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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 Make Headless React Notifications in TypeScript
Managing notifications' state does not have to be hard. Learn how to create notifications with ease.
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.
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.
Backend
Why I Regret Switching from Elasticsearch to Algolia
Roadblocks my team stumbled upon using Algolia in a large-scale production app.
Output Relationships as Nested JSON with PostgreSQL
Use Knex.js to fetch table relationships as structured JSON with a single PostgreSQL query.
Build an AI in 10 Lines of Code
Learn how to integrate OpenAI and Python to build an intelligent chatbot.
Next.js
Blur Placeholder Images with Next.js and mdx-bundler
Get that "blur-up" effect we used to love in Gatsby.
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.
Run Cypress Tests against Vercel Preview Deployments
Learn how to use GitHub Actions to run Cypress tests against Vercel deployments.
Software Engineering
Applying the Single Responsibility Principle to Pull Requests
Pull requests should do one thing well.
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
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.
Let's Build a Color Palette Generator
How to build a color palette generator and deploy it to GitHub Pages.
JavaScript
How to Make Headless React Notifications in TypeScript
Managing notifications' state does not have to be hard. Learn how to create notifications with ease.
Introducing JavaScript's Pipe Operator
Functions on functions on functions. Improve your code with JavaScript's pipe operator.
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.
Tailwind CSS
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.
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
Golang for JavaScript Developers
Are you a JavaScript developer interested in learning Golang? This is the article for you.
Prefer Returning Objects to Literal Types
A simple mental framework to make your APIs more flexible and less likely to break consumers.
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.
CSS
How to Learn CSS Fast
CSS can be a struggle to learn. Tailwind CSS was the framework that made CSS concepts stick.
Learn Flexbox With Tailwind CSS and React
Master CSS Flexbox with Tailwind CSS.
How to Use Headless UI's Combobox with Async Data
Learn how to create an autocomplete component that works with your backend.
Testing
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.
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.
SEO
Dynamic Sitemap with Next.js and Supabase
How I use Next.js getServerSideProps with Supabase to generate a sitemap on demand.
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.
Headless UI
How to Use Headless UI's Combobox with Async Data
Learn how to create an autocomplete component that works with your backend.
Headless UI Transitions
Transitions in Tailwind Lab's Headless UI library made simple.
How to Create Themes with Tailwind CSS and React
Use CSS variables to leverage client-side theming with Tailwind CSS and React.js.
Gatsby.js
Google Analytics Events with Gatsby and TypeScript
How I use TypeScript to track Google Analytics events in 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.
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.
