Tim Smart
@tim_smart
I hack on @EffectTS_
Effect has you covered!
I had a scary moment today I used an enum, and kind of liked it But then realised I needed dependent data So I swapped back to a discriminated union Phew
🌟 10k times, thank you! Effect just crossed 10,000 stars on GitHub. To celebrate, we’re giving away **Effect swag** to a few folks who share how they’re using Effect in the wild!
In this Cause & Effect episode, Johannes Schickling @schickling talks with David Golightly about how @MasterClass built Cortex with Effect. Cortex is the voice AI orchestration layer powering personalized conversations with celebrity instructors like Gordon Ramsay & Mark Cuban
Update to @EffectTS_ docs MCP server: - includes website docs + readmes in docs search - improved cached - now on npm as `effect-mcp` - docker arm64 build To update: `docker pull timsmart/effect-mcp` github.com/tim-smart/effe…
MCP server for adding the effect ref docs to your ide: github.com/tim-smart/effe… Also written with @EffectTS_ of course!
More devs should try self hosting. You can buy a refurbished mini PC for like $130usd and it can fit under your wifi router. Install Linux / kubernetes / whatever you like (I prefer Talos) and use it for hosting personal projects. Servers aren't scary!

Working on @EffectTS_ contentlayer - diving into performance optimization. twitch.tv/timmeeeeeeeeh
The observability you get for free using @EffectTS_ is very nice. Screenshot from a @effect/rpc implementation. Traces from browser to server.

🎙 Cause & Effect Podcast – Episode #2 We chat with Michael Fester, co-founder Markprompt, on scaling AI-powered support with Effect & key engineering lessons. ◆ Migrating from TypeScript to Effect ◆ Handling API failures & cyber attacks ◆ Scaling AI infrastructure reliably
🚀 Exciting news! I’m launching a new blog series on Effective Pragmatism - the same topic I’ll be speaking about at Effect Days in just 2 weeks. I’ll be publishing a new post every 2-3 weeks, exploring the topic of software quality. Stay tuned! dev.to/attila_vecerek…
Most of our customers leverage our APIs in one way or another - whether it’s building bespoke conversational experiences or syncing data between warehouses. Naturally, we take developer experience seriously. We’re investing heavily in our documentation and have recently…
2024 was a milestone year with Effect 3.0, the first Effect Days in Vienna, and winning The Most Exciting Use of Technology Award at JSNation among other achievements! As we head into 2025, we’re excited to keep building, innovating, and growing together – Happy New Year! ✨
Watch Tim Smart @tim_smart working on the second revision of the HTTP API ⤵️ youtube.com/watch?v=OpufIm…
Live working on @EffectTS_ HttpApi & contentlayer: twitch.tv/timmeeeeeeeeh
Streaming @EffectTS_ contentlayer rewrite on Twitch twitch.tv/timmeeeeeeeeh
Streaming our re-imagining of Contentlayer with @tim_smart today! twitch.tv/maxwellbrown19…