Hacker News with Generative AI: State Management

Stop using REST for state synchronization (2024) (mbid.me)
Most apps need state synchronization, not state transfer. We should replace REST and friends with proper state synchronization protocols where appropriate.
API Design, State Management, Web Development
58 points by Kerrick 8 days ago | 29 comments
Building Local-First Flutter Apps with Riverpod, Drift, and PowerSync (dinkomarinac.dev)
Mobile app users increasingly expect seamless experiences regardless of network conditions. Whether on a subway, in an elevator, or in areas with spotty reception, users want to access their data, make changes, and continue using apps without interruption.
Mobile Development, Flutter, Offline First, State Management, Data Synchronization
40 points by kobieps 17 days ago | 25 comments
In React {Transitions} = F(state) (jordaneldredge.com)
TL;DR: Thinking about the React component tree as modeling a state machine can help clarify the implications of asynchronous updates and React’s concurrent features.
React, State Management, Asynchronous Programming, Concurrency
39 points by captbaritone 46 days ago | 54 comments
Show HN: Slipstream – A Python library for stateful stream processing (readthedocs.io)
Slipstream provides a data-flow model to simplify development of stateful streaming applications.
Python, Streaming, State Management, Data Flow, Libraries
32 points by menziess 50 days ago | 6 comments
Restrict Mutability of State (medium.com)
What appears at first to be a trivial observation turns out to be a subtly important one: a great many software defects arise from the (incorrect) modification of state. It follows from this that if there is less opportunity for code to change state, there will be fewer defects that arise from state change!
Software Development, Software Defects, Programming, State Management, Best Practices
5 points by ingve 104 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: Sticky Disks in GitHub Actions (github.com/useblacksmith)
A GitHub Action that helps persist state written to disk across jobs. This action can serve as a superior alternative to the Actions cache, especially when the cache artifacts are extremely large. Each sticky disk is hot-loaded into the runner and mounted at the specified path. The sticky disk is formatted as an ext4 filesystem.
GitHub Actions, Software Development, Tools, State Management, Disk Persistence
13 points by aayushshah15 127 days ago | 1 comments
XState – State machines for state management in JavaScript (github.com/statelyai)
XState is a state management and orchestration solution for JavaScript and TypeScript apps. It has zero dependencies, and is useful for frontend and backend application logic.
JavaScript, State Management, Frontend Development, Backend Development, Libraries
29 points by sebmellen 153 days ago | 9 comments
Show HN: CCState is a semantic, strict, and flexible state management library (github.com/e7h4n)
CCState is a semantic, strict, and flexible state management library suitable for medium to large single-page applications with complex state management needs.
JavaScript, State Management, Frontend Development, Libraries, Open Source
16 points by acmerfight 155 days ago | 3 comments
Managing Distributed State with GenServers in Phoenix and Elixir (appsignal.com)
Phoenix and Elixir are designed at their core to build real-time, fault-tolerant applications. With its elegant syntax and the robustness of the Erlang VM, Elixir is an ideal candidate for tackling the challenges of distributed state management.
Distributed Systems, Elixir, Phoenix, Erlang VM, State Management
16 points by amalinovic 206 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: State-in-url package for state management with URL sync (github.com/asmyshlyaev177)
Easily share complex state between unrelated React components, with IDE autocomplete and TS validation. Without any hasssle or boilerplate.
React, Javascript, State Management, Web Development
6 points by asmyshlyaev177 233 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Type-safe search params state management for Next.js (47ng.com)
Next.js, JavaScript, Web Development, State Management
10 points by franky47 291 days ago | 1 comments
Web Apps Have Client and Server State (dashbit.co)
Web Development, State Management, Frontend Development, Backend Development
14 points by bcardarella 348 days ago | 0 comments
Make invalid states unrepresentable (2023) (geeklaunch.io)
Software Development, Programming, Design Patterns, Error Handling, State Management
103 points by satvikpendem 394 days ago | 92 comments