The Big Miss: Turning Lemons Into Lemonade
Today was one of those days when I question my life choices. Watch me dig my way out of a hole with the same shovel I used to dig my way in.
Topic Archive: projects
Composition in Action: Finishing the Swing
In software engineering, what look to be the easy parts often turn out to be the hard parts. If you’re lucky, the reverse is also true, but don’t count on it.
Mixin It Up: Picking The Right Problem to Solve
Sometimes, when you’re tangled up in a thorny problem, solving it is exactly the wrong answer.
Loggable: A TypeScript Mixin for Generic Class Logging
Logging is an implementation decision that should be deferred as late as possible. Loggable lets you defer it until runtime!
Code Complete: A Day in the Life of a Product
We’re all professionals here, right? And we all know there’s often quite a gap between what gets posted to social media and the reality on the ground.
What Good Looks Like: A Real-World Typescript Refactor
Watch a complex Javascript configuration object collapse into declarative goodness thanks to type safety, abstraction, and generic design.
Generic Abstractions
Modern software development works just like any other Hero’s Journey: you’ve got to hoof it some ways down the road before you can see very far into the dist...
mock-db
Mock DynamoDB-style query & scan behavior with local JSON data. Or learn to play the guitar, if you think pretty girls REALLY like that kind of thing.
dot-code for Windows
An AutoHotKey script that launches VS Code with the open folder or selected files in File Explorer when you type Alt-Win-.
Next.js Template
A sweet Next.js project template. Integrates Redux Toolkit with with test support for Mocha + Chai + React Testing Library and release publishing via release...
AWS API Template
Config-driven AWS API ES6 template integrating federated Cognito User Pool authentication and a robust approach to release management.
React Component NPM Package Template
An ES6 React component NPM package project template featuring front & back end test support, automated API docs, release management & more!
NPM Package Template
An ES6 NPM package project template featuring a CLI, test support, automated API docs, release management & more!
Testing Redux in NextJS
If you’re testing ES6 code referencing Redux in a transpiled build environment, you can save yourself a lot of trouble by putting your tests into JSX files.