I recently started working with both Storybook and Recoil. In order to make the Storybook controls faithful to the component's capabilities, it was necessary to somehow connect Storybook's controls to Recoil. Storybook usually controls a component by...
Or, "My Front End Dev Origin Story"
After a while of working with React, you'll start to notice that creating new components always requires the same sort of boilerplate code. A new folder, a file for your component, a style file... Props, if you're using TS. And where repetitive actio...
At my old company, a colleague was tasked to update a project I made a year ago. A blockchain explorer - to migrate it from React to Next.js This project includes a websocket element, for live updates. In order to help the colleague develop the webso...
If you're a React dev thinking of developing a chrome extension, this is for you. A Chrome extension is basically a webpage. However, it comes with a bunch of extra restrictions. The extension I made was a cryptocurrency wallet. It has login functio...
I have this wireless keyboard. The keys feel soft, and its usb receiver is broken. Its keyboard sits in a recess that might fit a screen. It also has shoulder buttons, and it's not too bad a shape. I bet I can cut out the keyboard and fit a screen an...
For someone who's heard of blockchain, but doesn't understand what it is and how it works, here's an explanation: Blockchain is a word usually attached to cryptocurrency. Let's start there. Cryptocurrency is a replacement for cash. Cash, and to a lar...
Part two to the deep linking adventure! Part one, Linux, is here To get this working on Windows, much of it is the same as Linux. There is only one thing that is different (well, two...) In Windows, we don't need to add anything specific to the pack...
Background I've been working on an Electron app. The front end's all done with React, making it very convenient for us React front end guys. We wanted to implement a feature where you could open a link elsewhere on the computer - sent via messenger ...