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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 03/07/2026
Netflix's GenPage replaces its multi-stage homepage recommender with a single transformer. User context goes in as a prompt, the entire structured homepage comes out autoregressively, row by row. Result in one A/B test: +0.24% engagement, −20% latency.
medium.com
GenPage: Towards End-to-End Generative Homepage Construction at Netflix
Authors: Lequn Wang, Jiangwei Pan, and Linas Baltrunas
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 02/07/2026
Astryx is a design system released by Meta built on top of StyleX and React. Meta uses it too to ensure all their apps are on brand. The whole thing looks very complete with components, theme, CLI tools, ensure it works well with AI. astryx.atmeta.com
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 21/04/2026
Heard GPT imagen got updated. Gave it a try and OpenAI must be cooking
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 10/02/2026
In case people don't know, every time you exit a codex session it will give you a key. You can use codex resume <key> to continue that session if you need to. You can also run codex resume --all to choose a session to continue.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 03/02/2026
Gotta up your accessibility game. AI is helping people file pro se accessibility lawsuits. Use both AI and human experts to check accessibility on your website and software before you push to production.
deque.com
The rise of AI-powered pro se lawsuits and the case for proactive accessibility - Deque
Defending against AI-powered lawsuits will be costly. The only viable way forward is to get and stay accessible before you're exposed to litigation.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 02/02/2026
OpenAI just released a new Codex app to let you orchestrate all your agents in one beautiful UI and you can run the app and see code diff in the same place. OpenAI also just doubled the limits for limited time to celebrate the launch! This is probably the best news. openai.com/codex/
openai.com
Codex | AI Coding Partner from OpenAI
The best way to build with agents. Codex accelerates real engineering work, from planning and building features to refactors, reviews, and releases—working seamlessly across your tools.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 02/02/2026
I’ve noticed some frontend newsletters I follow have been sharing less lately, especially since all the AI and agent hype. Makes me wonder if fast code regeneration changes how much abstraction we really need, if humans aren’t reading as much of it anymore. Just a thought.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 04/01/2026
Mapcn, built on top of MaplibreGL, is a component that offers zero-config setup for your map needs that is distributed using shadcn/ui. You can have a map working with just one line of code. mapcn.vercel.app
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 01/01/2026
Just found this website, not much info but seems it will have a collection of components with cool creative effects without you knowing WebGPU. There is a waitlist so make sure to sign up if you are interested. shaders.com
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 20/12/2025
I love how Conductor helps make a robust plan before implementing. It would ask questions and save the progress in the markdown files for persistence.
developers.googleblog.com
Conductor: Introducing context-driven development for Gemini CLI- Google Developers Blog
Conductor for Gemini CLI enables context-driven development. Formalize specs and plans in Markdown to control AI agents & keep code consistent.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 09/12/2025
Chrome 144 beta just dropped with a bunch of great new CSS features and Web APIs. The one that stood out to me is the Temporal API. It fixes the pain points of the current Date API with reliable math and proper timezone support. Excited to see it landing in more browsers.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 04/12/2025
TanStack just dropped TanStack AI Alpha. - Framework-agnostic - Provider-agnostic - Open protocol - Type-safe tools across client + server - JS/TS, PHP, Python support - React + Solid clients - Devtools for full agentic flows TanStack universe is expanding to help build AI application your way.
tanstack.com
TanStack AI Alpha: Your AI, Your Way | TanStack Blog
The TanStack team is excited to announce the alpha release of , a framework-agnostic AI toolkit built for developers who want control over their stack. Let's be honest. The current AI landscape has a....
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 03/12/2025
Time to do security upgrade for your RSC applications. This vulnerability allows an attacker to craft a malicious payload that tricks React’s deserialization logic into executing arbitrary code on the server without authentication.
react.dev
Critical Security Vulnerability in React Server Components – React
The library for web and native user interfaces
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 02/12/2025
Bun is joining Anthropic! It all started with Claude Code adopting Bun and you have been using Bun executables without realizing. Nothing changes for us while Bun continues supporting Claude Code and AI infra for Anthropic.
bun.com
Bun is joining Anthropic
Bun has been acquired by Anthropic. Anthropic is betting on Bun as the infrastructure powering Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, and future AI coding products & tools.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 27/11/2025
Liquid Glass in the browser? It’s possible with SVG + CSS. A brilliant deep dive into simulating refraction: - Define a "lens" shape with JS math. - Convert physics vectors into an RGB Displacement Map. - Apply via SVG <feDisplacementMap> inside a CSS backdrop-filter. kube.io/blog/liquid-...
