https://avanelsas.github.io/foggy-glasses/ 2026-10-20T10:20:24+02:00 Alexander van Elsas https://avanelsas.github.io/foggy-glasses/a-deception-to-make-us-feel-better/ 2026-10-20T10:20:24+02:00

A few days ago, I was watching an interview of a cook with a farmer that grows pigs to produce meat. Now I must confess that I once did eat meat, but I've been a vegetarian for the better part of my life (over 25 years). It isn't a topic I care to listen to in general, but the…

https://avanelsas.github.io/foggy-glasses/pencil-versus-prompt/ 2026-10-19T15:42:16+02:00

I've always been interested in what ideas other people have to create open-source software. There can be many reasons why something is created, perhaps because you had a good idea, or some pain you want to fix, learning something new, or just by accident.

https://avanelsas.github.io/foggy-glasses/web-components-in-cljs/ 2026-10-16T14:14:18+02:00

I read about web components years go, but never really had the time to try them out. The promise of web components is attractive, you get framework independence, native browser performance, strict encapsulation all for free. When I finally got around to trying them out it was…

https://avanelsas.github.io/foggy-glasses/on-client-state-complexity/ 2026-10-15T13:31:48+02:00

For some reason my development experiences have always been on the client side. Not because I wasn't interested in platforms or backends, but usually because I worked with people way more experienced than me. I did my share of work in mobile app development, and different client…

https://avanelsas.github.io/foggy-glasses/the-true-value-of-this-community/ 2026-10-13T14:08:51+02:00

I've been thinking about the impact LLMs have, not on software development necessarily, but more on a community like Clojure slack. So much has been said about why LLMs are evil or not, and how we are all dumbing down, or becoming more productive, all depending on who you talk…