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How to Create Themes with Tailwind CSS and React
Use CSS variables to leverage client-side theming with Tailwind CSS and React.js.
How to Use Headless UI's Combobox with Async Data
Learn how to create an autocomplete component that works with your backend.
Why You Should Stop Using Booleans
Learn when you shouldn't use booleans as a property type.
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How to Add Google Adsense Ads to a Next.js App
Get paid for your content. Learn how I add Google Adsense ads to a Next.js app.
How to Use Firebase Auth with Your Custom Domain
Learn how to use your app's domain name in Firebase Auth flows.
Learn Flexbox With Tailwind CSS and React
Master CSS Flexbox with Tailwind CSS.
Most loved
How to Add Google Adsense Ads to a Next.js App
Get paid for your content. Learn how I add Google Adsense ads to a Next.js app.
Headless UI Transitions
Transitions in Tailwind Lab's Headless UI library made simple.
How to Use Firebase Auth with Your Custom Domain
Learn how to use your app's domain name in Firebase Auth flows.
Frontend
How to Find Broken Images with Cypress Testing Library
You don't want your users to have to read the alt tag because your image didn't load. Let's fix it.
Simple Trick to Clean Up Tailwind CSS in React
Long strings of Tailwind CSS utility classes can be hard to read. This simple function fixes that.
Let's Build a Color Palette Generator
How to build a color palette generator and deploy it to GitHub Pages.
Backend
Help Stop the Russia-Ukraine War with Vercel Edge Functions
As of Next.js 12, you can use Middleware to help stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Learn the API Gateway Pattern
Learn about the API Gateway software design pattern.
Functional vs Imperative in Java
Are you taking a performance hit by using streams over loops? Let's find out.
Next.js
How to Use Headless UI's Combobox with Async Data
Learn how to create an autocomplete component that works with your backend.
How to Debug a Next.js App Running Locally on iPhone
See a bug on iPhone but not on desktop? Learn how to test Next.js running on localhost on your iPhone.
Dynamic Sitemap with Next.js and Supabase
How I use Next.js getServerSideProps with Supabase to generate a sitemap on demand.
Software Engineering
How to Find Important Code in a Large Repo
Large projects can be intimidating. Learn how to find the code you care about and cut through the noise.
Clean Code
What is clean code? How can we enforce it? Find out here.
Why You Should Stop Using Booleans
Learn when you shouldn't use booleans as a property type.
Tailwind CSS
Learn Flexbox With Tailwind CSS and React
Master CSS Flexbox with Tailwind CSS.
Don't Bake Spacing into React Components with Tailwind CSS
A simple strategy to make React components more reusable when working with Tailwind CSS.
Let's Build a Color Palette Generator
How to build a color palette generator and deploy it to GitHub Pages.
React.js
How to Use Headless UI's Combobox with Async Data
Learn how to create an autocomplete component that works with your backend.
Simple Trick to Clean Up Tailwind CSS in React
Long strings of Tailwind CSS utility classes can be hard to read. This simple function fixes that.
Refactoring State Machines from useEffect to useReducer
How I used useReducer can simplify state machine logic.
JavaScript
How to Create Themes with Tailwind CSS and React
Use CSS variables to leverage client-side theming with Tailwind CSS and React.js.
Building a Mental Model Around JavaScript Promises
Promises can be tricky to understand. I'll demystify promises and show you how you can leverage them to make your apps faster.
How to Make Headless React Notifications in TypeScript
Managing notifications' state does not have to be hard. Learn how to create notifications with ease.
CSS
TypeScript
How to Use Headless UI's Combobox with Async Data
Learn how to create an autocomplete component that works with your backend.
Prefer Returning Objects to Literal Types
A simple mental framework to make your APIs more flexible and less likely to break consumers.
How to Create Themes with Tailwind CSS and React
Use CSS variables to leverage client-side theming with Tailwind CSS and React.js.
Computer Science
Learn the Stack Data Structure
Level up your computer science knowledge by learning about the stack data structure.
Learn the Binary Search Algorithm
How to efficiently search a sorted collection with binary search.
Learn the Queue Data Structure
Learn how to process collections in FIFO order with queues.
Headless UI
How to Create Themes with Tailwind CSS and React
Use CSS variables to leverage client-side theming with Tailwind CSS and React.js.
How to Use Headless UI's Combobox with Async Data
Learn how to create an autocomplete component that works with your backend.
How to Make Headless React Notifications in TypeScript
Managing notifications' state does not have to be hard. Learn how to create notifications with ease.
Gatsby.js
Google Analytics Events with Gatsby and TypeScript
How I use TypeScript to track Google Analytics events in Gatsby.js.
How to Deploy a Gatsby Site to AWS with GitHub Actions
Use Terraform and GitHub Actions to build a CI/CD pipeline for your Gatsby project.
How to Host a Gatsby Site on AWS with Terraform
Deploy S3, CloudFront, Route53 (and more) infrastructure with Terraform to host your Gatsby.js website.
SEO
Dynamic Sitemap with Next.js and Supabase
How I use Next.js getServerSideProps with Supabase to generate a sitemap on demand.
Improve Accessibility with Semantic HTML
Learn how to make your site more accessible with semantic HTML.
Improve SEO with Social Sharing Cards
Find out how to get an image and metadata to show up when sharing your link on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites.
Testing
How to Find Dead Links with Cypress Testing Library
You don't want your users to hit a 404 when they click one of your links. Let's fix that.
TDD and Unit Testing with Jest
Learn the basics of writing unit tests and practicing test-driven development with examples in TypeScript.
How to Find Broken Images with Cypress Testing Library
You don't want your users to have to read the alt tag because your image didn't load. Let's fix it.