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 20/11/2025
Yoo I just saw this Dynamic view in Gemini. It just codes a fully functional website to teach me new concepts. A glimpse to a future of dynamic interface for whatever users are searching for.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 19/11/2025
This might be my favorite way to quickly learn anything now. Have Gemini apply 80/20 rule to extract key information and code a website to see them visually.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 19/11/2025
Architecture isn’t saved by patterns. It’s saved by people. Give ownership and the system will detangle itself.
swizec.com
*People* detangle a ball of mud | Swizec Teller
Ball of mud is the world's most popular software architecture. The one we all use at work. But it sucks to work with. So what do you do?
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 19/11/2025
Spent 10 minutes with Gemini 3 Thinking. It definitely cooks with frontend landing page! Added subtle micro interaction and motions to be more appealing It might have just finished a landing page for an idea I've been having in mind. gemini.google.com/share/78e023...
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 18/11/2025
Just gave lazygit a try and wow I could see all my staging, branching, & commits now in one slick TUI. If you still type everything manually, you might want to give this a try.
bwplotka.dev
The (lazy) Git UI You Didn't Know You Need
When my son was born last April, I had ambitious learning plans for the upcoming 5w paternity leave. As you can imagine, with two kids, life quickly verified this plan 🙃. I did eventually start some p...
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 16/11/2025
Thought it was weird, but it might make sense. AI is so disruptive in delivering results way faster than before, augmenting developers to solve more problems in a shorter time. Companies would encourage and reward employees that do take advantage of this.
businessinsider.com
Meta is about to start grading workers on their AI skills
Meta employee performance will be assessed by AI-driven impact starting in 2026, as the company prioritizes AI adoption across its workforce.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 16/11/2025
Lots of companies are putting UI on top of LLM text so users can digest information more easily. It makes responses feel less intimidating. Normal websites could benefit from the same idea since every user is looking for something slightly different. www.thesys.dev
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 07/11/2025
50% more usage on codex and a new codex-mini! OpenAI is cooking
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 05/11/2025
If you use shadcn but don't know already, they have an MCP server so your AI can know what components you have available in the registry, fetch their documentations, and install the components. With the right prompt it can get you 80% of the way.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 04/11/2025
Just discovered TypeGPU. It's a TypeScript-first way to write GPU shaders and compute pipelines. You stay in TypeScript, it auto-generates WGSL for WebGPU. 🔥 Perfect for experimenting with rendering, compute, and even AI inference in the browser. docs.swmansion.com/TypeGPU/exam...
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 04/11/2025
After Apple Music Web was written in Svelte, the new App Store Web is also in Svelte! Apple really likes Svelte for their web. They used to mention React and Angular in their job postings but not sure where those are used.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 05/10/2025
You probably need this. OpenAI has doc on what prompts you can have or should use for different roles. Besides email drafts or meeting summary, you can compare vendors as IT or brainstorm and visualize marketing campaign ideas. academy.openai.com/home/clubs/w...
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 24/09/2025
This is definitely exciting. A new contender in React meta frameworks. I haven’t dug into it yet but would check it out soon to compare the DX with Next.js
tanstack.com
TanStack Start v1 Release Candidate | TanStack Blog
TanStack Start has officially reached a v1.0 Release Candidate. This is the build we expect to ship as 1.0, pending your final feedback, docs polish, and a few last-mile fixes. Now’s the perfect time....
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 23/09/2025
This component library gives me Starcraft vibe crafting all those shapes in SVG giving you a retro space touch. If your project matches the vibe, this might be for you. www.cosmic-ui.com
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 23/09/2025
In light of recent npm incidents, I've written a post on what supply-chain attacks is and some quick tips on how you can protect yourself.
beyondwebnewsletter.dev
npm Supply-Chain Attacks: 60-Second Protection Checklist
In light of recent npm supply-chain attacks, here is a quick 60-second checklist you can do to protect yourself.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 18/09/2025
Apple has a custom CSS property to apply Liquid Glass but it's private. Got excited thinking I could just use it. -apple-visual-effect: -apple-system-glass-material;
alastair.is
Apple has a private CSS property to add Liquid Glass effects to web content
I have an incredibly boring summer hobby: looking at the changelog for the WebKit Github repo. Why? Because I spend a chunk of my professional life working with webviews inside mobile apps and I like ...
