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Networks of Topics: Curating Your Feed

May 9, 2026 by smart

Most people talk about “the feed” as if it were a river: a single stream of posts flowing past your eyes. That metaphor is convenient, but it hides what is actually happening. Your feed is not a river. It is a network. Each article you click, each video you finish, each account you follow, each … Read more

Today in React: Building Better Networks

April 12, 2026 by smart

React projects rarely fail because of JSX. They fail at the edges: when data arrives late, when requests race each other, when components know too much about the backend, when optimistic updates drift from reality, and when a “simple API call” becomes the most fragile part of the app. If modern React has a quiet … Read more