Optimism (for the web)
Lee RobinsonI write about things in tech and web development that make me optimistic for the future.
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Reflections on the React community
I’ve been using React professionally for almost 10 years across three different companies. I love React. It’s responsible for much of my own personal growth as a product engineer and has helped me build wonderful things.
I started using Ne...
A new chapter
It’s been almost a year since my last update. A lot has changed:
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After 5 years at Vercel, I finished up earlier this month.
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I joined Cursor to teach developers about AI and the future of coding.
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I wrote about making person...
The JavaScript ecosystem in 2024
Three years ago, I tweeted the following:
I’d say it was mostly correct, so I wrote down some thoughts on what was accurate and what has changed.
1. Svelte is pushing React
Compilers are great, actually. Why not let the computer opti...
Summer 2024
It’s been a few months since we last spoke, so time for an update:
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I became a dad (6 weeks in, with a happy daughter and wife — so thankful)
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I shipped a SaaS template, music player, books inventory, and other new apps
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I got a...
On Developer Marketing
What influences developers to adopt a product?
Trust. The tools they adopt and advocate for impact their reputation. You might have heard “no one ever got fired for buying IBM” in reference to making good choices.
But picking older, well-...
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VP of Developer Experience at Vercel. Writing about web development, serverless, and React / Next.js.
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