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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
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.
Blur Placeholder Images with Next.js and mdx-bundler
Get that "blur-up" effect we used to love in Gatsby.
Supercharge SEO with Schema.org Schema Markup
Tell search crawlers about your site with Schema.org JSON-LD markup.
Backend
You Might Not Need Microservices
Depending on the scale of your company, having microservices may do more harm than good.
3rd Party Libraries Every Java Programmer Should Know
If you're working on a large Java project, consider using these libraries.
Dynamic Sitemap with Next.js and Supabase
How I use Next.js getServerSideProps with Supabase to generate a sitemap on demand.
Next.js
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.
How to Make Headless React Notifications in TypeScript
Managing notifications' state does not have to be hard. Learn how to create notifications with ease.
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.
Software Engineering
Prefer Returning Objects to Literal Types
A simple mental framework to make your APIs more flexible and less likely to break consumers.
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.
React.js
Let's Build a Color Palette Generator
How to build a color palette generator and deploy it to GitHub Pages.
How to Use Headless UI's Combobox with Async Data
Learn how to create an autocomplete component that works with your backend.
How to Create Themes with Tailwind CSS and React
Use CSS variables to leverage client-side theming with Tailwind CSS and React.js.
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.
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 Find Broken Images with Cypress Testing Library
You don't want your users to have to read the alt tag because your image didn't load. Let's fix it.
Tailwind CSS
Let's Build a Color Palette Generator
How to build a color palette generator and deploy it to GitHub Pages.
Learn the Box Model with Tailwind CSS
Learn the box model—a concept fundamental to CSS—using Tailwind CSS.
How to Override Styles with Tailwind CSS Typography
Do you need to override styles using the `prose` class? Try this.
TypeScript
How to Use Headless UI's Combobox with Async Data
Learn how to create an autocomplete component that works with your backend.
How to Make Headless React Notifications in TypeScript
Managing notifications' state does not have to be hard. Learn how to create notifications with ease.
Prefer Returning Objects to Literal Types
A simple mental framework to make your APIs more flexible and less likely to break consumers.
CSS
Learn Flexbox With Tailwind CSS and React
Master CSS Flexbox with Tailwind CSS.
How to Create Themes with Tailwind CSS and React
Use CSS variables to leverage client-side theming with Tailwind CSS and React.js.
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.
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.
Run Cypress Tests against Vercel Preview Deployments
Learn how to use GitHub Actions to run Cypress tests against Vercel deployments.
SEO
Improve Accessibility with Semantic HTML
Learn how to make your site more accessible with semantic HTML.
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.
Supercharge SEO with Schema.org Schema Markup
Tell search crawlers about your site with Schema.org JSON-LD markup.
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.
How to Make Headless React Notifications in TypeScript
Managing notifications' state does not have to be hard. Learn how to create notifications with ease.
Headless UI Transitions
Transitions in Tailwind Lab's Headless UI library made simple.
Gatsby.js
How to Deploy a Gatsby Site to AWS with GitHub Actions
Use Terraform and GitHub Actions to build a CI/CD pipeline for your Gatsby project.
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.
