bsky.app/profile/orta.io. Making @PuzzmoToday. Ex @TypeScript. Ex-@ArtsyOpenSource. Paranoid with @DangerSystems. Aphantasic. He/Him.
Dublin / NYC / Huddersfield UK
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It's been a long few years of not being able to talk about what we're working on, so it's really strange to be able to say: "This is it."
From award-winning game designer @helvetica and engineer @orta, along with @hearst_np (cc: @hearst), Puzzmo is a fresh spin on a cultural mainstay: the newspaper games page.
Be among the first to play at puzzmo.com
#puzzmo #puzzmotoday #sneakpeek
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Wow, hey, so I’m gonna be working on @TypeScript at Microsoft.
How cool is that?!? I’ll be working at the intersection of JS and tooling at industry scale.
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I feel like there’s a lot of clever under-appreciated design work going on in non-mainstream Linux distros nowadays.
- CuteFish
- Pop!_os
- elementaryOS
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Hey folks, even if you're not planning on using Mastodon instantly, you should take some time this week to create an account and set up your follows.
Twitter is starting to charge for API access to the migration tools in 5 days, meaning the migration tools will probably break.
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Folks are going to love this (hopefully 4.3) TypeScript import change from @atcb
github.com/microsoft/TypeScr…
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Felt like this Friday would both never arrive and yet came all too quickly: today is my last day working on @TypeScript at Microsoft.
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Hey folks, this is as good a time as any to announce that after 7.5 years - I’m leaving @artsyopensource
Artsy’s in great hands with the rest of the team and I’m *super* pumped about what I’m going to do next, but I can’t talk about it yet.
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If you were interested in the classes @TypeScript cheat-sheet yesterday, here’s an up-to-date version, plus the rest of the set. Probably just a design pass to do now and ship for next week’s deploy.
Latest versions always in Figma: figma.com/file/x8FJrNqj6oupq…
ALT A dense sheet of information about TypeScript 'type's
ALT A dense sheet of information about TypeScript control flow analysis
ALT A dense sheet of information about TypeScript classes
ALT A dense sheet of information about TypeScript interfaces
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2018: The year JS tools help out other eco-systems.
* @PrettierCode / @fbjest / @DangerSystems all have plugins for other languages
* #webpack supports native code like @rustlang
* @code / @AtomEditor are replacing general IDEs
* @reactnative / @expo_io simplify mobile dev
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The new @code allows you to write some custom UI. This is awesome.
I’ve just added support for @reactnative @storybookjs inline.
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Happy Monday folks, here’s a version of Wordle which runs entirely in the @TypeScript type system. Code is fully annotated. I made this to avoid answering an awkward question in the @redwoodjs contributors chat.
tsplay.dev/wQ5RZw
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Shipped: 4 @TypeScript Cheat Sheets which are quick syntax references to Type, Interface, Class and Code Flow Analysis. Ships as PDF for printing, and PNGs for keeping locally.
typescriptlang.org/cheatshee…
ALT A screenshot of the linked site, it says: "TypeScript Cheat Sheets", then has "Downloadable syntax reference pages for different parts of everyday TypeScript code. Learn more about Classes, Interfaces, Types and Control Flow Analysis." Then some pretty pics of the sheets.
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Announcing: Shiki-Twoslash, a system for creating best-in-class code samples for describing JS/TS. Mixing @TypeScript info with VS @Code's syntax highlighting.
Provide the best parts of an IDE's developer experience in static HTML sites. JS optional.
shikijs.github.io/twoslash/
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Happy to announce the new @typescript playground is shipped. Based on ts-play and with a few upgrades. The playground:
- Supports all compiler flags
- Supports different versions of TS
- Saves your code + settings to the URL
- Has a built-in formatter
typescriptlang.org/play/inde…
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Dang, Microsoft is moving Office 365 to JS + @reactnative across many platforms.
