The tech ramblings of Paul McBride
Today, social media websites are owned and operated by a handful of billionaires vying for your attention so they can advertise to you. The Fediverse is the antithesis of these legacy social media sites and might be our only shot at a better future for the social web. In this post, I'll dive into what the Fediverse is and what I think it means for the future of the social web.
Search is often the doorway to the web. Kagi Search is a new, privacy focused search engine that I've been using for the past year. Here's my review.
After 5 years of running WeCode NI, I have decided to shut it down.
Don't fall into the trap of premature optimisation. Before you spend time and money building the perfect app or feature, build a cheap prototype to make sure it is possible and people actually want it.
Embrace the discomfort of doing the right thing. It's better than the discomfort of a mediocre life.
Writing is a great way to organize your thoughts and ideas. It's a tool for leveling up your thinking and communication skills.
I recently started using the chrome debugger and I wish I'd started sooner. Learn what I was missing out on and how to get started.
I spent the last week learning how to properly type, this is how it went.
My review of the book Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte
A personal website gives the freedom to share your ideas, thoughts, and passions with the world on your own terms.
A look into the tech choices I made when building the job boards, WeCode NI and WeCode Remote.
Success looks different to each person. This is what success looks like for me and what I want to get out of my time on earth.
CSS in it's current form is not a good fit for how we build websites. I now write CSS in JavaScript and I think you should too.
Life as a developer is a life of constant learning. I've taken stock of some of the things I don't know at the beginning of 2019
Webpack 4 has finally been released and it is pretty great! If you are looking for zero config JavaScript bundling, then Webpack 4 is the tool for you!
Pure functions have no side effects and and they always return the same results given the same arguements. Let's find out how they work.
In this episode, we look at the reduce function and how to use it. We will use it to transform an array into an object and use it to recreate the filter.
The filter function is used for plucking elements from an array that match a predicate function in JavaScript. Check it out!
Check out the first episode in this series of screencasts on functional programming in JavaScript. In this episode, we'll look at the Map function.
Deploying code to the cloud has never been easier. Let's learn how AWS Lambda can help you run fast scalable app around the globe.
React is a big buzzword word right now. In fact, it has been a big buzz word for a few years now. Today I'll discuss 5 reasons to learn React.
In Node.js we use the CommonJS module pattern for sharing code between files. In this article, I'll explain what module caching is and how it works.
Using the Node.js Cluster module is an easy way to achieve significant performance gains for your app. Find out how to use it in this article.
The fetch API is used for making network requests in the browser. In this article we'll learn how it works
JavaScript and promises go hand in hand. Find out how async/await can help make your asynchronous code easier to read and understand.
The number of tools used by front end developers has exploded over the past few years. Let's looks at a few of the most popular.
Rubber duck debugging is the name given to the technique or explaing what your code does to a rubber duck. I use it all the time! Let's find out more.
The keywords let and const are now part of Javascript. Let's explore what they do and how they differ from the var keyword.
With the release of ES2015, we now have three ways of defining variables in JavaScript. `var`, `let` and `const`. Let me explain the difference.
Do you want to write beautiful JavaScript? Learn about JavaScript Arrow functions and how to use them.
Picking which programming language to learn first? Find out where to start by getting an idea of how each language is used and why you should use it.