Framework wars 1: The plan
4 min read. 01 Jun, 2024
The hunt to experience all the pains and joys of popular web frameworks
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12 min read. 30 Jan, 2023
Finding a needle in a haystack, very quickly
Fediverse, you've got a big storm coming
4 min read. 03 Jan, 2023
Not everyone will act in good faith forever online
Hackathon Driven Development
6 min read. 15 Sep, 2022
Taking 'Dirtlapse' from a hackathon project to production
Oops, I did it again!
6 min read. 19 May, 2022
The grass is always greener: Do I want to work as an IC or lead?
JavaScript promises: The static bits
3 min read. 13 Oct, 2021
Adding static methods to our promise implementation
JavaScript promises: The weird bits
10 min read. 07 Oct, 2021
Making our promise implementation A+ spec compliant.
JavaScript promises: The core bits
12 min read. 04 Oct, 2021
Creating a promise implementation from scratch to demystify the internals of promises.
JavaScript promises: The history
6 min read. 01 Oct, 2021
Why are asynchronous operations in JavaScript so complicated? Let's take a look at the history of promises.
We've been lied to: JavaScript is very fast
5 min read. 28 Sep, 2021
JavaScript has been carrying a stigma of being 'slow' for many years now, is that true in 2021?