evanwpm
Re:Running TypeScript Natively in Node.js
on Friday July 18, 2025 @05:51AM (#44602883)
It sounds like Bun and Deno might have been a huge success! Could have had the effect of lighting a fire under node to innovate
Re:DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy to sell itself
on Monday March 24, 2025 @09:51AM (#43461093)
Highly recommend that anyone interested in this company listens to the episode of the Freakonomics Radio podcast about 23andMe:
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-is-23andme-going-under-...
Seems like they struggled to turn a one-off purchase model into recurring revenue. At some point everyone in the world who cares enough about their DNA has already bought your product.
Re:Rewriting essential Linux packages in Rust
on Sunday March 09, 2025 @03:29PM (#43312761)
I also really like:
https://github.com/eza-community/eza (modern ls replacement)
https://github.com/BurntSushi/erd (modern tree replacement)
https://github.com/sharkdp/bat (modern cat(1) replacement)
my .zshrc for every system now uses these as drop in replacements
Re:A year of uv: pros, cons, and should you migrate
on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @09:11AM (#43102340)
uv has been a complete game changer for me in Python, everyone who develops with me knows I won't shut up about it.
Astral is a great team, they built the ruff linter and are currently working on a static type checker called red-knot: https://x.com/charliermarsh/status/1884651482009477368