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Headless UI Transitions
Transitions in Tailwind Lab's Headless UI library made simple.
How to Use Headless UI's Combobox with Async Data
Learn how to create an autocomplete component that works with your backend.
How to Fix Bottom Padding for iOS Mobile Browsers
How to dynamically add extra bottom padding on mobile devices using CSS.
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How to Create Themes with Tailwind CSS and React
Use CSS variables to leverage client-side theming with Tailwind CSS and React.js.
Headless UI Transitions
Transitions in Tailwind Lab's Headless UI library made simple.
How to Add Google Adsense Ads to a Next.js App
Get paid for your content. Learn how I add Google Adsense ads to a Next.js app.
Frontend
How to Create an MDX Blog with Supabase and Next.js
Superpower your MDX blog with a PostgreSQL database backed by Supabase and Next.js.
How to Learn CSS Fast
CSS can be a struggle to learn. Tailwind CSS was the framework that made CSS concepts stick.
Don't Bake Spacing into React Components with Tailwind CSS
A simple strategy to make React components more reusable when working with Tailwind CSS.
Backend
Why I Regret Switching from Elasticsearch to Algolia
Roadblocks my team stumbled upon using Algolia in a large-scale production app.
Building a Mental Model Around JavaScript Promises
Promises can be tricky to understand. I'll demystify promises and show you how you can leverage them to make your apps faster.
Golang for JavaScript Developers
Are you a JavaScript developer interested in learning Golang? This is the article for you.
Next.js
Dynamic Sitemap with Next.js and Supabase
How I use Next.js getServerSideProps with Supabase to generate a sitemap on demand.
How to Add Google Adsense Ads to a Next.js App
Get paid for your content. Learn how I add Google Adsense ads to a Next.js app.
High-Order Functions for Reusable Middleware in Next.js
Don't repeat yourself. Use high-order functions to build reusable code in your Next.js backend.
Software Engineering
Learn the API Gateway Pattern
Learn about the API Gateway software design pattern.
Make Your Platform a Product
Learn how companies benefited from offering their platforms as a service, either through infrastructure or external APIs.
Prefer Returning Objects to Literal Types
A simple mental framework to make your APIs more flexible and less likely to break consumers.
React.js
Let's Build a Color Palette Generator
How to build a color palette generator and deploy it to GitHub Pages.
Simple Trick to Clean Up Tailwind CSS in React
Long strings of Tailwind CSS utility classes can be hard to read. This simple function fixes that.
How to Add Google Adsense Ads to a Next.js App
Get paid for your content. Learn how I add Google Adsense ads to a Next.js app.
JavaScript
How to Ensure Code Only Runs in the Browser in Next.js
How to ensure your code is only run on the client when using a full-stack JavaScript framework such as Next.js or Remix.
JavaScript Class Array Method Error Fix
If you're passing a method on a class to an array method, you better make it a higher-order function to avoid a "this is undefined" error.
How to Use Headless UI's Combobox with Async Data
Learn how to create an autocomplete component that works with your backend.
Tailwind CSS
How to Override Styles with Tailwind CSS Typography
Do you need to override styles using the `prose` class? Try this.
Learn the Box Model with Tailwind CSS
Learn the box model—a concept fundamental to CSS—using Tailwind CSS.
How to Learn CSS Fast
CSS can be a struggle to learn. Tailwind CSS was the framework that made CSS concepts stick.
TypeScript
Why You Should Stop Using Booleans
Learn when you shouldn't use booleans as a property type.
How to Make Headless React Notifications in TypeScript
Managing notifications' state does not have to be hard. Learn how to create notifications with ease.
Golang for JavaScript Developers
Are you a JavaScript developer interested in learning Golang? This is the article for you.
CSS
How to Create Themes with Tailwind CSS and React
Use CSS variables to leverage client-side theming with Tailwind CSS and React.js.
How to Fix Bottom Padding for iOS Mobile Browsers
How to dynamically add extra bottom padding on mobile devices using CSS.
Learn the Box Model with Tailwind CSS
Learn the box model—a concept fundamental to CSS—using Tailwind CSS.
Testing
TDD and Unit Testing with Jest
Learn the basics of writing unit tests and practicing test-driven development with examples in TypeScript.
Run Cypress Tests against Vercel Preview Deployments
Learn how to use GitHub Actions to run Cypress tests against Vercel deployments.
How to Find Dead Links with Cypress Testing Library
You don't want your users to hit a 404 when they click one of your links. Let's fix that.
SEO
Dynamic Sitemap with Next.js and Supabase
How I use Next.js getServerSideProps with Supabase to generate a sitemap on demand.
Supercharge SEO with Schema.org Schema Markup
Tell search crawlers about your site with Schema.org JSON-LD markup.
Improve SEO with Social Sharing Cards
Find out how to get an image and metadata to show up when sharing your link on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites.
Headless UI
How to Create Themes with Tailwind CSS and React
Use CSS variables to leverage client-side theming with Tailwind CSS and React.js.
Headless UI Transitions
Transitions in Tailwind Lab's Headless UI library made simple.
How to Make Headless React Notifications in TypeScript
Managing notifications' state does not have to be hard. Learn how to create notifications with ease.
Gatsby.js
How to Host a Gatsby Site on AWS with Terraform
Deploy S3, CloudFront, Route53 (and more) infrastructure with Terraform to host your Gatsby.js website.
Supercharge SEO with Schema.org Schema Markup
Tell search crawlers about your site with Schema.org JSON-LD markup.
Google Analytics Events with Gatsby and TypeScript
How I use TypeScript to track Google Analytics events in Gatsby.js.
