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A blog about JavaScript, Node, GraphQL and general web infra dev.

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Preventing LLM unit test spam

Stop the unit test spam

The Case for Service-to-Service GraphQL

Using GraphQL for service-to-service communication is not necessarily an anti-pattern. In many cases, it's actually turns out to be a great choice!

Filesystem mocking with unionfs and Jest

Filesystem mocking with unionfs and Jest

Creating 'mess' directories

Include this in .bashrc to quickly create a 'mess' directory

Never say "it didn't work"

Be explicit when asking for technical support.

Upstream vs Downstream Services

Why you probably meant "upstream service" instead :)

Write the docs first!

Working a new thing for other developers to use? Write the docs first!

Teaching people to fish

When and how to not directly give answers as a mentor.

To understand anything, keep popping the hood.

You have the ability to understand anything. High five!

Write explicit type guards

How and why you should write explicit type guards, using JavaScript as an example.

Prefer having technical discussions in public

Why you should prefer having technical discussions in public rather than private messages.

Don't rethrow `new Error(error)`!

How to safely capture and rethrow errors without losing information

Asking for help in Slack/IRC

How to ask great questions for technical help in Slack / IRC

React Server Side Rendering with Hypernova

React Server Side Rendering with Hypernova