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Choosing the Right Technology Stack: Navigating the Trade-offs and Priorities
Explore strategies for choosing the right technology stack, balancing costs, scalability, and goals for successful product development.
Dynamic Sitemap with Next.js and Supabase
How I use Next.js getServerSideProps with Supabase to generate a sitemap on demand.
Headless UI Transitions
Transitions in Tailwind Lab's Headless UI library made simple.
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Headless UI Transitions
Transitions in Tailwind Lab's Headless UI library made simple.
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 Headless UI's Combobox with Async Data
Learn how to create an autocomplete component that works with your backend.
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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 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.
Headless UI Transitions
Transitions in Tailwind Lab's Headless UI library made simple.
Frontend
Improve Accessibility with Semantic HTML
Learn how to make your site more accessible with semantic HTML.
How to Learn CSS Fast
CSS can be a struggle to learn. Tailwind CSS was the framework that made CSS concepts stick.
When to Create Custom React Hooks
Find out common scenarios when you should use custom React hooks.
Backend
Learn the API Gateway Pattern
Learn about the API Gateway software design pattern.
Build an AI in 10 Lines of Code
Learn how to integrate OpenAI and Python to build an intelligent chatbot.
Golang for JavaScript Developers
Are you a JavaScript developer interested in learning Golang? This is the article for you.
Software Engineering
Git-Based Blogging Platform for Developers
Users own their content in their own GitHub repository. We'll handle the rest.
Choosing the Right Technology Stack: Navigating the Trade-offs and Priorities
Explore strategies for choosing the right technology stack, balancing costs, scalability, and goals for successful product development.
Is Tech Debt a Bad Thing?
Should you take on tech debt in your software project?
Next.js
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.
Choosing the Right Technology Stack: Navigating the Trade-offs and Priorities
Explore strategies for choosing the right technology stack, balancing costs, scalability, and goals for successful product development.
Google Analytics 4 with Next.js
How to set up gtag.js with Next.js and TypeScript.
Tailwind CSS
How to Use Headless UI's Combobox with Async Data
Learn how to create an autocomplete component that works with your backend.
Headless UI Transitions
Transitions in Tailwind Lab's Headless UI library made simple.
Choosing the Right Technology Stack: Navigating the Trade-offs and Priorities
Explore strategies for choosing the right technology stack, balancing costs, scalability, and goals for successful product development.
JavaScript
Golang for JavaScript Developers
Are you a JavaScript developer interested in learning Golang? This is the article for you.
JavaScript Class Array Method Error Fix
If you're passing a method on a class to an array method, you better make it a higher-order function to avoid a "this is undefined" error.
How to Ensure Code Only Runs in the Browser in Next.js
How to ensure your code is only run on the client when using a full-stack JavaScript framework such as Next.js or Remix.
React.js
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.
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.
When to Create Custom React Hooks
Find out common scenarios when you should use custom React hooks.
TypeScript
Why You Should Stop Using Booleans
Learn when you shouldn't use booleans as a property type.
Prefer Returning Objects to Literal Types
A simple mental framework to make your APIs more flexible and less likely to break consumers.
How to Ensure Code Only Runs in the Browser in Next.js
How to ensure your code is only run on the client when using a full-stack JavaScript framework such as Next.js or Remix.
CSS
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.
UW CSE College Personal Statement
Here's the personal statement essay I used to get into the University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering program in Seattle.
Testing
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.
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.
Run Cypress Tests against Vercel Preview Deployments
Learn how to use GitHub Actions to run Cypress tests against Vercel deployments.
Headless UI
How to Make Headless React Notifications in TypeScript
Managing notifications' state does not have to be hard. Learn how to create notifications with ease.
How to Use Headless UI's Combobox with Async Data
Learn how to create an autocomplete component that works with your backend.
How to Create Themes with Tailwind CSS and React
Use CSS variables to leverage client-side theming with Tailwind CSS and React.js.
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.
Google Analytics Events with Gatsby and TypeScript
How I use TypeScript to track Google Analytics events in Gatsby.js.
SEO
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.
Improve Accessibility with Semantic HTML
Learn how to make your site more accessible with semantic HTML.
Dynamic Sitemap with Next.js and Supabase
How I use Next.js getServerSideProps with Supabase to generate a sitemap on demand.
