A deep dive into SpacetimeDB's TypeScript SDK and how to wire it into a Next.js 15 App Router application for live visitor tracking and realtime features.
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Open-source bash stdlib for AI agents. Signals systems-level engineering range. Shows open-source authorship.
Pure bash runtime · Agent working memory primitives
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Where the goblins came from
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HN · 5h ago · score 55
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Building Realtime Apps with SpacetimeDB and Next.js 15
A deep dive into SpacetimeDB's TypeScript SDK and how to wire it into a Next.js 15 App Router application for live visitor tracking and realtime features.
3 min read · spacetimedb · next.js
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Where the goblins came from
55
⬆ 313systemsTC AI· 5h ago↑ RISING
SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO
56
aitechLOB· 7h ago↑ RISING
in which more paths are charted towards code independence
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devsystemsLATENT· 7h ago↑ HOT
[AINews] The Inference Inflection
67
airesearchSIMON· 7h ago↑ HOT
The Zig project's rationale for their firm anti-AI contribution policy
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aidevSIMON· 9h ago↑ HOT
llm 0.32a1
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PropertyJunk.com — junk removal SaaS platform
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TaxScout.app — commercial real estate tax optimization
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MAINFRAME — open source bash stdlib expansion
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toddwatts.dev — this site
Reading
01Attention Is All You Need (re-read)
02The Pragmatic Programmer — 2nd ed.
03Designing ML Systems — Chip Huyen
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Andrej Karpathy
Neural nets: Zero to Hero
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Lex Fridman
Sam Altman ep.
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ThePrimeagen
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EditorVS Code + Claude Code
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RuntimeBun 1.2
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