I’ve been nerd sniped. A few weeks ago, Raymond Camden posted about An Image Dialog Web Component and I read that article, added some discussion about how you’d style it, then promptly stopped thinking about it… consciously. I think it’s been floating around in the back of my brain because another colleague recently...

Right, here’s a weird one. I know what many of you are thinking: Alex, why the heck are you writing about React? The answer is, I just solved an issue for someone and they said to write a blog post. So fine, I’m writing a blog post. Shared React Context So my friend had a problem: I’ve not dealt with this before:...

I have recently seen at least 2 people make a wrapper around useFetch in Nuxt 3 incorrectly by trying to call useFetch as though it were fetch. While the approach they take will usually work (in general), it will very quickly cause you to have multiple errors and weird side effects. Generally, the example i have...

Last week Chris and Dave mentioned that they don’t get why you have to call super when you’re in a class. Let’s learn you a thing So first let’s just cover what I’m gonna be talking about here. We’re talking about the super keyword that can be used in JS classes. This keyword is most commonly used in the constructor...

Alright, I’ll admit I am the least qualified person to talk about this. But as a mediocre white guy in tech on the internet, I’m going to share my experience. A bit of backstory I don’t work out. I should. All of my doctors agree on that point. In fact, all of those doctors would be pleased if I just started walking...

I’ll admit I went on a bit of a rant the other day on this topic because I find the way people are taught about Currying functions is typically with the least useful examples ever. This is in part because of the push for the functional programming paradigm in JavaScript (which until we have Records and Tuples will...

I have recently had the opportunity to muse about process and how we maintain a system. One of the things in particular that I have been thinking about the most is onboarding new people into your project. In my ideal situation, a developer being able to have a local copy of code up and running should only be limited...

Dave Rupert saw me on stream talk about JSON:API and suggested I write a blog about it. So here we are with a clickbait title, and lots of opinions. What is JSON:API? Let’s start with this. JSON:API is a specification for how to format the data for your REST API. It has a standard interface, a standard way of...

I’m setting up some automations, and I’m hoping that I’ll be able to let folks know more effectively what it is that I’m writing about and doing lately. I’m doing this automation using IFTTT and hopefully (if this goes right) it’ll post to twitter, mastodon, and linkedin. Sorry linked in folks if y’all came here and...

Todd Libby recently posted about the need for conference organizers to support those of us who don’t want to drink. As someone who has been sober for 13+ years now, I agree whole heartedly with this sentiment. Sometimes it is difficult for people who don’t regularly think about this to know how to have actionable...

Jen Simmons recently posted an interesting question about website thinking for 2023, and I waded into the conversation and realized I have strong opinions as a mediocre white guy in tech. So I’m gonna go into my headspace about these topics. Websites, Applications, and Web Apps Are Both All the Same and Separate...

I don’t really like to make resolutions for the new year because I am terrible at following through on them. I do think that this year, I need to focus on me a bit more. Work on exercising, work on finding a hobby or two, and not make everything about content creation. Tired I’m so tired. My yearly seasonal...