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ugh, the typos in the original post here… I wish Bluesky had an edit button

like, the textbox-and-chat ui is what people like, but man this is boring and feels like nothingness

figma is a company that built the first real webassembly app, and set all the standards for real-time interaction, plus did line networks in drawings, like real, whiz-bang, move-the-world-forward innovations. and given llms, they build the same thing everyone else builds? a textbox?

This separation of concerns means VHV can update pricing, add new products, or change marketing materials without rebuilding their applications.

The result is more than technical efficiency - it's a competitive edge in Germany's insurance market.

What makes this approach powerful? Directus handles the complex data management behind the scenes, while the frontend technologies deliver excellent user experiences.

The new system delivers:

• Tariff calculators that update instantly across all platforms
• Centralized marketing shops for consistent brand messaging
• Self-service broker portal with real-time resources
• Simple APIs that connect to core insurance systems
• Development focus on CX, not maintenance

By connecting their Angular and Next.js frontends to a unified backend built with Directus, Neoskop completely changed how VHV manages their digital sales tools.

VHV Insurance needed to serve 10,000+ brokers with tariff calculators, marketing tools, and resources - but maintaining separate systems for each was slowing them down. 🧵

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• The new prisma-client generator
• ESM support
• D1 & Turso migrations

🧵 Event details in the thread below.

i'd probably prefer a5 over h3 for a new project because of the more consistent cell sizes and the fact that the ref impl is in ts instead of c, and the fact that h3 is not purely hexagonal always annoyed me. but i am not seriously making that choice so idk. both are cool!

nice off-the-shelf non-rectangular tilings are nice and i'm glad they exist - they're really useful for visualization, sometimes useful for data joins. i think they're sometimes overused (like their use in database-like spatial indexes or as an alternative to storing coords for known locations)

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