How Do I Know If My Startup's Code Is Good Enough to Scale?
Your ability to grow depends on your ability to ship fast and scale reliably. A technical audit gives you a clear, prioritized understanding of what is holding you back.
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Should I Hire a Fractional CTO or a Development Agency for My MVP?
First-time founders often frame this as a binary choice. The real answer is a hybrid: strategic technical leadership combined with execution capability.
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Flutter version management in Visual Studio Code with FVM
How to work with multiple versions of Flutter in VS Code and FVM
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Flutter GraphQL: Quick start
Learn how to add GraphQL to a Flutter application using a Fauna GraphQL API.
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A brief guide on Public roles in Fauna
A Public role can keep your data safe in unauthenticated scenarios.
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Why I'm building a GraphQL course for Flutter developers
Spoiler alert! It is mostly derived from the pains of working around the limitations of REST
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How to make an online multiplayer game with JavaScript and Fauna
Looking for a real-time database for your online multiplayer game? Look no further.
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Software engineer interviews end strong with good questions
Asking high-value questions is an easy way to start good discussions and leave a lasting impression in your next software developer interview.
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Is Flutter similar to React?
Flutter and React are often compared against one another, but what makes them similar?
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Get started with Next.js + Fauna GraphQL in 5 minutes
Build a Next.js web application powered by a Fauna GraphQL API in 5 minutes.
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Why I can't live without review apps
Review apps enable teams to deploy near-exact replicas of production applications.
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Flutter vs. React Native - A detailed evaluation
Comparing the two most popular cross-platform native development frameworks.
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How to make better technology decisions
As software developers, technology decisions can make or break your business. With so many choices available, we need a sane decision making process.
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JavaScript object to array
Follow this pattern anytime you need to convert a JavaScript object to an array.
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How to get the element with the max value in a JavaScript array
The Array.reduce method may seem awkward at first, but it is a great option to find the element with the max value in a JavaScript array.
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Simple GraphQL with Fauna
How I am using the fauna-gql-upload package to simplify my Fauna GraphQL development workflow.
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How to use React Hook Form with Material UI
Use React Hook Form for performant, flexible and extensible forms with Material UI components.
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Why is Google not showing my favicon?
Your favicon may be recognized by web browsers but Google has additional expectations if you want your favicon to appear in search results.
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Async functions with React's useEffect hook
What is the easiest way to call an async function in useEffect?
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The semantic meaning of colors
What do the colors on your website convey to your users?
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Unit testing Next.js API routes
Next.js API routes are lovely but how do you write unit tests for them?
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I like my cookies delicious and httpOnly
Recent recommendations are telling you to use httpOnly cookies for your sensitive tokens and you should listen.
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Conditional styles with Emotion's css prop
Use CSS-in-JS with Emotion to conditionally style React components.
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Don't be fooled by NODE_ENV
NODE_ENV is often misunderstood, but not by you after reading this post.
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React master/detail pattern
You most likely use React keys for list items but the key prop has other important uses as well. One of those is the master/detail pattern that every React developer should know.
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Starting a web infrastructure team
We recently introduced a Web Infrastructure team at my company. We are only a few weeks in but it has been an interesting experience so I thought I'd share the journey.
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This blog is built with MDX
MDX is Markdown + JSX, which creates a nice blend of Markdown's simplicity with the power of React when you need it.
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How I chose the color palette for this site
As a non-designer, I never feel comfortable with the design side of web development.
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