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LLMs … keep your self a float, learn and grow.

Alesei N — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:44:57 +0000

Stagnation is real… It kills… You set the direction of your success!

Learning any technology has always been hard as a newcomer. Over many years, people have built their own algorithms for how they approach it. It took me a rather long time to build mine.

Once you have enough experience, you can ask questions and steer topics with LLMs in ways that match your personal way of consuming knowledge.

Things are looking pretty good now. I think this is what people overlook… This technology can help you be 10x better at learning.

The downside is, you first need to learn who you are and how you consume and process information.

Chicken/egg problem…

Few notes for working with LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude, or any other wrapper

You still need to do the work.

The tool won’t replace the effort. It can assist, but it won’t think or decide for you.
Turn “absolute mode” on.

Strip out emotional or communicative fluff. These are tools, not friends. Use them accordingly.
Treat LLMs as fallible.

They’re context-bound and can absolutely be wrong. Ask for references. Cross-check results. Never assume correctness by default.
Keep it task-based.

Request small, digestible outputs. Ask for a roadmap if you’re learning something - make sure it’s broken down into small, topic-based chunks with clear continuation paths. Ask what prerequisites you need before jumping in.
Be skeptical.

Don’t surrender your judgment. Question everything.

#llm #learning #knowledge #personalgrowth

React Hooks Are Dead?

Alesei N — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 17:11:56 +0000

Found this article rather well put and useful. Sharing:
→ React Hooks Are Dead — Here’s What’s Replacing Them in 2025 by Sumit Shaw

This gives you a nice chain of things to think about, career related:

Server Components architecture
State machine patterns
Concurrent rendering strategies
Performance without hooks

And also consider the overall roadmap direction and state of react:

React Compiler eliminates manual memoization (goodbye useCallback)
Server Actions replace form submission hooks
Enhanced Suspense removes loading state hooks
Concurrent rendering makes effects less necessary

https://javascript.plainenglish.io/react-hooks-are-dead-heres-what-s-replacing-them-in-2025-562c7a63dd8b

#reactjs #javascript #frontend #webdevelopment

Motion & color keywords don’t mix.

Alesei N — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 18:12:51 +0000

At least as it stands now.

Kind of makes sense, but if you stumble for a bit, maybe this helps you save 10–15 minutes of your time.

❌ Don’t

<motion.div
  initial={{ backgroundColor: "white" }}
  animate={{ backgroundColor: "black" }}
  transition={{ duration: 3, repeat: Infinity, repeatType: "reverse" }}
  style={{ width: "10em", height: "10em" }}
/>

✅ Do

<motion.div
  initial={{ backgroundColor: "#FFFFFF" }}
  animate={{ backgroundColor: "#000000" }}
  transition={{ duration: 3, repeat: Infinity, repeatType: "reverse" }}
  style={{ width: "10em", height: "10em" }}
/>

Also

Style prop css values will not be used as initial values… You are welcome.

motion #animation #react #javascript

[Boost] Writing Clean, Secure Node.js APIs – A Checklist You’ll Actually Use

Alesei N — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:16:47 +0000

Writing Clean, Secure Node.js APIs – A Checklist You’ll Actually Use ✅

Ali Samir ・ Apr 26

#node #javascript #api #webdev

When you think iOS feature works... But it does not...

Alesei N — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 23:05:51 +0000

Bye bye sleep tracking... Bye bye...

Well, had an argument with a human being about my sleep pattern... And guess what, I went straight to the source... the truth... the data... And was pointed out that it was outdate... For few days I tried to figure out whats up, but with out a luck, until a google search revealed a thread of like minded people... Discussing that apple killed phone sleep tracking... Oh why? So I buy iWatch? pfff

So I got this little app installed as a result, https://pillow.app/