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 17/09/2025
I like how there is an AI model for everyone. “Omg Claude Code just one shot my feature” “Thank you Codex for fixing the bug I’ve spent days on” Choose the model and tool that suit you.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 16/09/2025
🚨 The Tinycolor package was compromised in a supply chain attack. It uses a postinstall hook in package.json to run a malicious script that steals secrets from your computer and sends them to a hardcoded URL. socket.dev/blog/tinycol...
socket.dev
Popular Tinycolor npm Package Compromised in Supply Chain At...
Malicious update to @ctrl/tinycolor on npm is part of a supply-chain attack hitting 40+ packages across maintainers
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 15/09/2025
🚨🚨🚨 New incident of libraries containing malware. This feels like a weekly thing now. github.com/valor-softwa...
github.com
Newly published NPM versions contain malware · Issue #6776 · valor-software/ngx-bootstrap
Recently published versions 20.0.4, 20.0.5, 20.0.6, 19.0.3 and 18.1.4 contain a post-install script bundle.js that seems to pull various tokens (GitHub, NPM, AWS, GCP) and attempts to exfiltrate cl...
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 15/09/2025
OpenAI released a new model, GPT-5-Codex, on Monday for agentic work. It claims superior performance over GPT-5, with higher benchmark scores, improved refactoring accuracy, and enhanced frontend capabilities. I'll need a project to verify the frontend claims.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 13/09/2025
This is an interesting read on looking at React differently after working with Solid. It specifically mentions how different the rendering mechanism is. You need to tell Solid to re-render where React needs to be told not to. Blog post is in the comment.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 12/09/2025
I haven't seen this on LinkedIn yet but seems companies are hiring software engineers back to fix the code generated by AI now? I thought about it before just as a meme but didn't expect this to actually happen.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 12/09/2025
We have been relying on npm for package discovery and distributions. JSR is created after realising: - ESM is the standard - More runtimes than node.js now - TypeScript has become a standard and default for many projects Interested to see how far it will go and if it will gain tractions. jsr.io/
jsr.io
JSR: the JavaScript Registry
JSR is the open-source package registry for modern JavaScript. JSR natively supports TypeScript, and works with all JS runtimes and package managers.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 11/09/2025
Very amazed by this demo using various modern CSS rules like gradients, blend mode, transforms, filters, and animations to achieve these reflections based on your mouse position. poke-holo.simey.me/
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 11/09/2025
This new RippleJS looks like JSX but less brackets and can use if and for loop directly in JSX. $ makes variables reactive automatically with fine-grain rendering. It already has VSCode and Prettier support. It takes the best thing from many frameworks into one.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 11/09/2025
Expo just dropped the most anticipated updates with Expo 54! - Updated React Native to the latest 0.81 - Precompiled React Native and dependencies for faster build - iOS 26 support and Liquid Glass UI - This marks the final release to include legacy architecture support
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 10/09/2025
Better later than never. ChatGPT is adding a beta developer mode that lets you add your own remote MCP server for it to use. Available in Pro and Plus users.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 09/09/2025
I just found a new playground for design inspirations and you can even just use them! It has a list of components, screens, and themes. People can put up their designs and if you don't find any you like, use the AI to craft your own experience.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 08/09/2025
Everyone loves new components, especially when they animate nicely. Animate UI gives you satisfying components using Tailwind and Motion and easily distributed using shadcn CLI and registry. Easily update and grab what you need.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 08/09/2025
Claude code in Zed! No reason for me to use other code editors now.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 07/09/2025
I was just off the grid for a week and Atlassian bought the Browser Company in cash. Gonna have Jira everywhere now? Would love to see the new marketing slogans now.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 31/08/2025
Gonna be off the grid and going to a cruise. Will GPT 6 or Claude 5 be released when I come back?
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 29/08/2025
Codex is getting feature parity with Claude Code now. With updated CLI and now extension to power up your IDE.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 29/08/2025
Let's see what this is all about especially after using Dia for some time now.
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Eric Lee @sdust.dev · 29/08/2025
Check your repo and token if you are using Nx. On Aug 26, 2025, an supply chain attack happened when one of the Nx maintainers' token was compromised and published malware in Nx. It utilized AI and bad prompts to steal SSH keys, npm tokens, and gitconfig files.
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