Tim Severien

@timsev
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Partner, cat dad, intolerant to the intolerant, unreasonably sensitie to rabbitholes, software engineer.
Bloghttps://tsev.dev
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PM2.5 measured at new years eve in a Dutch town with windows and vents closed, and air purifier on full blast. This sensor rarely exceeds 5, so I initially misread 200 µg/m² for 20.

No more new pictures for #CatsOfMastodon of this beautiful boy. One minute he was just being jolly and playing, the next moment he just collapsed and I found myself checking for blockage, trying CPR, and calling (pet) emergency services.

He went where we went, always following around the house, so his absence is loud. 2 years is too young for a pet we've grown to love deeply. My heart aches.

Unwinding #CatsOfMastodon

I did it, everyone. I’ve mapped out the entire Bear blog challenge chain, starting at my friend @hdv’s entry. In the process, I did find a bunch of posts by bloggers that neither got tagged nor tagged anyone else, so these aren’t shown in this graph.

In total, I found 248 posts, of which 216 are linked to others.

With that out of the way, it’s time to start working on some drafts to share the process, visualisation challenges, and most importantly: these awesome blogs.

I'm still adding more blogs 😵‍💫 I try my best adding them all, but I keep getting sidetracked by amazing blog posts.

Many of the people I follow participate in this (Bear) Blog Challenge where bloggers answer questions and tag others. A couple of clicks later, my mind goes: I could plot this.

I made the mistake to commit to the impulse and invest way too much time in this. I’ve opened 161 posts on blogs in every shape and size and managed to graph 130. Professional, daft, minimalist, explosive, nostalgic, personal, niche, there are so many awesome blogs out there. I love this trend.

@astro Many job openings mention base salary ranges, and they also contain requirements, of course. With some data massaging, we can figure out which technologies are valued more.

While I’m usually quick to see patterns in graphs, this one doesn’t make sense to me. Role (front-end v.s. full-stack), programming paradigm, learning curve, popularity, demand, nothing seems to explain why one technology is generally paid significantly more than another.

Lots of surprises here. I thought Remix was more of a niche thing, expected Gatsby to be more popular, and Nuxt to be more popular than Astro. Y’all don’t know it yet, but in a couple of years, @astro will be on par with Next.js.

Here are some additional comments for shits and giggles.

I knew React was popular compared to “competitors”, but never expected it to be *this* popular. It’s in almost half of all openings! React is not my first choice for a rendering library, but it’s not worth giving up on half the opportunities.

Let’s finish with compensation. The extremes are extremely low and extremely high, ranging from $40k to $420k per year. The mode sits at $160-170k, and the mean is about $150k.

Take it with a big sack of salt.