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I write about things I learn, things I find interesting, and things I think you might find interesting.

// 2024

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My impressions on Effect-TS

Working with Effect-TS, a powerful library for building applications in TypeScript.

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Books I read in 2023

The list you've been waiting for

// 2023

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Working with Remix

The conventions I use when working with Remix

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Building a browser extension

Everything I learned building an extension for Chromium browsers

// 2022

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Books I read in 2022

Some notes on the 13 books I read in 2022

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Rewriting my blog with Next.js

How I moved this website from Gatsby to Next.js

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Using RxJS with React

Co-locating business logic in React with RxJS

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Improving component's re-render performance

Making components re-render faster by pre-computing our data

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How I interview people

And how I want to be interviewed

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Modern PHP

While I wasn't paying attention, PHP got quite good

Featured on Hacker News

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Nominal types in TypeScript

Improving our type-safety with fine-grained types

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Crypto & the fear of missing out

You can go on without me

// 2021

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The state of this blog

Some history and thoughts on a possible migration

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Working remotely

Reflecting on remote work, the good and the bad things

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When not to use React Query

Or when component level fetching becomes problematic

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All company chat should be in public

How to make remote work a lot better, with a bit of an effort

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Ditching manual releases with Changesets

Hassle free versioning & changelog management with Changesets

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How I load my web fonts in Gatsby

Preloading self-hosted web fonts, for greater performance

// 2020

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Working with images in Gatsby

Utilizing the latest, more flexible, and straightforward API

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What is a Front-end Developer anyway?

JavaScript has shaken things up and we refuse to acknowledge it

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Separating server cache & application state with React Query

UI state, ephemeral data & React Query

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When to use optimistic updates in your application

Reduce the number of spinners in your application by utilizing optimistic updates

// 2019

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Following the hype in web development

The new things, the right things, and developer entertainment

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My quest for digital minimalism II

Taking proper action against distractions & procrastination

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When to quit & when to stick

My takeaways after reading 'The Dip' by Seth Godin

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Avoiding props drilling with Context

Sensible state management with Context & Hooks

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Setting up Pi-hole

Blocking all ads in my local network

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The impostor syndrome

The irrational fear of being exposed as a fraud

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My quest for digital minimalism

Decluttering my digital life from all the nonsense

// 2018

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Using Git rebase

Updating and merging your branch properly

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Error handling with async-await in Vue 2 and Vuex

Handling errors gracefully using async & await

// 2017

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Five commandments for new developers

Things I would like to have known beforehand

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PostCSS

Talking about PostCSS and making a plugin while at it