal.

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

Oooo, and iPad pro with an M1 chip. That's compelling.

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

Hm, yet another iMac release without a touch display. Apple keeps missing this opportunity.

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

Discovered this gem today: https://t.co/yeXf1k10C5 Marc Rebillet is a legend. Haven't laughed this hard in awhile.

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

Just put together an art project website with a bunch of bugs that say hello: https://t.co/dXMKuV9M6w Why, you ask? I guess I felt like the web needed a little more whimsy. Check it out if you have time. 🐞

[Sahil Lavingia @shl]

Excited to announce Gumroad has raised $1M at a $100M valuation from @jasonfried, @kamalravikant, and others.

I'm even more excited to announce: you can also invest, at the same terms. As little as $100, no matter where you live or what your net worth is: https://t.co/utzWbe5mAU

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

The number one feature of any new iPhone is battery life. The second coolest feature of the 12 pro max is that if I get attacked on the street, I can hold it up like a human shield.

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

"blissfully isolated from the complexities of today’s SPA monstrosities" - thank you #hotwire

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

@OrbitJS @CodingItWrong Thanks for pointing that out! I'll work on a fix.

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

I just published “Redux Immutable Data Modification Patterns” https://t.co/SfMWxxprdm

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

I just entered to win five years of Github hosting and so can you https://t.co/OiiIaeEByy

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

Ah, sweet. Kaleidoscope 2 allows merging. Now it's both beautiful and useful. Good job guys.

[Elliot Larson @lingonberry]

Seems like the comments on HackerNews have been getting particularly Digg-ish lately - too much snark negativity.