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Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 29/10/2025

For those who don't know, this is in fact, Chile 2

Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 07/10/2025

I'm starting to replace "developer {something}" with "development {something}". Development is production, just like computing. Nobody is calling _people_ "computers" right now. What you want is architects/engineers. Developer is a temporary role like it was with computer.

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Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 17/08/2025

Just realizing that I don't need to have Microsoft 365 installed on my PC

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Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 30/07/2025

What welcomes new users on Twitter vs Bluesky Both are terrible, but @bsky.app is waaaay worse. It has been similar (or worse) from when I started using bsky 😵‍💫

Twitter/X on the left: Instead of showing posts, a new user is prompted to create an account.
Bluesky on the right: The Discover feed, showing really suggestive and NSFW content

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Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 26/05/2025

The MCP “disruption” will be when OpenAI lands support on ChatGPT. MCP (over HTTP) is perfect for non-tech people. ChatGPT is where non-tech people are.

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Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 03/05/2025

Feels good to contribute on small opportunities of improvement and in documentation of libraries, even though I don't understand any of the internals 🫡

media.tenor.com

a group of soldiers are standing in a row wearing helmets and armor .

Alt: A group of soldiers are standing in a row wearing helmets and armor, text says "I am doing my part"

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Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 03/04/2025

NextJS is good if "use client" is used a lot, not otherwise. The trend of going *all in* on RSC is like buying a car and using it to every journey, including 2 minute drives. Having a new car doesn't force you to leave behind walking or biking, it allows you to reach new frontiers when you have to!

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Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 05/03/2025

I'm starting to use JSX for a big prompt with xml, and it's stupid how nice it is: - Formating, max line lenght - White space removal - Composition with functions And all it takes is a couple of TS to change the JSX available elements, and a render function from react-dom ✨

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Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 25/02/2025

Most of Chile without electricity right now 🫠

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Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 27/01/2025

I'm finding out that YouTube shorts has a better recommendation algorithm to find new series and movies than most of streaming services

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Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 16/01/2025

It's clear that the ones that pushed Google Gemini on Workspace aren't great at building products. GMail and Drive have a system for selecting multiple items, and an integrated AI should know that if one has selected items, one would probably want information about those items.

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Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 22/12/2024

Encuentro bien complicado seguir gente y comunidades cracks en Chile (y me imagino que a nivel latam). Las instancias que hay, están casi todas orientadas al dev (no ing de software) promedio, y si no eres parte del círculo de pocas empresas cracks que arman comunidad entre si, difícil.

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Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 18/12/2024

Bookmarks, pinned tabs, and opened tabs are different. No browser has really nailed the UX of those with clear workspace separation.

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Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 13/12/2024

`display: contents` is underrated

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rich harris @rich-harris.dev · 05/12/2024

by contrast, the City of Berkeley account on Bluesky has a .gov domain, so you can immediately tell it's legit. Using domains as handles is brilliant

screenshot of the @berkeleyca.gov bluesky account

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Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 02/12/2024

The more I study JS client-first frameworks (Remix, SvelteKit, ...), the more I realize that scaling them is way harder that server-first (Rails, ...) in like 99% of cases.

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Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 29/11/2024

Knowing how to stand out is the key to success. I wish I had that mentality early, and understood how to apply it in different contexts.

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Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 11/11/2024

AI internet search tools aren't just great because they can create great summaries. They're great because they can search multiple sites faster than it takes to load their unoptimized pages.

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Benja Vicente @benjavicente.dev · 11/11/2024

The domain as username option is wonderful. - It delegates the username acquisition to an external entity, so the network does not own usernames outside their own domain (bsky[dot]social‬). The external entity provides prof of ownership. - Shows where to know more about the user who is posting.

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