Don't fall in love with your code
Sometimes the best code is the code you delete. Don't love your code and do what's best for the codebase.
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The PS3 was a ridiculous machine
The computer hardware landscape has changed dramatically over the past decade. What once was full of custom hardware are now consolidating into a few standards. The PS3 was one example of such custom hardware.
I have a new Junior Developer and it kinda sucks
ChatGPT is all the rage these days. Is it really that good for developers though?
Making YouTube video with React
I wanted a good animation for my first YouTube video. But with no experience with tools like After Effects, what can I do? React JS to the rescue!
300 Signups, No Product, Only Landing page
I got 300 Signups with a simple landing page. No product, no nothing. Here's what happened.
I have 218 browser tabs open
It's been decades since the invention of browser tabs. Now, everybody uses them. What does the future of tabs look like?
Rust from 0 to 80% for JavaScript Developers
Learn Rust to 80% in 5 minutes by leveraging your existing JavaScript knowledge. In this article, I list a number of differences Rust has compared to JS that is crucial to understanding it.
Can you re-create this web component?
Are you a confident front-end developer? Try to re-create this pagination component from GitHub. In this article, I talk about how seemingly simple task can take a long time without proper evaluation.