Engineering

Adding a multi-step form, for example user onboarding, is really straight-forward to do with Rails. This article outlines a solution that is easy to follow, easy to adapt and tweak.

The .well-known directory is a convention that is used by web servers to provide information about the server or website to client software. It is a standard way of exposing machine-readable data…

When you get a certificate from Let’s Encrypt, our servers validate that you control the domain names in that certificate using “challenges,” as defined by the ACME standard. Most of the time, this validation is handled automatically by your ACME client, but if you need to make some more complex configuration decisions, it’s useful to know more about them. If you’re unsure, go with your client’s defaults or with HTTP-01.

Struggling to understand module bundlers? This guide breaks down what they do, why they matter, and how they optimize your frontend apps. Perfect for developers who want faster, more efficient code! 🚀

You want to get into coding? You are already coding professionally, but are afraid AI will take your job? The solution is very easy: get…

Why the obsession with being a coding Swiss Army knife is sabotaging careers — and how to reclaim your superpower

Software development topics I've changed my mind on over the course of a decade

Learn about what security protections are built-in Next.js and view a guide for auditing applications.

Rails partials have many lesser known features. From counters to spacer templates! Learn all there is to know about partials.

Posted by Joshua Bloch, Software EngineerI remember vividly Jon Bentley's first Algorithms lecture at CMU, where he asked all of us incoming Ph.D. ...

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Take your Next.js SSR game to the next level — fast, scalable, unstoppable

Try building software using basic tools only to declutter your developer toolbox and learn which tools are worth using.

📚 A curated list of papers for Software Engineers.

Professional software developer with several years of industry experience.

Hey folks! This issue is about IndexedDB, WebCrypto, and my surprising conclusion to the problem of where to put the key in a local-first app. You can also...

An ongoing project to create a complete, professional-quality game accompanied by videos that explain every single line of its source code.

Automate your git cleanup! Here's a shell function to add to your bashrc/zshrc file to delete all merged git branches in one command.

Learn full-stack web development with Kent C. Dodds and the Epic Web instructors. Learn TypeScript, React, Node.js, and more through hands-on workshops.

Frameworkism is now the dominant creed of today's frontend discourse, and it's bullshit. We owe it to ourselves and to our users to reject dogma and embrace engineering as a discipline that strives to serve users first and foremost.

Interacting with DOM nodes doesn't necessarily need useEffect

Components are the core building block in which all applications written with React, Angular, and Vue are built. Let's explore what they are and how to build them.

When I started learning Git, I found many references covering two ways to undo commits with git reset:

by Samuel · 11 min read