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2023

If you’ve only worked with React, Vue, Angular, etc, you might think every...original ↗
25 Apr 2023
Why I’m so excited about React’s server components: I can do full stack...original ↗
25 Apr 2023
I knew time zones were complexoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2023
Problem: If you rename a file by only changing its casing, Git won't “see”...original ↗
24 Apr 2023
As a developer, I know I’m not a designeroriginal ↗
23 Apr 2023
React tip: Avoid extracting event handlers to separate functions if they're...original ↗
22 Apr 2023
Why I review PR's in my IDE: It’s easier to see if files are in the right spotoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2023
Challenge: Can you think of a single decision in software that has no tradeoffsoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2023
Problem: If a function accepts two arguments of the same type, people may...original ↗
20 Apr 2023
Problem: You want to ensure environment variables are declared and...original ↗
18 Apr 2023
If I’m coding alone, I may skip writing tests if the project is small enough...original ↗
18 Apr 2023
I find GitHub CoPilot more useful for programming tasks than ChatGPToriginal ↗
18 Apr 2023
I've been coding for 20+ yearsoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2023
Problem: You want to run multiple npm scripts at the same timeoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2023
Problem: A component is hard to test because it displays many different...original ↗
16 Apr 2023
Why I prefer const: It encourages a single, immutable declarationoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2023
10 technologies I use with nearly every React app: 1original ↗
14 Apr 2023
Problem: Your dev team makes spelling mistakes in codeoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2023
Is there an ESLint rule to warn when a "bad" variable name is usedoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2023
In React components, I group related items and declare things in a...original ↗
13 Apr 2023
Situation: You have two projects, a UI and a REST APIoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2023
I’m loving Playwright’s new UI mode: npx playwright test --ui It opens a UI...original ↗
12 Apr 2023
React-query tip: You probably don’t need initialData or presetDataoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2023
Problem: Your team is using VS Code, and you want to make it easy for all...original ↗
10 Apr 2023
Problem: With react-query, we may declare inconsistent query keysoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2023
A sign you may benefit from useReducer: You're making multiple setState...original ↗
9 Apr 2023
Problem: A long ternary is hard to readoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2023
I taught a team React this weekoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2023
10 JavaScript/TypeScript features I avoid:original ↗
7 Apr 2023
5 years ago, I had a full time joboriginal ↗
6 Apr 2023
My new favorite VS Code extension: GitHub Pull Requests and Issuesoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2023
GitHub code review tip: In diff view, there’s a copy path button next to...original ↗
4 Apr 2023
A common mistake: Partially implementing many featuresoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2023
Continuous integration (CI) is a spectrumoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2023
Continuous integration: ✅ No PRs ✅ No branches ✅ No gating code reviews ✅...original ↗
1 Apr 2023
TypeScript tip: If a type is only used by one file, colocate the type with...original ↗
31 Mar 2023
Problem: You want to start a new ticket, but you’re waiting for a related PR...original ↗
30 Mar 2023
Independence is wonderfuloriginal ↗
29 Mar 2023
Problem: A ticket is too bigoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2023
Claim: “We need sprints to break work down and hit deadlines.” Reality: We...original ↗
28 Mar 2023
Problem: TypeScript only exists at compile-timeoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2023
Problem: Feature flags are handy, but it’s easy to forget to remove them lateroriginal ↗
26 Mar 2023
Good news: You can deep clone objects in the browser via structuredCloneoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2023
Problem: You're doing a code review and have a suggested change that's hard...original ↗
24 Mar 2023
Around 2005, I had a job where I was paid well to do nearly nothingoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2023
“I once attended a planning meeting in which it was discussed for 20 minutes...original ↗
24 Mar 2023
I recently joined a struggling team for part-time consultingoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2023
TypeScript tip: Try to avoid optional fieldsoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2023
Tip: Clone your repo multiple timesoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2023
I typically run the app when reviewing a PRoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2023
TypeScript misconception: “If I need to rename a union type, the usages...original ↗
22 Mar 2023
Generally, prefer TypeScript union types over enumsoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2023
Problem: Sometimes functions are needlessly marked asyncoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2023
Using "any" in a TypeScript library is occasionally necessaryoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2023
React tip: Tired of manually wrapping React components just so you can add...original ↗
20 Mar 2023
"I’ve been employed in tech for years, but I’ve almost never worked"original ↗
19 Mar 2023
Avoid Sprintsoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2023
Claim: “Employment is safer than independence.” Reality: A job isn’t saferoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2023
A common mistake in React: Mixing fetching, formatting, logic, and JSXoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2023
I quit my job a few years ago so I could be an independent consultantoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2023
Problem: localStorage isn’t strongly typedoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2023
Tip: Avoid AWS CodeCommitoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2023
Problem: Sometimes devs accidentally reorder imports while codingoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2023
Problem: A function is confusing, but you need to enhance it to support a...original ↗
16 Mar 2023
Problem: If you lazy load routes, React Router's loaders won't run until...original ↗
14 Mar 2023
Problem: You have TypeScript types, but want to use Zod too (for *runtime*...original ↗
13 Mar 2023
You don’t need an architectoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2023
You don’t need a daily standuporiginal ↗
11 Mar 2023
Avoid Sprintsoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2023
Problem: Sometimes people use needless curly braces around static valuesoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2023
Some teams struggle because there’s too much friction in making improvementsoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2023
React-query tip: You don't have to mess with error handling on each queryoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2023
If managers fixate on deadlines rather than quality, the staff will toooriginal ↗
9 Mar 2023
Problem: You need to make a breaking change, but can’t update all call sites...original ↗
8 Mar 2023
I'm working with a SPA that has a dedicated backend composed of over a dozen...original ↗
7 Mar 2023
To me, TypeScript is easily the most attractive language for implementing...original ↗
6 Mar 2023
Just learned about transform toolsoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2023
Problem: You’re testing in Playwright, and using Mock Service Worker (msw)...original ↗
5 Mar 2023
Typesoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2023
Problem: You’re using TypeScript and you don’t want to manually define types...original ↗
4 Mar 2023
The world is filled with code that barely works: 🚩Slow 🚩Insecure...original ↗
3 Mar 2023
Habit: I talk to myself while codingoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2023
I've been asked to fix a broken page, inherited from an outside dev teamoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2023
JS arrow functions are greatoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2023
If coding is hard, we're probably trying to move to fastoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2023
In databases, normalization is importantoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2023
The problem with a team of only junior developers: Anti-patterns proliferateoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2023
Habit for creating smaller PRs, sooner: Suffix branch names with "phase-x"...original ↗
26 Feb 2023
Automate checks that can be automatedoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2023
TypeScript tip: Use “never” to assure every case in a switch is handledoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2023
Idea: Open a software development agency with one simple premise: “Our...original ↗
22 Feb 2023
Wow, just upgraded to the iPhone 14 Pro and the 120hz screen is wonderfuloriginal ↗
21 Feb 2023
Problem: If an app makes multiple GraphQL calls on the same page, all the...original ↗
20 Feb 2023
TypeScript tip: Variable names and type names should typically correspondoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2023
React tip: Keep state as "low" as possibleoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2023
// TODO: Thing we’ll never get around to doingoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2023
Trunk based development can accelerate velocity and reduce overheadoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2023
The REAL reason manual testing doesn't scale: When people quit, domain...original ↗
15 Feb 2023
Security misconception: “We can’t put a primary key in the URL because a...original ↗
14 Feb 2023
Habit: When I open a PR, I review the diff myself firstoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2023
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