u/levi_v

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Livin’ the dream! Congrats!

You can get pretty far for free with just Nextjs/Vercel + Supabase.

I write two lines in the morning, I write two lines at night.
I write two lines in the afternoon, it makes me feel alright.
I write two lines in time of peace, and two in time of war.
I write two lines before I write two lines, and then I write two more.

https://tauri.app/ is pretty sweet. Rust backend, WebView2 frontend.

Find a theme you like, take a screenshot of it, and then run it through one of these AI photo to sketch tools. https://www.cartoonize.net/

Labels for what it is. Placeholder for an example of what it should be. So, both. Placeholders can also be used to show personality. e.g. [email protected]

Mapbox is dope. Some parts of the API are a little convoluted and unnecessarily complex, like custom styling. I've found I've had to write some abstractions around it to simplify things and make it easier to come back to down the road.

I worked on a tool a while back that helps energy traders analyze the real time and day ahead market in Texas. The map visualized energy stations, transmission lines, energy flow, live pricing contours/topology and weather data like wind and cloud cover for estimating renewable energy loads. Mapbox made it super easy to do all that with layers and svgs. https://leafletjs.com/ is a great library to help with more complex stuff like that.

Sounds like a culture problem to me. Some orgs value developer input and others don't. Maybe a way to break in and get your ideas heard or valued is to start with something small. Make a small improvement to something that is objectively better (easier said than done, design is highly subjective). A demo is worth a thousand words and you can always revert the change or not deploy it. The reason I say pick something small is because it won't take much time and if it doesn't work out, it's not a big deal. Once they see you've made some good choices, they'll listen up more when you have feedback.

Classic response: it depends. Do they need dynamic content? How often do they publish? How many editors are there? How flexible does the "theme" need to be? Does it need to support e-commerce? Payments? Wordpress does just about everything with it's extensive plugin and theming ecosystem. I think that's why its used as much as it is.

I don't build many content management systems anymore, but when I do, I usually start by looking at the requirements and find the simplest solution from there. I lean towards static site generators like Publii, first and then move onto more advanced solutions as requirements dictate. Headless solutions like Strapi or Contentful are good if you are building a frontend from scratch. Honestly, and I hate saying this, Squarespace is fine for like 90% of websites out there. Shopify for larger e-commerce stores. I'm sure the other suggestions here are great as well.

All I can say is I feel your pain. I can't say I've been in the exact same situation, but definitely similar. For me, my first instinct when everything is shitty at work is to escape. But, there is a better way.

My advice is to figure out ways to find joy where you are—right now. The best way to do that is to look for people, experiences, and things to be grateful for and really appreciate them. After a little while, you'll feel a shift in your being and attitude. Things will look a little brighter, ideas will start pouring in, and opportunities will arise, inside and outside your org.

Every day for the next two weeks, when you go into work, look for something to be grateful for and acknowledge it. It'll be really f'n hard at first, but trust me. It works. Start with one super small thing you like, and move to bigger things as you get comfortable. Just one or two a day. Many blessings come from a place of gratitude.

I made https://derivv.com for when I need to create a bunch of different size images from one image. I used to have to do it all the time when I worked at an ecommerce company. It's pretty trivial to set up a script using Sharp to do pretty much the same thing, but if the crop isn't right (focal point is off center), it's hard to fix. I made a little crop editor in Derivv so you can adjust the crop for edge cases like that.

Awesome! Looks great

Good question. I’m not really sure. Some people put in a lot of effort for aesthetics. The uniformity makes me think it’s meant to fit into something else and since it doesn’t look like there’s any mortar it seems like it should be removable.

Could be a lid for a utility box used to house irrigation valves/etc.

I was born in that there crick.

Hell yeah. Why not?