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Danilo Alonso

One Event System: Browser to Message Broker
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One Event System: Browser to Message Broker

EventTarget works everywhere but feels like a hack. Event Emitter is node-native, but no pattern matching or introspection. What if there was an event system that covered that, ran on browser + server + mobile, with a relay that crossed process and network boundaries for horizontal scaling?
#Typescript #Blog #Developer Experience
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RFC: @hapi/magic — File-Based Server Composition for hapi
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RFC: @hapi/magic — File-Based Server Composition for hapi

A convention-over-configuration framework and DI system for hapi.js. Inspired by haute-couture, built TypeScript-first. File-based auto-discovery for routes, services, auth, events, and more. Drop a file, it's wired. Seeking community feedback on the design.
#NodeJS #Typescript #Servers
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The Next.js Turducken
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The Next.js Turducken

Next.js is the turducken of web frameworks. Layer after layer of abstractions, each one hiding the browser-server boundary. Two weeks ago, that gave us a CVSS 10.0 vulnerability. The boundary isn't an inconvenience to abstract away. It's a security perimeter.
#Security #Developer Experience #Technology
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I Built a CV Generator in 6 Hours Instead of Updating My Resume in 2
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I Built a CV Generator in 6 Hours Instead of Updating My Resume in 2

Built a CV generator in 6 hours so I’d never update my resume again. LLMs + code turned a tedious chore into a 2-minute workflow.
#Productivity #Artificial Intelligence #Blog
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Your Database is Better at Security Than Your App
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Your Database is Better at Security Than Your App

Why build auth logic when your database can do it better? Learn how SQL Server user impersonation creates stronger security boundaries with less application complexity.
#Blog #Security #Authentication
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It’s Time to Stop Whining. The Reckoning is here.
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It’s Time to Stop Whining. The Reckoning is here.

Cursor isn’t a toy. It’s the internal combustion engine of software—and it’s priced like it. Developers need to stop whining and start adapting.
#Blog #Artificial Intelligence #Developer Experience
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Your Stack Is Sending a Message—And Top Engineers Are Reading It
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Your Stack Is Sending a Message—And Top Engineers Are Reading It

Technical debt isn't just code rot—it's a signal to your best engineers that you don't care. Outdated tech stacks drive away great engineers. Learn why developer experience is now a key differentiator in hiring, retention, and shipping velocity.
#Leadership #Blog #Developer Experience
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Google's $10 Billion Null Pointer
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Google's $10 Billion Null Pointer

A meditation on hubris, humility, and why your grandpa's advice about checking your inputs still matters in the age of hyperscale.
#Code Quality #Blog
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The Real AI Question: How Do We Build Systems That Require Less Code?
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The Real AI Question: How Do We Build Systems That Require Less Code?

In the AI race, we're asking the wrong question. Everyone optimizes for code generation speed—'How fast can we build?'—but the better question is: How do we build systems that require less code? The real power lies in reducing complexity, not generating it faster.
#Blog #Artificial Intelligence
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The Aristotelian Approach to Writing Good Programs: Logic as the Foundation of Code
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The Aristotelian Approach to Writing Good Programs: Logic as the Foundation of Code

After years of debugging disasters, I discovered the secret isn't the latest framework—it's 2,400-year-old logic from Aristotle. These axioms map perfectly to reliable code that actually works.
#Code Quality #Blog
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The Recurring Cycle of 'Developer Replacement' Hype
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The Recurring Cycle of 'Developer Replacement' Hype

AI isn't replacing developers, it's transforming them. Just as NoCode created specialists and cloud turned sysadmins into DevOps engineers, AI elevates engineers from code writers to system architects. The most valuable skill isn't writing code, it's designing coherent systems.
#Blog #Artificial Intelligence
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