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Case Study: A SOLID Refactor in React

With TDD, Context, and Hooks

Sep 14, 2023

Word or phrase solid in a dictionary.

Sep 14, 2023

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Those Scary Stories About Polyfill.io? They’re Just the Beginning

The polyfill.io code started changing over four months ago.

Jun 30

Those Scary Stories About Polyfill.io? They’re Just the Beginning

Jun 30

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Getting the Most From JetBrains’ File Templates

Sure, you can use AI to help you generate your code. But it’s so much nicer to have complete control over the output.

Feb 17

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Feb 17

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JavaScript in Plain English

Spawning Multiple Actions from a Response in Redux Observables/RxJs

It took me months to find this information, so I’m sharing it with you.

Jan 23

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Jan 23

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JavaScript in Plain English

Why You’re not Being Allowed to Refactor

And what you can do to change that.

Dec 18, 2023

Why You’re not Being Allowed to Refactor

Dec 18, 2023

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JavaScript in Plain English

Should You Use useCallback in React

Prevent extra renders, stale values, and more.

Oct 31, 2023

Should you use useCallback in React flow chart

Oct 31, 2023

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How I Found a New Tech Job in 3 Months

It might not sound all that exciting that it took me 3 months to find a new job, but word has it that tech hiring is much slower this year…

Sep 23, 2023

Jobless man sitting on city sidewalk with his dog

Sep 23, 2023

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Building TypeScript Types for the useReducer Hook

A deep dive into using mapped types to automate creating action types for a discriminated union type for use with useReducer in React.

Dec 8, 2023

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Dec 8, 2023

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Some First Thoughts on Next 13

I really wanted to love Next 13.

Jul 27, 2023

Black and white photo looking down a triangular spiral staircase.

Jul 27, 2023

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CodeX

Could ChatGPT Cause a Shortage of Tech Workers?

Companies may well cost-cut themselves into a corner.

May 13, 2023

Could ChatGPT Cause a Shortage of Tech Workers?

May 13, 2023

Amy Blankenship

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Full Stack developer at fintech company. I mainly write about React, Javascript, Typescript, and testing.

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