\"Mill Food Recycler\" is a machine we have in the kitchen where we put all food scraps. It produces highly nutritious fertilizer which I sprinkle on the grass and bushes about once every 1-2 months.
\nIt doesn't smell. It's very silent. And it feels kinda fun to use because of that feeling of making a small impact, one banana peel at a time.
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", "url": null, "disallow_comments": false, "split": null, "is_photo": true}, {"oid": "bun-1.4.0-made-some-binaries-of-gg2-smaller", "title": "Bun 1.4.0 made some binaries of gg2 smaller", "pub_date": "2026-08-21T12:39:14.788Z", "comments": 0, "categories": ["Bun"], "html": "Bun 1.4 came out yesterday. It's an action-packed release.\nI created a build matrix that compares versions 1.3.14 and 1.4.0, and looked at the various sizes of the built binaries of github.com/peterbe/gg2. The results are as follows:
\n| Bun Version | \ndarwin-arm64 | \ndarwin-x64 | \nwindows-x64 | \nlinux-arm64 | \nlinux-x64 | \n
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.3.14 | \n65.4 MB | \n70.8 MB | \n98.8 MB | \n94.2 MB | \n95.0 MB | \n
| 1.4.0 | \n65.6 MB | \n72.0 MB | \n89.3 MB | \n83.2 MB | \n83.3 MB | \n
| Delta | \n+179.4Kb | \n+1.2Mb | \n-9.5MB | \n-10.9Mb | \n-11.8Mb | \n
| Delta | \n+0.3% | \n+1.7% | \n-9.6% | \n-11.6% | \n-12.4% | \n
It matches reasonably well with their 1.4 release blog post.
\nIt's still small. What's amazing is that many of these builds take less than a second to create in this GitHub Action. You can see for yourself by clicking the various nodes of the build matrix and looking at the time output of time bun build src/index.ts --compile --minify --sourcemap --bytecode ....
It feels deafening when you're standing there. I measured it to compare with other noises, like a nearby mower.
\nThis is, by the way, inside the screened-in porch.
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\nFor example, you might have a TanStack Query that makes XHR requests to the backend, and that backend is generally fast. Many times, it finishes in tens or hundreds of milliseconds. If you prescriptively always show the loading spinner icon, or whatever you might have, it's going to flicker and cause confusion.
\nFor example, your use of useQuery might look like this:
\nfunction MyComponent() {\n const { data, isPending, error } = useQuery({\n queryKey: ["something"],\n queryFn: fetcher,\n })\n\n return <div>\n {isPending && <Spinner/>}\n {error && <Alert error={error}/>}\n {data && <Tabular data={data} />}\n </div>\n}\nThe problem is that if isPending is only true for a very short time, you run the risk of displaying the <Spinner/> so briefly that it just becomes a flickering blur to the user.
The hook code looks like this:
\n\nimport { useEffect, useState } from "react";\n\ntype Options = {\n delay?: number;\n};\n\n/**\n * A hook that throttles the truth. Useful when you want something to be true\n * only if it's been true for a certain delay in milliseconds. Example use:\n *\n * const stillLoading = useSlowTruth(isLoading);\n *\n * If the value of `isLoading` quickly changes from false, to true, to false;\n * the value of `stillLoading` will remain false the whole time.\n *\n * @param initialState boolean\n * @param options\n * @returns a single boolean that is a delayed mirror of the input, if it's true\n */\nexport function useSlowTruth(initialState: boolean, { delay = 1000 }: Options) {\n const [isTrue, setIsTrue] = useState(initialState);\n useEffect(() => {\n let mounted = true;\n let timer: number | null = null;\n if (initialState) {\n timer = window.setTimeout(() => {\n if (mounted) {\n setIsTrue(true);\n }\n }, delay);\n } else {\n if (timer !== null) {\n window.clearTimeout(timer);\n }\n setIsTrue(false);\n }\n return () => {\n if (timer !== null) {\n window.clearTimeout(timer);\n }\n mounted = false;\n };\n }, [initialState, delay]);\n return isTrue;\n}\nI put together a demo app here: https://github.com/peterbe/use-slow-truth-demo
\nThis change
\n\n+import { useSlowTruth } from "./useSlowTruth"\n+\nfunction MyComponent() {\n const { data, isPending, error } = useQuery({\n queryKey: ["something"],\n queryFn: fetcher,\n })\n\n+ const isStillPending = useSlowTruth(isPending, { delay: 300 })\n\n return <div>\n- {isPending && <Spinner/>}\n+ {isStillPending && <Spinner/>}\n {error && <Alert error={error}/>}\n {data && <Tabular data={data} />}\n </div>\n}\nNow, only if the XHR query takes longer than 300ms does it show the <Spinner/> component.
I'm a reasonably long hitter, but I can't get the driver beyond 300 yards without a lot of help from either a tailwind or, like this time, a bounce off the cart path.
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