What they don’t tell you in their documentation. There’s no sense in writing code that can be generated. The issue I’ve encountered is that code generation is rarely a one-size-fits-all. I used swagger-typescript-api and learned several lessons while creating customized templates, making the process much easier. Here are the five…

How I wish my teachers had taught me to write. If you’re reading this, you might consider yourself a writer. A perfectionist. Smart. Although, sometimes you can be dumb too. But whatever. You are trying to write, but you’re getting stuck. Ugh… What to do? Here’s the secret to writing…

A perspective to quiet down the lovers and haters. I’m tired of reading articles with arbitrary perspectives on TypeScript. Are these articles meant to be clickbait? And why are they so long? Deciding to use TypeScript is an important decision, but it’s also an easy decision. …

Learn these fundamentals to fight off imposter syndrome. If you’re new to coding, I imagine you’ve taken some tutorials, watched some YouTube videos, made some friends on Twitter, possibly used the hashtag #100DaysOfCode, and gone through the ups and downs of learning how to code. …

Predictable and simple for a life of zen The term pure function usually pops up in conversations about functional programming. This is because it’s a pillar in the functional programming paradigm. However, pure functions can exist in any programming paradigm. …

A simple mental model Testing is a difficult skill to pick up. It takes a lot of thought and experience to begin to understand good testing. I often see phrases like, “Don’t test implementation details,” but those phrases don’t necessarily help new developers. What does it mean? Why? So let’s…

The guiding light for an agile working environment. I added “A Brief Summary” to get you here, but the Agile Manifesto is super super super short. No summary is needed! But before quoting the manifesto, first, an explanation… Everyone references “agile” but most people probably haven’t read the Agile Manifesto…

Aha! Noticing abstractions one step at a time, walking through code. It’s okay to skip Part 1, but if you haven’t checked out the StackBlitz with minimal abstractions, then that’s an excellent place to start. Similarly, if you want to skip ahead, here’s my final product. …

Following “Don’t Repeat Yourself” or DRY, even when setting variables. This is a short article. It has to do with “Don’t Repeat Yourself” or DRY, but not in the way you might think. I often find developers wanting to duplicate assignments to a single property. I think it has to…