Alex Grant

@localnerve
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I'm a freelance software engineer specializing in web development. I enjoy learning, building new things, and deconstructing existing things to see how they work. I like to find the good, true, and the beautiful, and find out what other people think of the same.

#webdev #webdevelopment #frontend #backend #javascript #css #html #fullstack #software #tech

Websitehttps://www.localnerve.com/about
Githubhttps://github.com/localnerve
Alex Grant18h ago
Show threadAlex Russell18h ago

Again and again and again, I've been gaslight and downplayed by frameworkists high on the fumes of always-false marketing claims by Facebook/VC-backed hucksters. We're a dozen+ years into the lost decade, and it absolutely guts me that I'm hearing folks in meetings still sell themselves and each other on the idea that the *next* great scheduling trick will fix a problem that boils down to 10 gallons of JavaScript bullshit in a 5 gallon hat.

The answer is (still) *less JavaScript*.

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Alex GrantJun 17
Zach LeathermanJun 17

Upcoming npm v12 will disable preinstall, install, and postinstall scripts from dependencies unless allow-listed.

You can prepare for this change using npm v11 now: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/198547

Preparing for npm v12: install scripts and non-registry sources become opt-in · community · Discussion #198547

Hi everyone — sharing this so maintainers, application developers, and CI operators have time to prepare for behavioral changes landing in npm v12 (estimated July 2026). Everything below is already...

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Alex GrantJun 8
It's Monday morning and I receive a sign like this...
Alex GrantJun 7

@localnerve/csp-hashes gets a full 100 boat on socket.dev 🙌

https://www.npmjs.com/package/@localnerve/csp-hashes

Alex GrantJun 7

Fwiw, I made my dev container public. If you're a nodejs, Golang, GitHub Dev, might be handy.

https://GitHub.com/localnerve/dev-container

Gcm inmem cache storage based, dflt 30 day expiry. Season to taste via parameter.

Multiple projects, nodejs, Golang versions support. Season to taste via parameter.

Ide agnostic: Attach to the running container.
Microsoft dev container based.

Stay safe.

GitHub - localnerve/dev-container: My local node/go dev-container workstation

My local node/go dev-container workstation. Contribute to localnerve/dev-container development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadAlex GrantJun 4
Tldr;
Alex GrantJun 4

This 127 line text document captures what happened when Gemini decided to recommend css-in-js as a solution to me.

https://github.com/localnerve/jam-build/blob/main/docs/front-end.md

jam-build/docs/front-end.md at main · localnerve/jam-build

A practical reference project for building PWAs; static/dynamic data, sw/offline first, vanillajs - localnerve/jam-build

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Alex GrantJun 2
Hacker News 250Jun 2

Chipotlai Max

Link: https://github.com/cyberpapiii/chipotlai-max
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48363765

GitHub - cyberpapiii/chipotlai-max: The AI coding agent that runs on stolen Chipotle compute 🌯 Fork of OpenCode with Pepper AI as default model. Community project to add providers from Home Depot, Lowes, Target, Starbucks & more.

The AI coding agent that runs on stolen Chipotle compute 🌯 Fork of OpenCode with Pepper AI as default model. Community project to add providers from Home Depot, Lowes, Target, Starbucks & more....

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