Source:
- nitter.app/TheLarkInn/status/1006…
- nitter.app/TheLarkInn/status/1006…
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We have multiple forks of react-native for each platform. Of course combined with ReactXP and friends. :)
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It’s been a long time coming, think this is my best work so far
New site, who ‘dis?
Today we've launched the new TypeScript website and branding, find out what's new by @orta on the TypeScript blog:
- devblogs.microsoft.com/types…
- typescriptlang.org
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Ten years ago today @alloy started writing @CocoaPods. Within a month, 0.0.1 looked like what we’ve been using for the last decade:
- Xcode project generation
- Podfiles
- Podspecs
- Multiple spec repo support
- Trunk with 7 dependencies
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Wow, @gnachman has really knocked it out of the park with the iTerm 3.3 beta.
Here’s my new terminal setup based on his work.
📝 patreon.com/posts/version-3-…
🏞
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Call me late to the party, but GitHub Copilot just wrote a bunch of complex update SQL for me which all looks correct, and I only wrote the variable name.
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Ace, @TypeScript 4.5 is shipping with Node ESM support, but you’re confused about why we recommend you write `import {x} from "createX.js"`.
There’s been 5 years of discussion and many hundreds of comments to read, so here’s a summary:
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We’re looking for JS peeps @Artsy.
*personally* I’m looking for someone in NYC, has done a bunch of OSS, wants to do OSS by Default and help improve all our/all JS tooling.
Basically, I want a buddy to eat lunch & talk JS with.
github.com/artsy/meta
artsy.net/article/artsy-jobs…
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Looks like @TypeScript is getting Tail Call Recursion before @nodejs does, just at a completely different level of the software stack.
github.com/microsoft/TypeScr…
ALT A screenshot of the PR which is linked
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We've updated the @TypeScript site to express our solidarity and stance that #BlackLivesMatter
typescriptlang.org/
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Spent most of the day working on a redesign of the @PrettierCode homepage
github.com/prettier/prettier…
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TypeScript accounts for the highest number of PRs on @github now.
nitter.app/jntrnr/status/15720695…
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Somehow a conversation about programming language branding ended up with “What is the @typescript version of clippy?”
So… Here’s Typey:
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I think I’m a convert to @JetBrains Mono, this page is a really great way to explain the advantages to using a programming-oriented font.
This font definitely raises the bar. And a great license too 👍🏾
jetbrains.com/lp/mono/
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Me and Danger are leaving NYC. We're moving to Dublin.
No long essay on how NYC is dead (it isn't) but a mix of COVID 2nd wave and family stuff makes it worth the hassle. I'd expect my annual write-up to be very delayed.
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Another big iOS app has been open sourced, from @wire
github.com/wireapp/wire-ios
60k Obj-C, 12k Swift.
Lots to study.
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The thing I’ve been working on for the last few months got released.
fastcompany.com/40553509/how…
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Today marks the end of my first 3 months at @microsoft on @typescript
It both feels like no time, and all the time in the world
My highlights: OSSing the site, making playgrounds rock, re-designing the site, first few bug PRs, 2 conferences, getting many smaller repos to 0 PRs
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It's my one year anniversary of joining the @typescript team, here's what I think are the most useful things I've worked on.
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After a few requests, I ported the `// ^?` feature in the @TypeScript playground into a _tiny_ @code extension which lets you highlight types inline.
marketplace.visualstudio.com…
ALT Shows VS Code, with a TypeScript React component which has a few comments which show the type of some enums inline
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Want to try out the new @typescript playground based learning system before it goes live?
- ~40 focused examples covering novice-mid TS
- Keeps track of what you’ve learned
- Built for IDE-like learning
- Comments: github.com/microsoft/TypeScr…
- Explore: 5d6c47101cff21a89609f849--ts…
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Flappy Royale is a 100-player Flappy-Bird inspired battle royale game now in open beta on iOS & Android!
Made by @lazerwalker and I, with help from @helvetica.
