1. npmdigest: because npm won't add a checkbox

   Dec 14, 2025

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   2 minutes read

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   I maintain a monorepo. 22 packages. Every time I release, npm sends me 22 emails.

   "Successfully published @scope/package-a"

   "Successfully published @scope/package-b"

   Twenty-two times. Every release. I release weekly. That's 88 emails a month that all say the same thing.

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2. How Server-Sent Events Actually Work on Deno Deploy

   Dec 12, 2025

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   32 minutes read

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   #deno #postgres #v8 #sse #linux #http3 #tls

   I spent a week convinced my SSE implementation was wrong even if it did actually work in practice.

   The dashboard for pls — a release automation tool I've been building — shows running jobs, failed runs, and recent releases. I wanted the "in progress" section to update in real-time. No page refreshes. Just watch the status go from pending → running → success.

   Simple enough, right? Server-Sent Events. Textbook stuff.

   But here's the thing: Deno Deploy is serverless.

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3. My Formatter Will Never Be As Fast As Ruff

   Jun 08, 2025

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   5 minutes read

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   #zig #performance #parsing #tree-sitter #formatters #python

   I've been building a universal code formatter in Zig, and I recently discovered something humbling: my formatter will never be as fast as Ruff on large files. But here's the twist - it's actually faster on small files, and the journey to this realization taught me a lot.

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