Rust is pretty cool, very performant!
But I prefer working with Go.
Just a personal preference, probably because it's been some years that I work with Go (when we coded by hand, remember that?)
So it feels easier and faster to do the whole back-and-forth process with agents!
Wendell Adriel
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Wendell Adriel
@WendellAdriel
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Today
I love PHP, but I also love working with Go, and saw that I didn't write about it before, so will be writing a bit about Go on my blog from now on.
And this is the first article: building a link checker!…
Wendell AdrielBuilding a Link Checker in Go Without Overwhelming the NetworkBuild a runnable Go link checker with a shared HTTP client, bounded workers, paced requests, cancellation, and local tests. Learn to distinguish broken links from failures that need another look.
Yesterday
Had to cook another PR for /dev/null:
https://github.com/nunomaduro/dev-null.sh/pull/930
GitHubfeat: make who to follow updates optimistic by WendellAdriel · Pull Request #930 · nunomaduro/dev-null.shFollowing or unfollowing someone in Who to follow waited for the server before updating the icon. It now updates immediately through Inertia's optimistic updates and rolls back if the request f...
Just sent my first PR for /dev/null:
https://github.com/nunomaduro/dev-null.sh/pull/929
GitHubAdd g n keyboard shortcut for notifications by WendellAdriel · Pull Request #929 · nunomaduro/dev-null.shNotifications had no keyboard navigation shortcut. Pressing g then n now opens the notifications page, with the shortcut listed in the ? help dialog and knowledge base.
We have an iOS app for this right?
Can anyone point me to where I can download it? 👀
Not currently. @simonhamp and team are working on it. The CVE issue delayed them a bit but they are working hard to get it to a testflight as quickly as they can.
IDK who designed the look and feel here, but this looks SO GOOD!!! 🔥
The frontend's base is originally made by me, see https://github.com/nunomaduro/dev-null.sh/pull/14
However, the whole community shipped countless updates, so it has evolved a lot over the past few days :)
GitHubfeat: commit graph frontend by xHeaven · Pull Request #14 · nunomaduro/dev-null.shSummary Replaces the starter-kit UI with a frontend of devnull's own: an X-style three-column layout where the timeline is drawn as a commit graph. Every post is a commit on a vertical rail, ea...
what's impressive is that it was done in 48hrs, i think it's cool that the team has been able to make such a cool thing and get many things right in such a compact amount of time
That's @WendellAdriel's root commit.