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TJ VanToll

@tjvantoll.bsky.social

Software Developer · Tech Author · Principal Developer Advocate at Blues · Pokémon fan · https://tjvantoll.com

52 Followers  |  5 Following  |  8 Posts  |  Joined: 26.09.2024  |  1.7128

Latest posts by tjvantoll.bsky.social on Bluesky

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Webinar - Vibe Code a Cloud Dashboard with AI, Blues Notecard, and Notehub APIs Learn how to "vibe code" a cloud dashboard using data from your IoT products in this live webinar where we will build and deploy a solution.

Tomorrow I’ll be showing off my vibe coding workflow in a live webinar. It should be fun. Join me! blues.com/register-vib...

08.04.2025 14:09 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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GitHub Copilot just leveled up in VS Code! 🚀 Microsoft’s @burkeholland.bsky.social & @digitarald.bsky.social join us to cover:
- 🤖 Agent Mode
- 🛠️ MCP Support
- 🧠 LLMs
- ✨ Next Edit Suggestions
It’s not just a coding assistant—it’s a full-on AI dev partner.

Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/88/

04.04.2025 18:39 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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. @nextjs.org had a security scare last week, exposing a loophole that could bypass auth validation! 😬 Remix co-founder Michael Jackson says he's DONE supporting React Server Components. 😲 ByteDance just leveled up build analysis with Rsdoctor v1.0. 🚀

Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/87/

31.03.2025 13:31 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
The Shocking Viability of Vibecoding The hottest new programming language is English— Andrej Karpathy (@karpathy) January 24, 2023I’ve been aware of “vibecoding” and the growing set of too...

Blogged: The Shocking Viability of Vibecoding www.tjvantoll.com/2025/03/17/v...

18.03.2025 13:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
I’ll Never Build an Ugly Demo Again As a long-time developer advocate, one constant struggle of mine has been building good-looking demo applications. I have little-to-no design talent, and alt...

I’ll Never Build an Ugly Demo Again www.tjvantoll.com/2025/03/05/u...

05.03.2025 17:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Front-end Fire Podcast 2025 Survey Thanks for your help in making the Front-end Fire Podcast a valuable resource for you and other developers to stay up to date on the latest and greatest news in the front-end world. Please take this...

Hey devs! 🧑‍💻🔥 Help us make Front-End Fire even hotter in 2025! Take our super short, anonymous survey & let us know what you love (or want more of). It only takes a minute! 🚀

👉 forms.gle/UN6pd4kgtNzP...

18.02.2025 14:33 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2
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📊 State of React 2024 survey is in: @nextjs.org still dominates & @tailwindcss.com reigns supreme! TS 5.8 takes another step toward seamless Node support. 🤖 And @vercel.com's v0 got a serious upgrade- @figma.com & Tailwind configs now import seamlessly! ✨

Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/81/

17.02.2025 14:50 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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🤖 Model Context Protocol (MCP) is here, promising smarter AI tool integration… does it deliver? 😬 @react.dev 19 just broke its own CRA, and the community's NOT happy. 💀 And ChatGPT introduces deep research for all your complex research tasks. 🎙️

Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/80/

10.02.2025 14:36 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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@bun.sh 1.2 has S3 & Postgres support and 90% Node compatibility. 🚀 @tailwindcss.com v4 redefines styling: 5x faster builds, container queries and a @vite.dev plugin. 🎨 React Scan autodetects re-renders, IDs problem components, and optimizes performance. 🤯

Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/78/

27.01.2025 14:32 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
It’s Never Been Easier to Start in IoT—Because of AI IoT development is super hard. I know this first hand as a long-time web developer that started at Blues 3+ years ago, and suddenly found myself needing to l...

Blogged: It’s Never Been Easier to Start in IoT—Because of AI www.tjvantoll.com/2025/01/03/i...

06.01.2025 16:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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2025 is here, and so are:

- 📊 JS survey results (@react.dev rules, @vite.dev loved ❤️)
- 🤖 Free @github.com Copilot plans
- 🎨 @shadcn.com’s epic UI resources
- ✂️ Clipboard API tricks

…and even @wordpress.org drama 🍿 Start your year right! 🎙️

Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/75/

06.01.2025 14:36 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2
A chart showing my blog’s monthly earnings over time. The chart starts at ~$30/month, and ends at nearly zero, with a steep decline around the end of 2022. The steep decline has an arrow pointed at it, and is labeled “ChatGPT released on November 30, 2022”.

A chart showing my blog’s monthly earnings over time. The chart starts at ~$30/month, and ends at nearly zero, with a steep decline around the end of 2022. The steep decline has an arrow pointed at it, and is labeled “ChatGPT released on November 30, 2022”.

Blogged: AI’s Effect on Blog Revenue—My Data

www.tjvantoll.com/2024/12/22/a...

23.12.2024 13:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This was a fun one. We talked more about Apple Intelligence and quantum computers than I was expecting 😛

16.12.2024 15:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🧩 This week:

- @vlt.sh reinvents JS package management
- @vite.dev 6 adds a game-changing Environment API
- @astro.build 5 simplifies static-dynamic site creation

Catch all the details in this episode: front-end-fire.com/episodes/72/

09.12.2024 15:05 — 👍 20    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

If you’re confused by the recent Chrome news we had a chat where we dug into the details.

25.11.2024 20:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨 Big news for @reactnative.bsky.social! @expo.dev has a dev preview of RSCs.👀Amazon’s RTO policy raises eyebrows. Is it just a way to reduce headcount? 🏗️ The wait for CSS Masonry is almost over but there's drama in spec world! Should it reuse Grid or not?

Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/70/

18.11.2024 14:41 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Hello world?

17.11.2024 15:19 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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