Frontend dev × AI enthusiast 💻 JS/TS (9+ yrs) | Building in public
Rzeszów, Polska
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You know that feeling when you craft the PERFECT prompt, get amazing results... then can't find it 2 days later? 😤
I got so tired of scrolling through ChatGPT or Claude history, that I finally finished something that's been sitting at 80% for months.
prompts-keeper.com is live!
Dead simple prompt organizer:
- Save prompts that actually work
- Tag them for easy filter
- Search when you need them
- Copy with one click
No fancy AI features. No "prompt marketplace". Just solving my own annoying problem.
Real talk: I have a graveyard of unfinished projects. But this one? It's not perfect, but it's SHIPPED. And after 8 years of building stuff, that feels pretty damn good.
It's free :)
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For the last 6 months, I was working on a project for a client with a new tech stack to me. That stack is Python Django + HTMX and jQuery. Does it sound interesting? Here is my thoughts after 6 months.
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Maturity is doing your job without getting involved in stupid arguments about different laptop brands.
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I remember one professor who was teaching C programming. She had the notebook with C exercise and solutions.
There were 2 issues with this. The first one that this exercise was written in 1980 (I was studying in 2015).
The second one is a little bit more funny. We were solving all tasks on paper (no computer allowed), and all solutions should match her notebook. Even variables names had to be the same.
After this, I lost all hope in the education system in my country :)
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Harder to start mobile development. Secondly people has so much problems to publish their apps that it becomes discouraging
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Not really. I'm working in a big project with lots of dependencies and requirements.txt works for us.
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The whole interview process in IT companies is sick. I saw one interview which has (!sic) 7 different stages... When I heard about it, I really didn't believe...
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Is it really? I think the backend is easier due to more reasonable practices, slowest changes, easiest tests. Frontend is changing so rapidly, and it has so many different frameworks, libraries, use cases and what is the worst → designers.
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The number of tools we use daily to "make things easier" is huge. And actually, it's not making anything easier...
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The Adobe pricing is a joke. I know many people who never even tried it because of this sick pricing.
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Best skills to learn in 2022 that will bring you a lot of money:
- nocode
- sales
- marketing
- content creation
- copywriting
What have I missed?
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Backend. When I'm changing something on the server side, I'm thinking about possible use cases and future improvements. I don't have to deal with presenting this to the user.
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I see all apps are designed with such style recently. I didn't see anything fresh. There is actually nothing new. Nothing. Our creativity is gone.
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1. htmx is great but...
Yes, htmx is great. It reduces the amount of JS in project drastically. Currently, in project, I don't have more than 600 lines of pure JS. And it is a pretty big project. Also, htmx approach just feels good. Replacing part of forms or tables just works.
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If you are thinking about starting with @bubble my advice will be: start today.
You first app will be terrible.
Second one will be a little bit better.
And with each iteration you will be able to create something better!
Start today and keep going!
#buildwithbubble
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Always wonder why people believe that there are any shortcuts in life. You can't learn a programming language from 0 to at least know what's happening in 2 hours. It's impossible.
But still many people believe in this. And don't get me wrong. There is nothing wrong with trying to learn. But be realistic. Programming is hard. It takes years to become at least an average programmer. There are no shortcuts.
But... maybe with this video: "JavaScript in 100 seconds" you can do this.
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Most of my non-tech friends never tried ChatGPT. Some of them never heard about it. None of them has paid subscription. ChatGPT is not so famous outside tech bubble :)
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You don't check the implementation by yourself? Beside tests. Even bad code can pass tests.
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Exploring HTMX: It's reshaping client-side web development with its simplicity and power. How have you integrated HTMX into your JavaScript/TypeScript projects? Share your experiences and any tips you've picked up along the way.
ALT Autocomplete in htmx example
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That's my short conclusions so far on this tech stack. It's really nice and allows developers to craft solid solutions with fewer bugs, faster.
If you liked my summary, leave a comment, share it and subscribe. I'm going to write more because I'm missing good threads on X!
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Currently, it is easier to switch between those roles than it ever was. It's worth to become full stack dev.
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The whole validation is done on the backend. As a frontend, I just have to display the error message and change the styling of inputs. The state of the application is stored on the backend. I don't have to worry about such things. It just works.
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Man I'm programming over 8 years now. And I feel stupid every day. Several times a day. I'm afraid of the day when it will stop. That will mean that I'm dead, probably.
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I'm switching from Docker to podman. And I see one thing. Podman is working 10x more efficient :)
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On the other side, there are a few things missing. First, after replacing part of html with htmx I'm loosing all JS listeners on replaced elements. So it requires a different approach with bubbling, for example.
