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Why do refs in React have a key named current?

This question boggled my mind for a few months, but after working with function components for awhile it finally clicked. Let's dig deep and learn about closures, currying, and partial application along the way.

Why Function Components Fit React Better than Classes

When making a new React Component you have two options, class or function. Why the shift from the way we've always known?

How to Automate Social Cards for your Gatsby Blog

Having to make a social card for every blog post you write can be tiresome. Wouldn't it be awesome if they automatically generated?

Algebraic Effects Help Us Optimize for Change

Algebraic effects help reduce the mental overhead of working in a codebase allowing new developers to work without fear of breaking the system

Understanding Reducers: You Can Use Them Without Redux

Reducers create different output depending on input. That's it.

Why React Hooks, and how did we even get here?

Hooks have learned from the trade-offs of mixins, higher order components, and render props to make it easier to keep related bits of stateful code together and reusable. 💪

Let's fall in love with React Fiber

React Fiber is an internal engine change that allows React to break the limits of the javascript call stack.

Javascript Syntax Sugar Explained

Syntax sugar is shorthand for communicating a larger thought in a programming language.