Compete in daily leaderboards, customize the heck out of your bird, and crash buses.
flappyroyale.io
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I’ve spec’d out a roadmap to get @TypeScript support in @sveltejs - with the goal that JS folks also get better tools along the way.
If you’re interested in working on the LSP support for Svelte, this is a chance to do important core team work!
github.com/sveltejs/svelte/i…
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Shipped the 0.0.1 versions of @types/web - which gives @TypeScript users the chance to lock their DOM types in a project for the first time.
npmjs.com/package/@types/web
ALT @types/web - Types for the DOM and most web-related APIs This module contains the DOM types for the majority of the web APIs used in a web browser. The APIs inside @types/web are generated from the specifications for CSS, HTML and JavaScript. Given the size and state of constant change in web browsers, @types/web only has APIs which have passed a certain level of standardization and are available in at least two different browser engines.
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BTW, AirBnB peeps that are interested in diving deeper into React Native in a company where the RN fit feels really good, @ArtsyOpenSource is hiring.
artsy.github.io/series/react…
github.com/artsy/meta
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The external contributor @TypeScript PR which explores the stage 1 TC39 pipeline operator just got a fresh rebase and update
Playground: staging-typescript.org/play?…
PR: github.com/microsoft/TypeScr…
Proposal: github.com/tc39/proposal-pip…
ALT A picture of the TypeScript Playground
ALT Picture of the PR to TypeScript
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Yep, the new Xcode 9 release makes life better for those using @reactnative
Solid release from the Apple dev tools team 👍
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1.5 years later, and 2 semver major releases, a massive amount of our native iOS app has moved to @reactnative
artsy.github.io/blog/2017/07…
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Nothing is stopping you from coding like this:
whatsstoppingyou.dev/#map=0,…
Create a git repo in the browser to undermine gate-keeping. Draw your own contributor graph.
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This weekend I updated the @CocoaPods website to include apps using popular libs via @AppSightIO
cocoapods.org/pods/SDWebImag…
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Yesterday I took some time to wireframe what a v2 of GraphiQL could look like, with easy UI extensibility support being a core feature.
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Shipped in @TypeScript 4.5 - if you accidentally put compiler options in the root of the tsconfig.json (instead of inside a “compilerOptions” obj) then TypeScript will raise an error.
ALT A screenshot of a tsconfig.json with a compiler message saying it is incorrect
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Got the first new wall art for my new office: a reminder of the last 12 years of open-source GitHub contributions via @codeprints
ALT Two prints showing the GitHub contribution graph, starting empty, then slowly turning very green with activity.
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This is still my favorite WWDC video: “Writing Easy-To-Change Code: Your Second-Most Important Goal As A Developer”
developer.apple.com/videos/p…
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Only 2 things on my WWDC wishlist:
- Hot reloading of native code.
- Run tests and your app simultaneously.
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Do you use classes a lot in @TypeScript? Is there anything useful to know on a quick syntax cheat-sheet which I’m missing?
ALT Its an image showing different syntax pieces for classes in TypeScript
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Microsoft are putting a bunch of effort into bring devs to windows:
- OS-level package manager
- Fresh terminal app, which feels like iTerm 2 quality
- Linux in the kernel (WSL2, has GPU support for tensorflow )
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My org in Microsoft (DevDiv) gave us the chance to expense on morale boosting stuff
I bought holographic @typescript stickers
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Built a fresh @GraphQL API from scratch, it’s amazing how little boilerplate there is with modern lib/tools from @apollographql / @freiksenet. Every line adds considerable value.
github.com/danger/peril/blob…
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Would like to stress what an incredibly strong abstraction Satori (github.com/vercel/satori) from @vercel + @shuding is.
If you've ever tried hand-creating SVGs, the best tactic is usually 'do it in sketch/figma and export' then edit. Satori changed that for me.
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We have open source’d the @Artsy iOS app.
github.com/artsy/eigen
🎉
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How today started | How this afternoon started
ALT Definitely Typed repo on GitHub - 3.7k issues
ALT Definitely Typed repo on GitHub - 1.7k issues
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Tonight is my fifth night protesting, you can do it too.
