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#dev: 25 posts tagged
Keep your tools sharp
04-02-2024
The tools we use to get our work done are incredibly important, and taking the time to tune them to work just right can make a huge difference in our productivity and happiness.
Why new frameworks make better developers
03-26-2024
A look at the cognitive science behind the Hierarchy of Competence, and how dabbling with new frameworks and tools can make you a better developer.
Take my money! Some of my favorite tools... and why I pay for them
03-19-2024
I'm a huge fan of products that use their a free tier to prove their value, and then convert me to a paying customer. Here are a few tools I pay for, and why I think they're worth it.
The case for continued learning, and getting side projects out the door
01-03-2023
The end of 2022 brought about a ton of change for me, and a major shift in my career. I'm excited to talk a little about what's next, and to show off a side project I'm readying for release soon.
What it's like to migrate a high-traffic website from Gatsby to Next.js
I migrated apisyouwonthate.com, a site with 20k+ monthly visits, from Gatsby to Next.js at the end of 2021. Let's talk about what I learned from that experience.
Read more →How to run dependabot locally on your projects
Since its release, teams around the world have been using dependabot to automate the process of keeping your project's dependencies up to date. In this article, I'll show you how you can run dependabot on the command line using dependabot-core.
Read more →Massively speed up VS Code loading time on Apple Silicon Macs in one step
If you're running an Apple Silicon Mac (with an M1, M1 Pro, or M1 Max chip), you may be able to speed up VS Code massively with a quick update.
Read more →Learn to build web3 apps on the blockchain with Buildspace
Buildspace offers free, online, cohort-based courses on building web3 blockchain apps. If you're interested in dipping your toe into the world of Ethereum apps, the blockchain, or NFTs - it's a great starting point.
Read more →Some things I learned from live coding on Twitch
For years I did a weekly coding livestream of my React and Python work on Twitch every week, and I'm getting back into it again. This is what sticks out to me as the most valuable learnings from those experiences.
Read more →JavaScript Tips: Nullish Coalescing (??)
Let's take a look at the Nullish Coalescing operator (??) in JavaScript, which returns the right operand if the left is null or undefined.
Read more →JavaScript Tips: Using Array.filter(Boolean)
If you come across array.filter(Boolean) in JavaScript code, never fear! It's a handy bit of functional programming that cleans up arrays with null and undefined values in them.
Read more →How to make VS Code load faster with a little bit of housekeeping
Have you noticed that your favorite IDE has been slow to load lately? Try removing these before losing hope.
Read more →Don't center align paragraph text
Stop using centered text. It's bad for usability, accessibility, and eye scanning -- and nobody anywhere wants to read like that.
Read more →MDX - I should have done this sooner
I added support for mdx to my site, and it's made life much bettter.
Read more →What the Heck is a Fullstack Developer? Aquent UK
An interview with my former employer (and parent company of Gymnasium), Aquent about my thoughts on what it means to be a Fullstack Developer.
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Full article is available to read on Aquent UK's blog.
Why I switched to Fathom for web analytics
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.
Read more →Do you have your own Gatsby site? Let's brainstorm a dev.to cross-poster
So, like all good things, the idea for this post comes from a tweet...
Read more →Promise.allSettled() Pt.2 - it's partly settled!
This is a follow-up to my first post on the upcoming Promise.allSettled() function, coming soon to a node application near you.
Read more →Picking apart JavaScript import syntax
Part 2 in a series of posts on destructuring syntax for JavaScript and Node.
Read more →Solve* all your problems with Promise.allSettled()
Promise.allSettled() is a new API coming to the JavaScript / ES6 standard which can help you more efficiently build node applications that make simultaneous asynchronous API calls
Read more →I reclaimed 10GB of disk space from node_modules
If you're not careful, your node projects can start to fill all the spare disk space on your computer. This one weird trick (lol) can help avoid that.
Read more →Understanding JavaScript Destructuring Syntax
Destructuring syntax in es6 (or es2015, etc) JavaScript is a wonderfully useful bit of the language. It allows you to extract values from an Object and assign them to a new variable in one statement -- but it can be confusing to read.
Read more →Quick tip: Here's how to uninstall Postgres from your Mac
Uninstalling Postgres database software from a computer running MacOS isn't super straightforward - this is what I found helpful.
Read more →Embracing Prettier
Prettier.js is a fantastic way to systemize and automate your project's code style.
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