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

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

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…

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. ...

A blog about random hacks, graphics and design, math and other ephemera.

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:

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Thoughts on making our documentation as reusable as our code.

CSS can be a great HTML testing tool, especially in 2024

In the realm of decision-making under uncertainty, Thompson Sampling has emerged as a popular and effective algorithm, particularly for…

While much attention has been focused on high-level software architectural patterns, what is, in effect, the de-facto standard software architecture is seldom discussed. This paper examines the most frequently deployed architecture: the BIG BALL OF MUD

If a program element is hard to test, move as much logic as possible out into testable collaborators.

“Every line of code is written without reason, maintained out of weakness, and deleted by chance” Jean-Paul Sartre’s Programming in ANSI C.