I do my 9-5 job, then head out at 7 till 10/11ish. I don't take big risks, don't get up in the polices face unless there is a cry for white shields and never damage property.
Now is always the best time to contribute.
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Announcing @FlappyRoyale 1.0 - a 100-player Flappy battle royale game now available on iOS, Android and Web!
By @lazerwalker and I, with @helvetica.
Compete in leaderboards, win eggs, customize the heck out of your bird with 200+ style choices!
flappyroyale.io
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My time working with @reactjs has really changed how I write code outside of UI dev.
My first thoughts on a feature are now: How can I contain all state in a singular place, how does that get modified, and how do others access it?
Before it was just: what is the simplest code?
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The @Artsy mobile team created an @objcio article on how we work in the open. It’s a great read on values in OSS!
objc.io/issue-22/artsy.html
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Over the weekend I’ve typed up a proposal for what extended @TypeScript CLI errors could look like when two types don’t match up.
gist.github.com/orta/f80db73…
ALT A screenshot of @monodraw showing the before/after of the proposal
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Hey folks, we’re sorry to issue a security advisory for @CocoaPods Trunk - we received an RCE report this morning, patched it within hours, but there's a chance someone could have exploited it.
- Post: blog.cocoapods.org/CocoaPods…
- Security Advisory: github.com/CocoaPods/trunk.c…
ALT A picture of the blog post link
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I’m very honored to have been nominated as a Google Open Source Peer :D
Congratulations to the latest round of Open Source Peer Bonus winners! We are grateful to the time and talent you contribute to free and open source software. goo.gl/AyFbPJ
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This post has just hit 6k words, and I’ve still got a bunch more to write + illustrate. Gonna be a long one.
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Check it out, the v2 @typescript website is having a test run over the weekend.
typescriptlang.org/
If you have ideas, comments etc, please write an issue github.com/microsoft/TypeScr…
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Because tomorrow is an American holiday, I’m taking a shot at converting the TypeScript repo’s primary branch from master to main.
Wish me luck, we got a lot of automation to verify.
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Spent the last hour reading @IntercomEng’s blog posts on engineering culture. These are amazing posts, they do a great job communicating
Highlights:
- intercom.com/blog/engineerin…
- intercom.com/blog/design-lea…
- intercom.com/blog/the-engine…
- intercom.com/blog/pride-over…
- intercom.com/blog/driving-ex…
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Congrats @code on hitting so many user issues that GitHub gave up showing the exact number.
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I wrote a bit about why we’re using @gatsbyjs in the new @typescript website.
github.com/microsoft/TypeScr…
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I've lived in Dublin for 4+ months, and just got my first Guinness after skating past a pub which was doing takeaway.
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Things I did (with others) which I think are cool:
- TS logo + branding
- Site
- All docs editor + handbook 2
- DT contrib flow
- TS Community Discord
- Site locales
- Playground
- TSConfig Reference
- Compiler internals vid
- Cheat Sheets
- Svelte tooling
- Twoslash
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Hey do you do fellow kids?
The new @typescript website supports running offline and is a PWA
github.com/microsoft/TypeScr…
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35 feels like the perfect time to start Skateboarding again
ALT A skateboard (for young folks) with a tonne of safety gear because I'm an old man
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Happy Friday folks, given we’ve got some new folks on the team - I’ve made the comprehensive director’s cut video tour to the @TypeScript compiler available for everyone:
piped.video/X8k_4tZ16qU
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The top 5k CocoaPods by download count - gist.github.com/orta/5c66adb…
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I'm leaving to go full-time on a project I've been working on with @helvetica for the last year - definitely looking forwards to being able to talk about that more publicly in the future.
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“You Can Do It.”
Fail to build three times in a row, Shia LaBeouf offers advice for you.
github.com/orta/You-Can-Do-I…
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