zestyrx
Re:Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI?
on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @12:38PM (#48909462)
> I'm not good at lifting weights or running, so my thinking is the only thing I have
I'm not saying this to be snarky, but maybe it's time to work on lifting weights and running. The worth of a novel is, of course, subjective, but most people would judge it based on the entertainment value it provides and not how much human effort went into it. Hobbies like fitness (which don't have an output that's meant to be consumed) seem like a safer harbor in this new era.
Re:Trying to teach in the age of the AI homework machine
on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @07:44PM (#44111607)
The book "Nexus" by Yuval Noah Harari essentially makes this same point. The way he phrases it is that information's primary role throughout history hasn't necessarily been to convey objective truth but to connect people and enable large scale cooperation. So more information is not necessarily better.
Worth a read or you can check out one of his recent podcast appearances for a quicker download.
Re:My Life in Weeks
on Saturday February 15, 2025 @07:16PM (#43063909)
I started this in 2015 and I'm still keeping up with it. Maybe it will work for you.
https://medium.com/@markracette/make-every-day-matter-9ac6db...
Re:React: You Might Not Need an Effect
on Thursday March 23, 2023 @03:11PM (#35279834)
Isn't this exactly what useLayoutEffect is for?
https://react.dev/reference/react/useLayoutEffect
Re:Google Search Is Dying
on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @08:58PM (#30355477)
SSG gives you the best SEO because web crawlers can understand the structure of a static page with pre-populated content better than a dynamic site that relies on Javascript. The pages also load much quicker and score better on other metrics that Google uses. I would go so far as to say that SSG is a must for major publications or anyone serious about SEO. This sort of data-driven SSG is exactly what you are thinking of but it happens at build time so that the build output is static content that can be put behind a CDN.
Re:Google Search Is Dying
on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @12:25PM (#30349559)
Yeah, those pages are definitely auto-generated. Static site generation makes it possible for those types of pages (I call them "shims") to jump to the top of the results list. I wrote about it here: https://zestyrx.com/blog/nextjs-ssg
Re:Google Search Is Dying
on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @12:23PM (#30349511)
This is partially due to the proliferation of data-driven static site generation.
Two types of sites I see popping up are:
1) "shims", which generate the bare minimum static content required to get listed on Google, usually for obscure or long-tail queries
2) "skins", which make exact copies of sites with publicly available context (like Wikipedia or npmjs.org).
Both are enabled by tools like NextJS which allow you to take data and convert it to a static site which does well with SEO.
I wrote about this in depth here: https://zestyrx.com/blog/nextjs-ssg
Re:State of the Web: Static Site Generators
on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:32AM (#30148276)
> SSGs have had neglible impact on non-technical users.
I don't think so. Publishers are leaning heavily into SSG to improve SEO: https://zestyrx.com/blog/nextjs-ssg
Re:State of the Web: Static Site Generators
on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:30AM (#30148245)
Funny, I wrote about this recently as well.
I'm a huge fan of SSG but concerned about the impact that it has on SEO and search engine quality.