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Daniel O'Connor

@_danoc
Principal engineer working on developer experience at @Thumbtack. Previously did frontend infrastructure and design systems. Eu falo português.
New York
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Joined July 2011
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  • @_danoc
    Daniel O'Connor
    @_danoc
    Aug 25
    It’s interesting to see the recent chatter on Tailwind and @stylexjs. (@poteto also had a great post recently that, among other things, mentioned that Cursor recently made the move.) Two thoughts: 1. Tailwind, by default, makes it easy to deviate from a design system. But this
    @jaredpalmer
    Jared Palmer
    Cognition
    @jaredpalmer
    Aug 24
    After about a ~decade with atomic CSS frameworks (BuzzFeed Solid, Basscss, and then finally Tailwind), I think I'm convinced now that Stylex is superior for agents. Stylex constraints lead to greater consistency and correctness as your codebase grows. I do still think Tailwind
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  • @_danoc
    Daniel O'Connor
    @_danoc
    Aug 20
    Enzyme to React Testing Library is the perfect AI-driven migration. The models are trained on both frameworks, the problem is well defined, and the solution is easily verifiable.
    @GergelyOrosz
    Gergely Orosz
    The Pragmatic Engineer
    @GergelyOrosz
    Aug 20
    Rofl that both OpenAI and Asana management believed that it would take FIVE years to migrate Enzyme to React Testing Library. What amusing BS! I imagine it went like this: Manager: “How long will it take? Give me SOMETHING” Dev (annoyed): “FIVE YEARS OK?? Now leave me alone.”
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    @WesRoth
    Wes Roth
    @WesRoth
    Aug 19
    Asana says OpenAI Codex completed an engineering migration it had expected to take at least five years in about two weeks, for roughly $12,000 in model and infrastructure costs. The project: removing Enzyme, an outdated testing system that had become a blocker to upgrading
  • @_danoc
    Daniel O'Connor
    @_danoc
    Jul 19, 2023
    Recently wrote a blog post for @figma about building a layered design system. Take a look! 👀
    @figma
    Figma
    @figma
    Jul 18, 2023
    Wondering how to maximize your design system's potential? In his latest for Shortcut, Staff Software Engineer @_danoc peels back the layers of @thumbtack's design system, Thumbprint, to show how they built it for flexibility and efficiency: bit.ly/44yecFy
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