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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
Refactoring State Machines from useEffect to useReducer
How I used useReducer can simplify state machine logic.
Don't Bake Spacing into React Components with Tailwind CSS
A simple strategy to make React components more reusable when working with Tailwind CSS.
Learn Flexbox With Tailwind CSS and React
Master CSS Flexbox with Tailwind CSS.
Backend
Output Relationships as Nested JSON with PostgreSQL
Use Knex.js to fetch table relationships as structured JSON with a single PostgreSQL query.
Blur Placeholder Images with Next.js and mdx-bundler
Get that "blur-up" effect we used to love in Gatsby.
Article Recommendation System with TypeScript and Supabase
Learn how to get a list of similar articles to recommend to your users.
Next.js
How to Use Headless UI's Combobox with Async Data
Learn how to create an autocomplete component that works with your backend.
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.
Google Analytics 4 with Next.js
How to set up gtag.js with Next.js and TypeScript.
Software Engineering
Applying the Single Responsibility Principle to Pull Requests
Pull requests should do one thing well.
Git-Based Blogging Platform for Developers
Users own their content in their own GitHub repository. We'll handle the rest.
You Might Not Need Microservices
Depending on the scale of your company, having microservices may do more harm than good.
React.js
Don't Bake Spacing into React Components with Tailwind CSS
A simple strategy to make React components more reusable when working with Tailwind CSS.
When to Create Custom React Hooks
Find out common scenarios when you should use custom React hooks.
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.
JavaScript
Introducing JavaScript's Pipe Operator
Functions on functions on functions. Improve your code with JavaScript's pipe operator.
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 Use Headless UI's Combobox with Async Data
Learn how to create an autocomplete component that works with your backend.
Tailwind CSS
Don't Bake Spacing into React Components with Tailwind CSS
A simple strategy to make React components more reusable when working with Tailwind CSS.
How to Learn CSS Fast
CSS can be a struggle to learn. Tailwind CSS was the framework that made CSS concepts stick.
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.
TypeScript
How to Create Themes with Tailwind CSS and React
Use CSS variables to leverage client-side theming with Tailwind CSS and React.js.
Why You Should Stop Using Booleans
Learn when you shouldn't use booleans as a property type.
How to Use Headless UI's Combobox with Async Data
Learn how to create an autocomplete component that works with your backend.
CSS
Learn the Box Model with Tailwind CSS
Learn the box model—a concept fundamental to CSS—using 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.
How to Fix Bottom Padding for iOS Mobile Browsers
How to dynamically add extra bottom padding on mobile devices using CSS.
Testing
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.
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.
SEO
Supercharge SEO with Schema.org Schema Markup
Tell search crawlers about your site with Schema.org JSON-LD markup.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
