I am a software engineer that is passionate about building great web applications. Currently, I work at GitHub.
I often write about TypeScript and React in my blog, and occasionally write some useful tools.
— I built a serverless application as a weekend project to help me save money on my heating bill. In doing so, I experienced something great about building websites in 2022.
— Union types are a powerful feature of TypeScript to ergonomically model a finite number of mutually exclusive cases and ensure that every case is handled safely.
— Type guards are conditional checks that allow types to be narrowed from general types to more specific ones. With type guards, we do run-time type checking and ensure that code is safe.
— Context is a simple, but powerful feature that can be used in any React project. Using Context we can solve issues with prop drilling, and then by adding TypeScript, we can dramatically improve safety when using a context.
— Tools like Copilot are extremely powerful natural language interfaces for writing code, but there are very real limitations to it, as well as legal and ethical issues. Ultimately, it is a tool for developers, not a replacement for a developer.
— Deleting dead code is a worthwhile effort that reduces the amount of that code that has to be downloaded, compiled, and maintained. Using automated tools, we can simplify the process of identifying dead code and removing it.
— Picking a function to use for parsing numbers can be a confusing question to answer, so let's take a look at what exactly are the differences and similarities between these two functions.
— Social images are a great way to enhance your website's online presence and Remix makes dynamically generating images for your website much simpler compared to other React frameworks.
— The Modify type can be used to replace properties in types, which can be useful when working with libraries that have non-generic types.
— In this post, we'll look at the tools and technologies that I would recommend based on my personal experience for building feature packed, maintainable, and production-ready React apps.