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JavaScript is difficult
No code is difficult
Writing is difficult
Sales is difficult
Everything is difficult until you start. Just start to do something, and it became easier with practice.
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Today is my 31st birthday.
I have only one lesson which I want to share with you all:
The pain of regret is far worse than the pain of discipline. Don't put your dreams off for later.
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SQL in templates will be a thing again. I think I have to dig up my notes from 2006 about PHP. It will be interesting.
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Hey!
I'm a software developer from Poland.
I'm working with SaaS companies and helping them with their development problems :)
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Both. It depends on requirements. So for small projects I like to use nosql like MongoDB. For a serious project which has the potential to grow, I would rather choose Postgres :)
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Next, if I want to make some UI changes without calling backend, it's hard. I decided to use jQuery to hide and show some things. Currently, I would use Alpine.js instead, but this project is already about to end, so it's pointless to make such a change.
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It's difficult to find a good co-founder which will be obsessed as much as you. But if you find the correct person, then it's an only way to go.
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The JS Community has its ups and downs several times a day. I don't care about it anymore. There is no perfect software. There are just people who claim something is perfect.
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2. Second part of the stack is Python Django.
It is my first such big project with Django. I never use so much of it. But I really like it now. Mostly for rapid development, but not only this. Django templates are fantastic and allow me to create easy to reuse components.
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I'm using something like this: Be brutally honest with me, don't agree with everything and tell my basing on available data is my idea worth considerig. And then he don't agree with me very often.
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Once, I coded a backend in JS. Two weeks later, it didn't start because some node packages get breaking changes. I fixed it. And two weeks later I had the same problem with a different package...
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And the last big problem I had so far is history error. I had this issue when going back and forward in browser history sometimes breaks the layout. I still don't know the real reason behind that, but I found some solution in htmx repository issues.
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Hey David 👋 I'm Mateusz from 🇵🇱 I'm working with SaaS companies to help them with codebase problems :) I'm also building my own product, which I will be introducing at the end of this month :D
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Recursions are great when you have deep nested objects, but you don't know how many levels it could be. A great example is a file tree. You can have many levels of directories and files. To list them all, the best way is to user recursion.
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I just ordered the official NestJS fundamentals courses by @kammysliwiec and @MarkPieszak !
🐈 Proud to support @nestframework !
courses.nestjs.com/
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I thought it always has been WordPress on freelancing. Most of my freelance projects was about WordPress :)
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It's works great with htmx. Also, Django CRM is straightforward and forgives many mistakes. The whole system is working smooth and without bigger issues. I'm becoming a fan of this solution.
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Curl is the best option, but I'm using Insomnia to save endpoints as a kind of documentation.
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I was working on both roles and I'm pretty sure that frontend is more stressful. After all UI is something for customers.
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The number of discussions about @htmx_org I have since yesterday are just insane. Thanks, everyone, for sharing. I will definitely use some of your advice. And I will keep sharing with you my thoughts about it :)
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Exactly. I was wondering why so many apps are pushing so hard to have SPA when actually most of them are simple CRUD's.
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If it doesn't look like this, that means you have actually something to do beside coding. I mean actual life ;)
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No matter what tech stack you use for your startup.
Remember:
Selling is much harder than building a product.
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I don't think so. Frontend frameworks will be limited in time, and we will get back to relying on the backend more. So I hope that the future is in such libraries like htmx or Alpine.js
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Tailwind is using little different breakpoints. And I think it works fine for responsive designs. You can check the default one here: tailwindcss.com/docs/screens
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I found a part of code with such comment: "Don't touch. We don't know why, but after deleting this code, the app crashes." - And there was a date. 2008 or so. I saw this comment in 2016 and it was still relevant.
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I have a problem with WordPress. It's a great tool which is really challenging to use sometimes -.-
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The problem with Discord is that you have to be there all the time if you want to be on time with everything there. I really miss old good php forum times. It was much easier to keep on track with such communication.
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You can't cheat accidentally. Cheating is always a choice. It has to be a conscious decision. Other ways, it's not cheating.
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I think it's because you watched podcasts. You should listen to it during cold showers or ice bathing.
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I embrace the rule: "Leave each file you are working cleaner than you found". This way the code is refactored all the time.
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I can agree with this. I started with Turbo Pascal, then C and C++ and finally C#, JS and a little bit of Ruby. Each of these languages taught me something. Adding a data structures and algorithms was also important. But still, I think that knowledge should be up-to-date. Especially when you are a teacher.
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It depends on what the newbie wants to do. For pure backend I think PHP is really nice, I'm convincing myself to it. For frontend JS. Game development is still dominated by C++ and C#.
I'm always saying that you should pick a tool which suits problems you wish to solve.
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