Robin Andeer - Product Engineer
Product engineer at Runway. Writing about web development, React, and building tools for human imagination.
Latest posts
The Faces of AI
Some thoughts on my favorite uses of AI.
Why XState/Store Left Me Wanting More
An interesting approach to event-driven state management that ultimately feels intentionally limited to steer users towards XState.
Building Capybara; Hedvig's AI Chat Predictor
What you need to build an AI chat prediction tool based on a large language model.
Progressive enhancement as productivity booster
Progressive enhancement boosts productivity when building web apps. It keep me focused and helps me break down complex features.
Graphite powers up your development workflow with stacked changes
A new developer service that helps teams build and code review small pull requests while staying unblocked.
Remix Concepts in Next.js
Re-implementing Remix-features in Next.js to find out what I'm really missing out on.
The Predictable Web Developer
How I came to understand what makes great web developers stand out.
React, more capable than ever, still a UI library
React can handle more of your app state than ever before, but should you let it?
My Brief History of Programming Principles
A discussion on the programming principles that have influenced me most of the years.
Web Project - Getting Started Guide
A step-by-step guide to setup TypeScript, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, ESLint, and Testing Library in 2020.
5 React Native takeaways - one year later
Learnings and tips to work productively with React Native.
Automated Contentful migrations
How to use the official migration tool & model content as code.
Snapshot testing in JavaScript
A short tutorial on how to use snapshots for testing JavaScript using Jest.
Codefest and BOSC 2017 in Prague 🏰🇨🇿
Summary of my experiences from my most productive attendance yet!
How I Debug My Code
Learn valuable debugging skills in Python to track down errors quickly.
5 simple tips to improve your slides
My best hands-on tips to design more engaging keynotes.
On using Atom
A summary of the good, bad, and ugly experiences from using the Atom editor.
Automatic PyPI releases using Travis CI
A tutorial to automate PyPI publishing for your Python packages.
Day of Containers: 🐮🐮, swarm, and orchestration
Notes from my favorite talks at the 2016 conference.
BOSC 2016: MultiQC, the next big thing, and ☀️😎
My impressions from the 2016 conference in Florida.
How I test my code: coverage and automation (part 3)
A tutorial to test Python code. In part 3 we cover test coverage and how to setup test automation.
How I test my code: pytest and fixtures (part 2)
A tutorial to test Python code. In part 2 I introduce pytest and how to leverage one of it's most powerful features.
How I test my code: motivation and strategy (part 1)
A tutorial to test Python code. In part 1 we discuss testing habits and how to motivate yourself to write them.