Joshsoftware iconJoshsoftwareSep 21, 2026

What I learned putting my own text editor into production

A follow-up to "The 5.2 kB editor I had to write because nothing else fit." Shipping a package to npm is one thing. Actually using it in the production app it was built for is a different exercise entirely.

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A follow-up to "The 5.2 kB editor I had to write because nothing else fit." Shipping a package to npm is one thing.

Actually using it in the production app it was built for is a different exercise entirely.

You find the edge cases nobody would catch in unit tests, because they only show up … Continue reading.

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A follow-up to "The 5.2 kB editor I had to write because nothing else fit." Shipping a package to npm is one thing. Actually using it in the production app it was built for is a different exercise entirely. You find the edge cases nobody would catch in unit tests, because they only show up … Continue reading.

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