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The Build SeriesNovember 25, 2021

The Build Series: E6 — Fun with Flags

Wouldn't it be nice if you had the ability to toggle a feature in production with just a switch? What if you could deploy different variations of the same feature for different users? In this episode of The Build Series, we'll see how.

Next.jsNovember 15, 2021

Goodbye Gatsby, Hello Next

Another year, another overhaul. This time I'm moving to Next.js and a controversial CSS framework. Starting with a fairly well built template, this is the story of how I moved from Gatsby to Next.js

Next.jsJuly 18, 2021

Next.js: The Good, Bad and Ugly

Next.js is a framework for SSG SSR apps. But it is not all sunshine and rainbows. I've been building applications using Next.js for a couple of months now and this article is the summation of my struggles and *aha!* moments when using Next.js.

CORSMay 30, 2021

The tale of bypassing CORS

Making an API request to get data and display it to the user is the common feature in most, if not all, of the front-end applications I've built. But it's not always sunshine and rainbows. Oh the frustration when browser decides to throw a CORS error!

DockerMay 28, 2021

Running Multiple Apps on a single port using Docker

Wouldn't it be nice to type local.dev, and have instant access to all running applications on your local machine?

JavaScriptMay 16, 2021

console.log the cool way

console.log is in every Developer's toolkit. But there's more to it than just the regular log method

The Lazy Developer SeriesMay 16, 2021

The Lazy Developer Series: E2 — Automating workflows using a CLI

In this episode of The Build Series, we will build a CLI to automate creation of new blog posts

The Build SeriesMay 14, 2021

The Build Series: E5 - Page Scroll Component in React

In this episode of The Build Series, we'll build a page scroll indicator component which displays how much of the page user has scrolled

Spotlight SoftwareMay 13, 2021

Spotlight Software: E1 - Battle of the Markdown Editors

There are a lot of awesome markdown editors out in the wild. In this episode, I talk about some full-fledged WYSIWYG editors to simple text editors and share the editor of my choice.

JavaScriptMay 12, 2021

Sticky Header using Intersection Observer API

I wanted to have neat looking Table of Contents for a long article. In this post, I explain how I used IntersectionObserver to build it a Table of Contents that syncs with the scroll position of the page and highlight the current section.

MiscMay 12, 2021

Adding Comments to my Blog

I finally decided to add a comment system to this blog. But with so many options out there, which one is the best?

The Build SeriesMay 10, 2021

The Build Series: E4 — Deploying Apps to Firebase Hosting

In this episode of The Build Series, we'll deploy a Gatsby Site to Firebase and take advantage of that sweet free hosting

Developer ExperienceMarch 8, 2021

Setting up a new Mac

My usual setup for a new Mac. From softwares, to configs and other miscellaneous things

The Build SeriesJuly 17, 2020

The Build Series: E3 — Micro-Frontends are Awesome!

In this episode of The Build Series, We'll explore some Micro-Frontend design patterns for web applications and build one using React.

The Build SeriesJuly 20, 2019

The Build Series: E2 — Docker + WebApps = ♥

In this episode, we will configure our web application to run inside a Docker container

The Build SeriesApril 17, 2019

The Build Series: E1 — Contact Form powered by Firebase Functions

Welcome to the first episode of The Build Series where we will build a customized contact form and when the user submits the form, it will add all the form information to Google Sheets.

The Lazy Developer SeriesFebruary 11, 2019

The Lazy Developer Series: E1 — Powering through the Terminal like a pro.

In this episode of The Lazy Developer Series, I'll show I improve productivity by using alias and oh-my-zsh plugins.

MiscJanuary 6, 2019

Hello World 🤓👨🏼‍💻

This is the fifth time I am writing a first post. Hopefully more consistent this time around

MiscJanuary 1, 2019

Markdown 101: Kitchen Sink

This is a post to render every possible Markdown syntax available on the Internet, so that I have a local reference