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Rapid web apps
Write a web app with AI in < 1 hour, primarily using Python. Meant as the web app equivalent of FastAPI.
FastHTML: Modern web applications in pure Python
Invert the component library
PITA to get designers to create a Figma component library that you can then start building in React? Flip-reverse it and build first, import to Figma later!
React Figma
Feeling Waspish
Have been having a play around with Wasp recently and while it’s still a little rough around the edges, the community is good and some of their starter templates are pretty neat (entire SaaS app from one command, anyone?). This is a helpful like-for-like comparison with Django.
Full stack React…?
Wasp might be cool, but do you even need a framework? Can React be full-stack by itself? I only ever did a bit of PHP but this gives me a slightly queasy feeling. I think it could work but the potential for horrible hackiness is high.
#cool-tools
meticulous.ai
Getting round to adding visual E2E tests always felt difficult, especially when they’re often so slow and flaky. Definitely keen to give this a try.
MUI v6
MUI has another major release out. More upgrade fun to be had!
Rspack ready for production
There’s a branch somewhere in my last job where I tried to port over our webpack module federation to rspack. I think it would be a big job but definitely worth considering the build speed-up time.
