While reading modern JavaScript code, you might have come across such things as Array.prototype.map(), Array.prototype.filter(), pure functions, higher order functions, the spread operator, etc. Basically, all the things that React and Redux made us write willingly or unwillingly. I am not going to spend the next 2-3 hrs going into finer details about FP. Instead, […]
Category: Coding & Tech
Software development quirks and technologies that interest me.
Stop Blindly Following W3Schools!
Posted on under Coding & Tech — Leave a commentI started out learning to create websites by reverse engineering web pages that I found and liked online. The way I got started with CSS is an interesting story. I started developing static websites at a young age. I produced mostly ugly pages by myself and a wee-bit jazzy ones using something like Macromedia DreamWeaver. […]
Dev Blabber Ep 1: Building an Open-Core Startup
Posted on under Coding & Tech, Dev Blabber — Leave a commentThe first-ever episode of a brand new podcast series called Dev Blabber. It’s an initiative that I came up with as part of the awesome Digital Futurists community, where a bunch of geeks, entrepreneurs and seasoned executives discuss technology and software like crazy. There was a discussion last week in the Coding channel””one of many […]
Someone should fix how GitHub counts contributions
Posted on under Coding & Tech — Leave a commentI have been doing a lot of commits lately. Sadly, none of my dozens of commits are included in my total contribution count on GitHub. Why? Because all those commits were to a forked repository. It’s 2019, and I think it’s plain stupid. I love GitHub, but if there was one thing I’d like to […]
Hero animations in Flutter are dead simple
Posted on under Coding & Tech — Leave a commentWhen I was learning React Native, I was sort of super-impressed by its emphasis on animations. We all know how critical animations are in creating experiences that users actually like. RN has a profound Animated API and loads of examples on creating custom animations. There’s only one problem: adding beyond-simple animations is tricky and a […]