Mastro.{js,ts}

Mastro.{js,ts}

@mastrojs.bsky.social

No dependencies, #nobuild step. Just a simple web framework and site generator for people who care about their users and web standards. Implemented in ~800 lines of TypeScript. 🧑‍🍳 mastrojs.github.io Account run by @mb21.bsky.social

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Mastro.{js,ts}
@mastrojs.bsky.social

Are more people looking to move from Jekyll to Mastro? Would a blog post and/or an automated migration script be helpful?

Richard Groß@richargh.de

Already did. Migration Jekyll+Asciidoc to Mastro+Asciidoc is done. richargh.de

richargh.deSoftware Archeologist & Coding Architect in Frankfurt 🇩🇪🇬🇧Blurb As Head of Software Archeology at MaibornWolff, I help organisations understand, mend, and evolve software systems so they regain options and realise early and continuous returns on investmen...
Mastro.{js,ts}
@mastrojs.bsky.social

The commoditization of software has been ongoing for decades: higher level languages, faster hardware, open source, the internet, the web, app stores, LLMs – each made it dramatically easier and cheaper to produce and/or distribute software. Conversely, consumers have been flooded with software.

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@mastrojs.bsky.social

Until the SaaS app is too enshittified, or the open source library abandoned because the developer burnt out. Then the cycle starts anew. Because most software is a commodity nowadays. Perhaps the calculus of build vs buy has shifted a bit, but I’m convinced it’s only a tiny, tiny bit. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Mastro.{js,ts}
@mastrojs.bsky.social

The commoditization of software has been ongoing for decades: higher level languages, faster hardware, open source, the internet, the web, app stores, LLMs – each made it dramatically easier and cheaper to produce and/or distribute software. Conversely, consumers have been flooded with software.

Mastro.{js,ts}
@mastrojs.bsky.social

There are millions of free or cheap apps on the app stores, open source programs or libraries on GitHub and package managers, and webapps in your web browser. In fact, there are so many that nobody has the time to install and evaluate all of them for their given use-case.

Mastro.{js,ts}
@mastrojs.bsky.social

LLMs are just the latest in a long list of developments that made it cheaper to produce average software. The more things change, the more they stay the same. When having to choose, consumers and enterprises will continue to default to what everyone else is using.

Mastro.{js,ts}
@mastrojs.bsky.social

Surprised how well replacing writing with coding worked here! “If you come from a starting point of assuming the job of a coder is to write code, you will ask the agent to write code. You will get lines of code, probably a lot of them, and then you will wonder why you aren’t achieving your goals.”

Rachel Andrew@rachelandrew.co.uk

More than words While I've done a lot of reference documentation writing, my favourite type of work is writing tutorials and "how to" content. I enjoy the challenge of understanding a technology and... https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2026/09/30/more-than-words/

rachelandrew.co.ukMore than wordsWhile I've done a lot of reference documentation writing, my favourite type of work is writing tutorials and "how to" content. I enjoy the challenge of understanding a technology and an audience, then explaining the technology to that audience. AI seems to be particularly bad at creating this kind of content. When people try, they...
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@mastrojs.bsky.social

“The most frustrating thing is that it’s the first part of the process where AI can be most helpful. It can help you answer questions, do research, and pull together data much faster than has been possible before.”

Mastro.{js,ts}
@mastrojs.bsky.social

“The part where I write code is such a small part of what I do, that there’s not huge efficiency gains to be had there. When I do generate code using AI, I find that the requirement to check it for accuracy negates any time saved during the coding part.”

Mastro.{js,ts}
@mastrojs.bsky.social

Surprised how well replacing writing with coding worked here! “If you come from a starting point of assuming the job of a coder is to write code, you will ask the agent to write code. You will get lines of code, probably a lot of them, and then you will wonder why you aren’t achieving your goals.”

Rachel Andrew@rachelandrew.co.uk

More than words While I've done a lot of reference documentation writing, my favourite type of work is writing tutorials and "how to" content. I enjoy the challenge of understanding a technology and... https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2026/09/30/more-than-words/

rachelandrew.co.ukMore than wordsWhile I've done a lot of reference documentation writing, my favourite type of work is writing tutorials and "how to" content. I enjoy the challenge of understanding a technology and an audience, then explaining the technology to that audience. AI seems to be particularly bad at creating this kind of content. When people try, they...
Mastro.{js,ts}
@mastrojs.bsky.social

“You might reach out to a coder, who won’t have time to fix the problem as they will need to go back and do the needed research. Even if they do have time, you probably won’t have time to wait for the solution.”

