Your VS Code dock icon can match your editor theme
Ever wondered if you could customize your app icons? It's surprisingly easy—read on!
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Data visualization projects and occasional writing by Drew Hoover.
Latest posts
An agent-assembled, shoppable lookbook — and the skill to make your own
If you've ever gotten sick of clicking through endless Amazon results pages and storefronts trying to find just the right item, you might like using an agent-assembled lookbook instead. Read on to see one I made for Drew! Agent skill included.
Getting Battle for Middle-earth II to run on an Apple Silicon Mac (no VM)
A 2006 game, a 2026 Mac, no VM. We got to the main menu. The soldiers, however, declined to appear.
Questions I like to ask my interviewer
There's a lot of advice on the internet for job candidates on how to answer job interview questions, but not much on how to ask good questions, the importance of which scales with seniority.
Going deep on type-checking mock resolvers for GraphQL test fixtures
Advanced type-checking techniques for GraphQL mock resolvers using TypeScript, improving developer experience through type safety and practical codegen configurations.
How to write simple, expressive, and powerful test fixtures for GraphQL applications
Using GraphQL mocking tools to create simple, expressive, and powerful mocking interfaces — and how to type-check those interfaces to make them effortless to use.
How to make a good side project
Side projects occupy a unique space in software development. This guide explores what makes them successful by sharing lessons from building multiple tools over three years.
Drew's Mentoring Maxims
I've had some success mentoring folks. I've also had some failures! I'm providing them here as a list of maxims for anyone interested.
Why deadlines are hard (and why forecasts are better)
Everyone knows the four hardest problems in software engineering include meeting deadlines; here's how forecasts provide better clarity than fixed deadlines.