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James

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James

@James_Elicx

Web frameworks at @cloudflare. Software engineer with an addiction to watching TV shows.

United Kingdom

Joined September 2013

James
@James_Elicx
Jul 12
The Vite ecosystem is great. Vinext gets 7% faster builds in its latest version because of a small change to oxc transforms by @TheAlexLichter. Everyone with the latest version of Vite can do native typeof window folding instead of needing a complex custom plugin to handle it.
James
@James_Elicx
Jul 4
Vinext 1.0 (Beta) is here! Next.js on Vite just got even better. Faster builds, smaller bundles, increased parity with Next.js, and improved cross-platform support. Transform any existing Next.js app to run on Vite with `npx vinext init` github.com/cloudflare/vin…
James
@James_Elicx
Jun 14
It's felt for a while like software engineering is shifting towards highly technical product management with AI. I've been thinking about this a lot over the past few weeks. Had to write up some of my thoughts -
eli.cx
The Role of a Software Engineer
Software engineering isn't what it used to be, and it's not going back.
James
@James_Elicx
Jan 14, 2024
Finally got around to writing my first blog post -- An Introduction to Component Composition, by Example.
eli.cx
An Introduction to Component Composition, by Example
Component composition is a popular way of building components with a more modular and reusable API. In this article, we'll explore how to build components using composition.
James
@James_Elicx
Mar 15, 2023
My first OSS contributions just shipped! @Cloudflare next-on-pages v0.4.1 has received fixes for minification and a patch for external fetch requests :)

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