Posts
Final Thoughts
Final post on this blog for the foreseeable future.Read More →
Frustration Leads to Iteration
Spinning up this new Next.js blog was an exercise in staying sober.Read More →
Incredibly Not Hot Take
When the takes are cold and the debate is spicy.Read More →
Temporary home lab setup
Home Assistant made me do it.Read More →
Getting Closure with React
How closures work & how it's used in ReactRead More →
Home Assistant spurs my love of DevOps
I don't know if it was always there or if it has just happened, but for whatever reason, I am fascinated by DevOps, thanks to Home AssistantRead More →
Tinkering in my Home Lab
One of the best things I've done for my career as a software engineer besides building projects, was buying a raspberry pi and installing Home AssistantRead More →
Micro frontends Microservices Micro...
One of my favorite podcasts is Frontend Happy Hour.Read More →
Building Typesafe Full Stack App w/ Apollo Server 4, Railway, Prisma, Pothos, Next, & TS (part 1 - setting up the server)
Pothos makes getting e2e typesafety really easy! In this article we'll be setting up a full stack app with Apollo Server 4, Railway, Prisma, Pothos, Next, & TSRead More →
6 Code Smells In React I Look Out For
Be sure not to include these in your app.Read More →
⚛ React Tips - You're misusing the React useEffect hook (probably)
tldr; only use to sync external systems to ReactRead More →
Volta for Node Version Management
Nice little toolRead More →
Mustache Fix for my static site generator
I'd been stuck on generating the mustache templates in files when running the build scriptRead More →
useRef and useEffect Seem like code smells
Maybe I'm just an idiotRead More →
Web Workers What?
Web workers, service workers, oh my.Read More →
Caching with Memoization and the Singleton Pattern
Can you use a Singleton to cache expensive operations?Read More →
⚛ React Tips - Don't define component inside of another component
tldr; Defining a component inside of another component creates a costly bug that causes unnecessary re-renders and can be solved by moving the child component outside of the parent component.Read More →
Update on My Ruby Static Site Generator
Hey y'all! It's been a minute, huh?Read More →
Another Point of Vue, A React Dev Perspective
Another Point of Vue, A React Dev PerspectiveRead More →
Blog Posts on My Career and Work at Calaxy
With this new job comes a great team.Read More →
New Opportunities
Sometimes, you just get lucky. Again.Read More →
The Beautiful Mess That is Webflow
Sometimes low code is low value.Read More →
Building a Static Site Generator with Ruby
Adventures in building a static site generator in Ruby.Read More →
Real Artists Ship: Portfolio Finished
Real artists ship so that's what I vow to do from here on in.Read More →
Hooked on Hooks: Portfolio Madness
A theme, a static site generator, and an animation library walk into a bar...Read More →
Dev Research, A Zettelkasten
A new old way to take notes and researchRead More →
Portfolio Redesign Part 1: Ideas
Exploring Gatsby for self-expression.Read More →
Flexing My CSS Muscles by Adding A Bit of Panache
A case study on a trial by fire primer on CSS.Read More →
Laid Off But Leveled Up, Lessons Learned
I noticed something since picking up this freelance project, something I never had, ever, since the day my journey as a dev began...Read More →
On Being Laid Off: Some Thoughts
I was laid off from my job. Here are some thoughts.Read More →
Piping in a Node API from Glitch to a React Frontend
I created a Node API on Glitch and consumed it in a React frontend.Read More →
Five Years a Dev: 5 Year Anniversary of the Blog
It's been five years since I started this humble blog on the web.Read More →
A Simple Terminal Website with CSS and Typewriter.js
A simple terminal website with CSS and Typewriter.jsRead More →
VS Code Setup: An Update
A few people on micro.blog inquired about my VS Code extensions.Read More →
Realizations & Breakthroughs
I've been working on Check Yo Self for quite a while now. I've had thoughts on it since I first started writing it."Read More →
Big O Notation
What is meant by Big O and do we actually need to consider it when building software?Read More →
My iTerm2 Setup
This is another setup post but this time, it's iTerm2.Read More →
My VSCode Setup
Posts on editor setups are extremely popular. Here is mine.Read More →
The Simplicity of Ruby
When I first started this blog, I was learning Ruby and I loved it.Read More →