The Two Reacts
January 4, 2024
UI = f(data)(state)
A Chain Reaction
December 11, 2023
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
npm audit: Broken by Design
July 7, 2021
Found 99 vulnerabilities (84 moderately irrelevant, 15 highly irrelevant)
Before You memo()
February 23, 2021
Rendering optimizations that come naturally.
The WET Codebase
July 13, 2020
Come waste your time with me.
Goodbye, Clean Code
January 11, 2020
Let clean code guide you. Then let it go.
My Decade in Review
January 1, 2020
A personal reflection.
What Are the React Team Principles?
December 25, 2019
UI Before API.
On let vs const
December 22, 2019
So which one should I use?
What Is JavaScript Made Of?
December 20, 2019
Getting a closure on JavaScript.
How Does the Development Mode Work?
August 4, 2019
Dead code elimination by convention.
Algebraic Effects for the Rest of Us
July 21, 2019
They’re not burritos.
Preparing for a Tech Talk, Part 3: Content
July 10, 2019
Turning an idea into a talk.
Name It, and They Will Come
March 25, 2019
A change starts with a story.
Writing Resilient Components
March 16, 2019
Four principles to set you on the right path.
A Complete Guide to useEffect
March 9, 2019
Effects are a part of your data flow.
How Are Function Components Different from Classes?
March 3, 2019
They’re a whole different Pokémon.
Coping with Feedback
March 2, 2019
Sometimes I can’t fall asleep.
Fix Like No One’s Watching
February 15, 2019
The other kind of technical debt.
Making setInterval Declarative with React Hooks
February 4, 2019
How I learned to stop worrying and love refs.
React as a UI Runtime
February 2, 2019
An in-depth description of the React programming model.
Why Isn’t X a Hook?
January 26, 2019
Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should.
The “Bug-O” Notation
January 25, 2019
What is the 🐞(n) of your API?
Preparing for a Tech Talk, Part 2: What, Why, and How
January 7, 2019
We need to go deeper.
The Elements of UI Engineering
December 30, 2018
What makes UI engineering difficult?
Things I Don’t Know as of 2018
December 28, 2018
We can admit our knowledge gaps without devaluing our expertise.
Preparing for a Tech Talk, Part 1: Motivation
December 26, 2018
Here’s my recipe for a good talk idea.
Why Do React Hooks Rely on Call Order?
December 13, 2018
Lessons learned from mixins, render props, HOCs, and classes.
Optimized for Change
December 12, 2018
What makes a great API?
How Does setState Know What to Do?
December 9, 2018
Dependency injection is nice if you don’t have to think about it.
My Wishlist for Hot Reloading
December 8, 2018
I don't want a lot for Christmas. There is just one thing I need.
Why Do React Elements Have a $$typeof Property?
December 3, 2018
It has something to do with security.
How Does React Tell a Class from a Function?
December 2, 2018
We talk about classes, new, instanceof, prototype chains, and API design.
Why Do We Write super(props)?
November 30, 2018
There’s a twist at the end.