devtools.fm: Developer Tools, Open Source, Software Development Tanner Linsley - TanStack
Mar 31, 2023
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From WordPress To Data-Driven Open Source
- Tanner started in WordPress/PHP and built Nozzle, a search-analytics SaaS that produced massive data and visualization needs.
- That product work directly drove his open-source libraries for tables, charts, querying, and routing.
Open Source Your Critical UI Logic
- Open source critical front-end pieces to leverage community contributions and catch bugs early.
- Design APIs as if they could become public to improve documentation, TypeScript support, and structure.
Add Inversion Points, Not Opinions
- When users ask for features you don't need, add inversion-of-control points or make the library headless.
- Provide extensible APIs and say "no" to features that don't align with your product, but enable others to build them.