How I'm starting my own Angular Component Library (part 2 -...
It's been an insane few months so the build-up of this library has been last priority, here's a quick, very straightforward component that takes an input of any class name as a string and on click,...
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Generating Angular Container Components, the Fast and Easy Way
Some of you might be familiar with the concept of container components. If not, they are components meant to 'wrap' around your presentation components as a data layer to separate concerns and improve...
View Article🔥 In case of fire: GTFO
Intro Hopefully this will never happen to you, but even if it's not a fire or earthquake, an emergency may arise and you are pressed to get out of the office/building and you have uncommitted code....
View ArticleDo you consider yourself a polyglot?
As developer who only speaks your homeland's language, would you still consider yourself a polyglot?
View ArticleCustom react hooks vs services
I'm having a tough time explaining the difference between a custom react hook and a service. It's easy to see the utility of the built in ones, but what about custom hooks? with a regular service, I...
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Quick VS Code refactor/productivity trick
So I was browsing Dev.to , like I normally do while waiting for my build process to finish (🐱👤) and I saw this post: 5 Visual Studio Code Tricks to Boost Your Productivity Xiaoru Li 🇨🇳🇩🇪 ・ Aug 8 ・ 4...
View Article🌐 How I host my projects on subdomains
I like hosting my projects on subdomains and keep my main site focused on being the portal to my portfolio. Here's how I do it using Netlify and Porkbun. What is a subdomain? A subdomain is a domain...
View Article🌮 Git 'r done when you're done.
Once again I'm waiting for my app to run its tests and build so I thought I'd write another quickie. Previously I showed how I wrote a git function for emergencies and I need to GTFO. Today, I want to...
View ArticleHex, rgba, or hsla?
I was reading an older edition of Design for Hackers last night and there was a statement that hsl was the latest and greatest due to its easier use compared to hex and it got me thinking...I almost...
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Microsoft's new FREE font
Microsoft has released a new free monospaced font called Cascadia Code. Bonus: it supports ligatures! It will be released with the new iteration of the Windows Terminal, but they've also released it...
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Customizing / Contributing to a VS Code Theme - Syntax Highlighting
Ever wanted to make your own theme? Or maybe you found one but is just slightly off from what you prefer. It's also a great, easy way to contribute for Hacktoberfest. In this post, I'm going to show...
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VS Code snippet leads to funny, unintentional results. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
A long time ago I decided to create a snippet where if in VS Code I type: :shrug I get ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.It isn't the most useful snippet, but fun nonetheless. Lately my autocomplete for CSS has been giving me...
View ArticleThe escape key; just a vim need?
Lately I've been thinking about how I rarely use the esc key and now the new Mac has brought back physical escape keys due to previous criticisms...And I'm wondering...who besides vim users needs that...
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