jake lazaroff

nyc-based programmer. Recurse Center (npub1qh8…rlu5) alum.

public transit enjoyer. thoughts on local-first, javascript frameworks, web components, css and other web minutiae.

www: https://jakelazaroff.com
til: https://til.jakelazaroff.com

Last Notes

2026-07-31 21:16:37 CEST

my @npub1ar9…2spp talk is up! showing how to use atproto to build realtime collaborative apps — multiplayer text editors, video chat, etc — without maintaining any infrastructure https://youtu.be/bZCHjFAIWZA

2025-10-02 14:58:46 CEST

show this to anyone else you know who also assumed DHH was just a normal conservative dude rather than a raging white supremacist lunatic
https://jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is-way-worse-than-i-thought/

2025-09-03 06:24:58 CEST

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yeah, i ended up with something like this to solve that problem:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/138/444/208/944/289/original/eb572195799a94e8.jpeg

2025-09-02 17:20:57 CEST

`corner-shape: squircle` is such a nice little progressive enhancement
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/135/376/988/551/805/original/cec6a325b15282fa.png

2024-12-11 15:37:00 CET

if lack of a server-side rendering story is what’s held you back from web components, give them a second look
https://jakelazaroff.com/words/isomorphic-web-components/

2024-11-27 05:52:38 CET

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the custom algorithmic feeds really help too. there’s a feed i love called “quiet posters” that only shows posts from people you follow who *don’t* post a lot. pretty clever way to keep those people from getting drowned out.

2024-11-06 19:31:05 CET

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not sure these are all 1:1 with what vercel offers but off the top of my head: netlify, render, fly.io, digitalocean, cloudflare
there’s also self-hosting on a VPS, though i appreciate that’s a more daunting option

2024-11-06 18:59:02 CET

great time to replace vercel with a hosting provider whose CEO won’t applaud fascists
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/437/306/946/827/298/original/fc2b9252a55b88f5.jpeg

2024-11-03 23:57:15 CET

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thanks sara ❤️ mine definitely lean more toward the “real work, take ages” side of things but it’s so fun when one just flies out of you like that!

2024-11-03 21:52:18 CET

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also i know it’s overwhelming but you def deserve your follows! your doug englebart and @npub1j5z…uqw3 articles (and the rest of your blog) are great!

2024-11-03 21:51:19 CET

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yeah, it’s weird — i don’t really care about the popularity game but there are ideas that i care about putting out into the world, and for better or worse those are kinda intertwined
a little discouraging to be at the beginning of the compounding audience growth curve again but i’ll just keep doing work i’m passionate about

2024-11-03 20:36:43 CET

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i understand why you feel that way but i do kinda wish i had that problem too 😅 the grass is always greener i suppose

2024-11-03 19:08:29 CET

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you can check clearsky: https://clearsky.app/sjoy.lol/lists

2024-10-31 03:32:08 CET

do view transitions not work within SVG elements? there's a single note in the spec about supporting them "in SVG documents” but no other mention.
this works in neither edge nor safari even though it feels like it should: https://codepen.io/jakelazaroff/pen/GRVdvOZ

2024-10-08 01:01:24 CEST

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yes, that’s it 🙂