Darek Rossman

tech lead ▲ @vercel • modular synth enjoyer • building

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New module coming to rack0: converse

Allows you to create, modify, analyze, and learn modular synth patches and techniques.

Built with @vercel AI Gateway and @aisdk.

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The airplane oxygen mask doesn’t inflate because it doesn’t pump oxygen. It uses a chemical reaction pouch to produce oxygen when you take a drag.

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Everything is ‘just’ something.

[Ben Visness @its_bvisness]

Apparently it is "foundational UI engineering" to call the browser's `measureText` API?

The library is literally just calling the canvas `measureText` API that has been there since 2009, or alternatively using a wasm build of Harfbuzz. Obviously there's some extra work to handle all the edge cases and make them line up with what the browser will eventually render, but essentially this is just exposing Harfbuzz one way or another.

[𝔭𝔬𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔩𝔩 @poellll]

GANTZ GRAF by Autechre—nothing put me more on my professional trajectory then this, back in 2002

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@shuding @samko_cx Calling them server and client components is what I think confused most people, since client components can still be server rendered. I’ve found calling RSCs ‘unhydrated’ components helps intuition sometimes.

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@mimi91125 @dhh There were no books though. He’s unread and inexperienced. Pure whims. Small-world mindset.

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@justalexoki She’s so close to inventing dancing

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@kenwheeler My mind apple just landed its first kickflip

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@adamdotdev I fear for a future where the most trivial things aren’t extremely difficult and tedious and limited to a few people toiling in obscurity for years to produce something kinda neat.

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Practicing trigrams on colemak dh

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@vishyfishy2 It’s always shown this in the usage stats - tokens going to multiple models, is this different?

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@YBenlemlih https://t.co/MlVSqaQNB6

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@deredleritt3r Yea but I like how it’s colorful

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@koomen https://t.co/ctapxkwLFK by @johnlindquist maybe?

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@lanreadelowo It’s insane that the backend team is also not the frontend team in 2026.

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@mrcrp96 @nicoalbanese10 @aisdk iirc it doesn’t provide the gateway cost and provider-specific breakdown, would have to check again. It may differ when using the provider instead of gateway.

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@mrcrp96 @nicoalbanese10 @aisdk I do it in onStepFinish with this (possibly cursed)
https://t.co/NGwQs3fpMK

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@jacobmparis TUOYNGMI

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Appreciate the thoughtful reply. It doesn't have to push behaviors. I just see it as a simple way to abstract class name composition into components with the convenience of things like cva. Write your css here or write it over there. It can be as complicated or as simple as you prefer. I agree Button with asChild. around a <label/> is weird, but just make a Label component that has shared variants?

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@intellectronica I don’t like how it blurs things out. Wish I could turn that off.