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My thoughts about code, design, and other musings.

Binary Thinking vs Directional Thinking - @DanielPriestley

Daniel Priestley: The only way forward in this transformational time is to make decisions that are mostly right, sort-of right, on-balance…

October 24, 2019 • 1 min read

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What I learned from my first month working remote

Reflections on what I've learned and how I made my first month a success.

October 14, 2019 • 4 min read

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Why Slow Mornings May Be the Secret to Tech-Life Balance - @ajzaleski

I often think about how I use technology and if it makes my life better or worse. @ajzaleski provides some great ideas for how to achieve a…

September 23, 2019 • 1 min read

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Email signup forms with Gatsby and Mailchimp

A simple tutorial, some sample code, and–you guessed it–a signup form.

July 24, 2019 • 4 min read

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Getting Closure on React Hooks – @swyx

This fantastic talk from JSConf by Shawn Wang (known as @swyx) explains what's going on in the background with React Hooks. After watching…

July 22, 2019 • 1 min read

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How to use S3 select to query JSON in Node.js

A simple example to get you started on querying JSON data out of S3 (with sample code!).

June 05, 2019 • 5 min read

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Code IRL: Javascript closures

A real world example of how to use Javascript closures to write better code.

May 01, 2019 • 4 min read

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Three Simple Ways to Write Cleaner Code

Three practices you can start today that will make your code more readable now and easier to understand in the future.

April 23, 2019 • 2 min read

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Configuring Jest and Enzyme in Create React App on Typescript

A guide to getting around an Enzyme internal error and get testing with Jest + Enzyme.

April 02, 2019 • 3 min read

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The value of iterative design

My six attempts to design "Sweet Honey" taught me that iterating on creative work can be difficult, but produces better results in the end.

March 13, 2019 • 6 min read

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A developer's guide to the Open Graph protocol

Learn about the protocol behind iMessage link previews, Twitter cards, and Facebook link previews.

February 12, 2019 • 7 min read

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What I learned from a failed startup

Four lessons I learned from working as an engineer for a startup that ran out of cash and went bankrupt.

January 29, 2019 • 5 min read

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StaticQuery and Typescript

How to use Gatsby's StaticQuery while working in a Typescript environment.

November 29, 2018 • 5 min read

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How to silence false SASS warnings in React

Typescript on React can sometimes think that your SASS is missing. Here’s the actual problem, and how to fix it.

November 27, 2018 • 2 min read

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How to lint Typescript in a Gatsby project

Linting Typescript is simple to set up in Gatsby with the help of a plugin.

November 06, 2018 • 2 min read

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How to quickly deploy a Gatsby site with Netlify

I recently started using Netlify to host my personal site, and now I don’t think I’ll go back. Here’s how to get started.

September 17, 2018 • 3 min read

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How to make a static site with flexible content (using Gatsby & Contentful)

I recently redesigned my portfolio site with Gatsby, and Contentful as a headless CMS made it dead simple to manage content. Here’s how.

September 10, 2018 • 10 min read

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How to make a super-fast static site with Gatsby, Typescript, and SASS

I recently redesigned my personal site with Gatsby. Here’s how to get started on your own.

September 05, 2018 • 5 min read

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How to use Apple Font Tools to tweak a font

I used Apple’s font tools to fix the line-height of a font for an iOS app. Here’s how I did it.

June 19, 2018 • 3 min read

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On Building CougarCash

How I created an app that transferred money in less than 20 seconds.

September 08, 2015 • 2 min read

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