(I know useContext isn't great for state management, but I've worked on a web application where useContext was used to store complex global state).

Nowadays, when I look at job listings, practically all of them are for companies that are ethically compromised in some way. They are overusing generative AI or building products that are having a negative impact on society.

One of the worst examples I saw was a software engineer job posting from my previous employeer that builds cloud-based physical security systems for buildings.The job requires the use of AI. I wouldn't trust a security system that randomly decides to unlock the front door to my house because of a hallucination.

Here is a website I made with places.js for DC area board game events. https://dmvboardgames.com/

Since Bending Spoons purchased Meetup, I have noticed the UI becoming more cluttered and hard to use. Also, I consistently get ads asking me to buy an organizer subscription to host events, even when on the page for a group I'm an organizer for.

After seeing this emphasis on "impact" cause Meetup's UI to degrade, I'm skeptical about the company's long term future.

I made one for in person board game events in the Washington DC area at https://dmvboardgames.com/

When working on front end projects in the past, maintaining code quality was a challenge. Every React project I worked on turned into a unmaintainable ball of spaghetti, regardless of how experienced myself and the other developers were.

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Local LLMs are going to make people sit on their phones instead of taking to real people.

- Group searches consistently return irrelevant results across multiple cities. As a test, I tried searching for soccer groups in Dallas, Texas, and one of the results was for a backgammon group. Users will also often have a hard time finding events I host on Meetup. - An organizer being charged $357.98 per year to host a group on Meetup.com. - The pages for my Meetup events are full of clutter and duplicate data, while relevant information such as RSVPs is hidden. - My Meetup.com home page is full of pointless distractions, including a banner asking me to become an organizer when I already organize events. - When editing an event, Meetup shows an option to generate a description by using generative AI. Generative AI is a scam and I try to avoid it.

That being said, you are right that they are becoming more expensive and ship features faster. I describe Bending Spoons as Italian private equity.

To determine if a book is worth reading, I think it's better to ask someone for their recommendation or look at online reviews.

For repeated content where JavaScript is required, I use web components.

Generative AI is not suitable for building content-driven websites because it lacks context to understand subjective user preferences.

Also, having .astro files to implement island functionality is unnecessary. Interactivity can be implemented with Javascript using web components.