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drk
@drk.wtf

The argument for SPAs being good for long-running sessions/productivity apps falls flat for me. Take Sentry for example. Yeah I have a long session here and there (long being like 3-5 minutes), but the lion share if fresh page loads.

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Jake Lazaroff
@jakelazaroff.com

pretty wild how liberating it is to write code that just works in the browser without a build step

Ryan@rschristian.dev

It's still incredibly pleasing to run through old projects converting TS into JS + JSDoc. I made the decision to cut out TS (excluding `.d.ts` files, they get a pass) from all my personal projects years ago and I'm still very much convinced that's the right move. TS as an authoring format ain't it.

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Tobbe
@tobbe.dev

Replying to @jeff.auriemma.xyz

Thanks for having me Jeff, I had a blast. And for anyone watching, if you like what you hear, I am looking for a job. Please reach out if you need a senior engineer on your team. Full-stack, frontend, backend, team lead, CTO, eng manager. I've done most of it :)

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Dylan Beattie
@dylanbeatt.ie

This is one of the best articles I've seen about the difference between letting the underlying settings dictate the structure of your UI, and thinking about what actually makes sense to your users. Really, really insightful, and definitely worth ten minutes of your time.

Lea Verou, PhD@lea.verou.me

🔥 New blog post: Dark mode toggles that expose three states (system, light, dark) seem like the best option. Until you think about user goals, that is. Before rushing to disagree, hear me out. lea.verou.me/blog/2026/da... PS: As a data point, @jakearchibald.com was converted after reading this 😅

lea.verou.meDark mode toggles: two states are enough • Lea VerouYes, the underlying model must have three states, but one is always irrelevant to the actual user goal. Users do not seek out solutions to problems they don’t currently have. A lot of the hate towards...

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Olivier Forget
@olivierforget.net

I've come to the same conclusion. SPAs are basically two apps: the backend one and the frontend one, and they need to work perfectly toegether. It's so much code to write correctly for every little feature or bit of read-write data. What a pain. This is why I am spending time on BackflipHTML

drk@drk.wtf

yagni.clublocal-thirst: doing too muchJoin me on my state-of-the-web therapy session where I breakdown all the baloney involved in working with a SPA architecture.
Mastro.{js,ts}
@mastrojs.bsky.social

“I will spend the rest of my career working hard so that you’ll never have to use build tools again.” – @davatron5000.bsky.social Welcome to the #nobuild movement! 🙌✊

shoptalkshow.com@shoptalkshow.com

725: CodePen 2.0, Templates on the Web, The Year of HTML? CodePen 2.0 is out now and we're talking about the launch, the idea of templating on the web, and how HTML could look very interesting in the future.

shoptalkshow.com725: CodePen 2.0, Templates on the Web, The Year of HTML?CodePen 2.0 is out now and we're talking about the launch, the idea of templating on the web, and how HTML could look very interesting in the future.

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Oliver Ash
@oliverjash.me

I'm looking for a new role as a lead frontend/TypeScript engineer. 👋 13 years of experience and I formerly led the web team at Unsplash. My CV: drive.google.com/file/d/1Hp7w... If you know of any roles, please reach out. I'd really appreciate if you could share. Thank you!

Mastro.{js,ts}
@mastrojs.bsky.social

That’s good (assuming it’s not an excuse for them to just burn more tokens 😬)

luke karrys@lukekarrys.com

npm is now scanning packages for malware at publish time before they become available for consumption

github.blognpm publish-time malware scanning and dual-use metadata - GitHub ChangelogAs part of our ongoing supply-chain security work, npm is introducing automatic scanning of packages at publish time. This changelog covers what publishers can expect and a new metadata requirement…
Mastro.{js,ts}
@mastrojs.bsky.social

Never been a better time to switch to a static site!

Zach Leatherman@zachleat.com

WordPress updates required: https://wordpress.org/ne... > The attack has no preconditions and can be exploited by an anonymous user in a stock install of WordPress with no plugins — https://slcyber.io/resea...

Mastro.{js,ts}
@mastrojs.bsky.social

Just updated the Mastro Node.js starter template to TypeScript 7 and it just works.

daniel r(ooooooh) in nyc 🇺🇸@danielroe.dev

I'm delighted with TS 7, but it's hard to be _that_ excited when there's no provision yet for type-checking Vue, Lit, Svelte, etc I'm watching this issue: github.com/microsoft/ty...

github.comAPI usage patterns for complex editor extensions · Issue #2824 · microsoft/typescript-goTypeScript 6.0 and earlier allowed loading third-party plugin code directly into TS Server, exposing language service and project system internals for proxying and patching. This was often used in ...