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— 2023
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2023-02-11 / Coding

Building a browser extension

Everything I learned building an extension for Chromium browsers

Updated: 2023-02-14
— 2022
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2022-12-05 / Personal

Books I read in 2022

Some notes on the 13 books I read in 2022

Updated: 2022-12-26
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2022-11-15 / React

Rewriting my blog with Next.js

How I moved this website from Gatsby to Next.js

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2022-10-09 / React

Using RxJS with React

Co-locating business logic in React with RxJS

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2022-07-09 / React

Improving component's re-render performance

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

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2022-04-22 / Soft Skills

How I interview people

And how I want to be interviewed

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2022-03-14 / PHP

Modern PHP

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

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2022-03-08 / TypeScript

Nominal types in TypeScript

Improving our type-safety with fine-grained types

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2022-02-12 / Crypto

Crypto & the fear of missing out

You can go on without me

— 2021
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2021-12-21 / Coding

The state of this blog

Some history and thoughts on a possible migration

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2021-10-10 / Productivity

Working remotely

Reflecting on remote work, the good and the bad things

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2021-10-10 / React

When not to use React Query

Or when component level fetching becomes problematic

Updated: 2023-04-18
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2021-09-09 / Productivity

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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2021-09-01 / Coding

Ditching manual releases with Changesets

Hassle free versioning & changelog management with Changesets

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2021-01-03 / Front-end

How I load my web fonts in Gatsby

Preloading self-hosted web fonts, for greater performance

— 2020
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2020-12-24 / React

Working with images in Gatsby

Utilizing the latest, more flexible, and straightforward API

Updated: 2021-03-25
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2020-09-26 / Front-end

What is a Front-end Developer anyway?

JavaScript has shaken things up and we refuse to acknowledge it

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2020-04-18 / React

Separating server cache & application state with React Query

UI state, ephemeral data & React Query

Updated: 2021-04-02
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2020-03-15 / UX

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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2019-09-01 / Coding

Following the hype in web development

The new things, the right things, and developer entertainment

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2019-06-22 / Self-improvement

My quest for digital minimalism II

Taking proper action against distractions & procrastination

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2019-05-05 / Books

When to quit & when to stick

My takeaways after reading 'The Dip' by Seth Godin

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2019-05-04 / React

Avoiding props drilling with Context

Sensible state management with Context & Hooks

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2019-04-20 / Projects

Setting up Pi-hole

Blocking all ads in my local network

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2019-04-04 / Self-improvement

The impostor syndrome

The irrational fear of being exposed as a fraud

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2019-02-18 / Self-improvement

My quest for digital minimalism

Decluttering my digital life from all the nonsense

— 2018
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2018-06-10 / Git

Using Git rebase

Updating and merging your branch properly

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2018-01-11 / Vue

Error handling with async-await in Vue 2 and Vuex

Handling errors gracefully using async & await

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— 2017
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2017-06-01 / Self-improvement

Five commandments for new developers

Things I would like to have known beforehand

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2017-04-30 / Front-end

PostCSS

Talking about PostCSS and making a plugin while at it

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