mini_racer
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mini_racer | eleventy πβ‘οΈ | |
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4 | 245 | |
583 | 16,285 | |
0.7% | 1.3% | |
7.2 | 9.3 | |
23 days ago | 8 days ago | |
JavaScript | JavaScript | |
MIT License | MIT License |
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mini_racer
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Ask HN: What side projects landed you a job?
Some years ago I was on a shitty job - not technically, but the company turned out to be inhumane - at a Ruby shop, and on the side I was toying with mini_racer and I just upgraded to some macOS beta where it failed to build. A shitty +1-1 hackβ for a compiler flag later and it was back flying.
A month later I received a cold email from a CTO to chat a bit about that PR, turns out they were using mini_racer heavily and forked it for their own purpose, and also created PyMiniRacer for the Python side of things. Next thing I know I got hired. Two years later the company got acquired.
Of course conditionally adding a compiler flag wasn't what got me hired per se, it only got my profile noticed. Probably side projects such as porting go by example to Ruby by implementing a ~1:1 CSP channel API[1], an Electron desktop client for Mattermost basically on a dare[2], ex mode for the Atom editor so that I could have that frackin' `:w`[3], leveraging Blocks to bolt on object-oriented-ness onto C because "closures are a poor man's object"[4], or reverse-engineering the Xbox One USB gamepad and writing a kext to turn it into a HID device on macOS from scratch on a lonely 7+h train ride with passengers judgementally staring at me sideways[4] probably contributed to it a bit.
My takeaway: luck is when preparation meets opportunity; but don't to side projects to get hired, because if you don't get hired then that time is lost. Rather, of all things, scratch your itch, have fun, embrace whatever quirkiness you fancy; no one can take that away from you.
[0]: https://github.com/rubyjs/mini_racer/commit/2086db1bbf2b5de4...
[1]: https://github.com/lloeki/normandy
[2]: https://github.com/lloeki/matterfront
[3]: https://github.com/lloeki/ex-mode
[4]: https://github.com/lloeki/cblocks-clobj/blob/master/main.c
[5]: https://github.com/lloeki/xbox_one_controller
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YouTube-dl has a JavaScript interpreter written in 870 lines of Python
Cue libv8-node+mini_racer from which PyMiniRacer was born. It is non-trivial but not as hard as one might think.
The most painful part is the libv8 build system and Google tooling, which makes it an absolute PITA for libv8 consumers that are not Chrome.
This is why the libv8 gem was atrocious to keep up to date and to build for several platforms, and why libv8-node was born, because the node build system and source distribution are actually sane.
Disclaimer: worked at Sqreen, now maintainer of libv8-node and collaborator of mini_racer
https://github.com/sqreen/PyMiniRacer
https://github.com/rubyjs/mini_racer
https://github.com/rubyjs/libv8-node
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Rendering markdown with Markdoc in Rails
Eventually, weβll want to call this JavaScript from a Rails controller using ExecJS or MiniRacer or some similar tool. None of the Ruby-to-JavaScript gems I found were sophisticated enough to know how to load npm modules with common.js or ES module syntax, so my solution is to just build the JavaScript with a watcher and have that run as part of bin/dev.
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Anyone having issues with M1Pro?
https://github.com/rubyjs/mini_racer/issues/190 has some info an then this PR: https://github.com/rubyjs/mini_racer/pull/210 that has been merged. Hope that all helps!
eleventy πβ‘οΈ
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Converting BlogCFC blog to Eleventy
This post outlines the steps for migrating an existing BlogCFC blog to a JamStack, with a focus on using Eleventy.
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Ask HN: What's the simplest static website generator?
I suggest you to try out eleventhy (https://www.11ty.dev/)
Quite simple to start, and a nice system to add some scripting and styles without the requirement of bringing in a framework.
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Eleventy - Create a global production flag
A production flag enables you to run activities in dev or production such as minifying assets, showing draft posts, etc. There isn't a built-in flag or function that comes with eleventy (11ty) specifically for this. However we have this info at our fingertips.
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Ask HN: Looking for lightweight personal blogging platform
I can't recommend Eleventy enough!
https://www.11ty.dev
I converted my WordPress blog to Eleventy 4 years ago and never looked back, it's been delightful!
https://www.joshcanhelp.com/taking-wordpress-to-eleventy/
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Removing React is just weakness leaving your codebase
Itβs 2024, and you are about to start a new project. Do you reach for React, a framework you know and love or do you look at one of the other hot new frameworks like Astro, Enhance, 11ty, SvelteKit or gasp, plain vanilla Web Components?
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VS Code - Fix a task automation issue - `The terminal process failed to launch (exit code: 127`
The "dev" script is running the eleventy server in dev mode. The details of the script are not important for this discussion, but to round out the background here is an abbreviated version of my package.json:
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Eleventy vs. Next.js for static site generation
Eleventy is a fast and powerful SSG that really shines when it comes to pure static site generation because it does not require the loading of a client-side JavaScript bundle in order to serve content.
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You don't need JavaScript for that
The irony is using a JavaScript-based static site generator to make the site: https://www.11ty.dev
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Why You Should Write Your Own Static Site Generator
https://doublejosh.com/post/186193119278/metalsmithjs-is-sti...
Then two years ago I needed a more robust SSR system based on React, so I went with GatsbyJS. It's insanely mature and intuitive, but as we all know that community and business is now drying up too. But the framework is still great.
Now everyone sings the praises of NextJS, which can be used for SSR but is intended for applications and active server endpoints. But more complexity doesn't mean better.
I'm keen to try other simple frameworks when the result is a static site. I may give https://www.11ty.dev a shot.
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From Jason: my custom digital garden in 11ty
11ty is a lightweight static site generator. I chopped up my HTML and used the 11ty starter template called eleventy-base-blog as the structural foundation for the site.
What are some alternatives?
execjs - Run JavaScript code from Ruby
astro - The web framework for content-driven websites. βοΈ Star to support our work!
libv8-node - Package libv8 from Node
Hugo - The worldβs fastest framework for building websites.
quickjs - Thin Python wrapper of https://bellard.org/quickjs/
SvelteKit - web development, streamlined
PyMiniRacer - PyMiniRacer is a V8 bridge in Python.
Gatsby - The best React-based framework with performance, scalability and security built in.
pyduktape - Embed the Duktape JS interpreter in Python
Publii - The most intuitive Static Site CMS designed for SEO-optimized and privacy-focused websites.
markdoc-rails - Example of rendering markdown using Markdoc with Ruby on Rails
Grav - Modern, Crazy Fast, Ridiculously Easy and Amazingly Powerful Flat-File CMS powered by PHP, Markdown, Twig, and Symfony