SchlezWriting
2025
New Silent Keyboard Sound Video - NuPhy Halo75 v2I just got my NuPhy Halo75 v2 with Silent Red switches. Here's how they sound like.2024
Things I Use (2024 Edition)Software and hardware that made 2024 to be not that badFixing Non-working Keybindings in Alacritty 0.13Teaching Alacritty to handle Command-Shift-] properlyBackground jobs with Pointguard 🏀A simple and effective background job server for the web2023
Easy and Performant Partial Form SubmissionsChoosing which fields to send in a form, without lifting state in a React app.Out of Order Streaming from ScratchStreaming is inevitable. Out of order streaming is an underrated tech breakthrough.My Node.js is a bit RustyReplacing an internal Node.js module with a native Rust module made a x25 perf boost. Let’s understand why.Authenticating GitHub Actions HTTP Requests with OpenID ConnectHaving frictionless trust between your service and GitHub Actions, without long-living tokensRunning Vercel Postgres LocallyThe setup I use for local work with Vercel Postgres or Neon database2022
I’m on Mastodon!I recently joined Mastodon. Writing about that here so you know!Custom Emojis on GitHub 🎉Emoji is communication. Let’s see how to use custom emoji on GitHub. 🙌DHH yells at the cloudMy reaction to DHH’s “Why we’re leaving the cloud” post.Multiple Schemas in Supabasefor future reference, here is what needed to create a schema in Supabase.Custom JavaScript FlavorsTwo things I wish existed in JavaScript’s syntax, and probably will never exist.Podcast: Vercel Edge Functions at JS JabberI joined Dan, AJ and Steve to talk about Vercel Edge Functions and their impact on the modern web.Source Map-Aware Code GenerationPreserving source maps with the ease of a string interpolation. 2021
Leaving WixAfter almost 4 years, I am leaving Wix and moving to my next challenge.Holiday Project - Working with MIDI clock over BLE and ESP32I built a MIDI sequencer over Bluetooth low energy (BLE) using Arduino-like ESP32 microcontrollers. Here are my findings.Podcast: Front-end Land (Hebrew)I chatted with Nir and Elad about TypeScriptReact Error Boundaries in SSRRemastered internals: How to use error boundaries in server-side rendered React app?Why fnm was rewritten in Rust...or, why did I rewrite a Reason-native showcase project into Rust?Mocking in TypeScript with `factoree`A simple way to easy and safe mocking in TypeScriptHTML over the wire with PreactCommunicating using HTML like it isn't 20212020
CLI Apps in TypeScript with `cmd-ts` (Part 1)Using `cmd-ts` to easily build a type-safe TypeScript CLI appUsing Long Paths in Windows and RustThere's a simple solution for using long paths in Windows binariesPreserving Form State in Refreshes and Navigation with ReactUsing the History API to store meaningful state that preserves across refreshes and page navigationsTyping the Technical Interview in TypeScriptSolving a technical interview question with no runtime involved2019
Stringly and Strongly typed TypeScriptTeaching the compiler to understand strings in TypeScript🚀 fnm: Fast and Simple Node.js Version ManagerA super fast alternative to NVM is now open source on GitHub2018
RS256 in ReasonML/OCamlIt took me a decent amount of time figuring out how to sign messages for a ReasonML GitHub app. Here are my findings.The Programming Language I’m Looking ForI love programming languages. Every one of them has this catchy thing that I wished the others had. Lately, I’ve been distracted by the question of which language would I use if I would start a new side project.Fun with Functors and ReasonMLA short introduction to ReasonML types and functor types from a beginner2017
“Sign up” and “Sign in” forms could (and should) be the sameWhy have both options?IFTTT Ideas for Software DevelopmentI use multiple types of software every day. I’d like to connect them to maximize productivity and organization.Versatility is your enemyThe larger set of options I get, the less work I can actually do.I failed to deliver.Over the last 3 years, I’ve built some inter-organization communication tools that failed. They all failed for the same reasons.2016
Being in a band made me a better software developer. vice versa.I’ve been playing guitar for almost 12 years now, and it affected my perspective about software development, commandership and team leading.Leaving The Comfort ZoneI’m leaving my convenient development infrastructure team leading role in favor of being a commander in the technological officers course.RegressionRunning back and forth between development environments. Time traveling my development decisions.Composable SQL In JavaScriptUsing SQL queries in conjunction with Functors to create reusable querying systems ⚡️