Why I switched to Fathom for analytics
This morning, I fully switched my personal site from Google Analytics to Fathom - something that I had been considering for a while, and finally decided to go all in on.
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On normalcy
🙌 What are the simple things that you're looking forward to the most? On my walk this morning, I found myself wondering what it's going to be like when things go back to normal...
Read more →Help your users when your web app crashes
Some thoughts on building fault-tolerant web apps that didn't quite fit into my work on the upcoming book Surviving Other People's Web APIs
Read more →Are you suddenly a remote worker? Let's figure it out together.
Don't blink; it's all changing.
Read more →Introducing Pistola - Building a passion project with radical transparency
If you follow me across the various other social networks I use, you'll likely stumble across my passion for cycling. For the past 8 or so years, road cycling has been my primary form of exercise. I love cycling; it keeps me sane, and helps me live a healthier life...
Read more →Do you have your own Gatsby site? Let's brainstorm a dev.to cross-poster
I'd love it if my blog posts were automatically sent to dev.to - wouldn't you?
Read more →I have to tell you about Dependabot 🤖
I found a tool I love, and I want you to love it, too
Read more →UX Chat: Design chiefs cheerfully champion chopping chatter to charge CSS with cheery charm
This one weird trick will have you chuffed to bits
Read more →Promise.allSettled() Pt.2 - it's partly settled!
Compilers hate him! This one wierd trick will get you all settled right now!
Read more →Picking apart JavaScript import syntax
Let's talk about importing dependencies into your node projects. As your work gets more complex, you will inevitably come across many ways to import a library - it can get confusing quickly.
Read more →Solve* all your problems with Promise.allSettled()
This was inspired by a talk from Wes Bos at JAMstack_conf_nyc. Thanks for the tip, Wes!
Read more →I reclaimed 10GB of disk space from node_modules
I finally got fed up with running out of disk space on my laptop.
Read more →Egg sticker update: We raised $176 NZD!
Thanks to you all, we made a solid donation to benefit victims of the NZ mosque shooting. Thank you from the depths of my heart. ❤️
Read more →Deconfusing JavaScript Destructuring Syntax
I thought I had a firm grip on destructuring objects in es6... and then working with Gatsby turned it all on its head
Read more →Quick tip: Here's how to uninstall Postgres from your Mac
You may never need this, and Postgres is plenty good. But if you do need it - maybe this will save you time?
Read more →Egg them all
Get yourself some of these eggtastic stickers - 100% of proceeds go to charity!
Read more →5 Chrome extensions I use for productivity
The Chrome Web Store is absolutely loaded with plugins, themes, and extensions. I use them to be more secure, productive, and connected.
Read more →My favorite design problem
Fancy microphones marketed to podcasters are beautiful devices - but their most important function isn't intuitive at all.
Read more →Embracing Prettier
VSCode's format-on-save function was parsing my jsx React components like normal JavaScript. Maddening - yes, but the fix was simple.
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