If you look at the latest Chrome, Safari, Firefox and MS Edge browsers, you’ll notice the compatibility and feature implementation of ES6 is darn near complete. And for the majority of developers that still have to support older browsers? Babel and other pre-compilers have you covered. There’s so much adoption among the latest browser versions, […]
I Don’t Deploy With Docker, But I Use It Every Day
I use Docker almost every day, at this point. But, I’m not using it to deploy my applications or run them in production. Instead, I’m using it because I need to continue development of multiple apps, with multiple versions of multiple services, and I don’t want to install those services on my laptop, directly. In […]
So, You’re Saying Docker Isn’t A Virtual Machine???
The next time you’re at an art show or art gallery of any kind, walk up to an artist and ask them to install an electrical outlet in the wall on which their painting is displayed. After ignoring the inevitable look of bewilderment and snarky response, grab some tools and start hacking the wall apart. […]
undefined is not a function
Every developer that has worked with JavaScript knows the frustration of “undefined is not a function”. Most of the time the cause is something simple, though. A quick survey of StackOverflow questions around this error message shows some basic examples, such as: Mis-spelled function name Capitalization of words in function name jQuery is in “no-conflict” […]
How RabbitMQ Saved My SaaS
Years ago I was building a distributed system that had to function with and without a network connection. It was a standalone app for vehicle maintenance that would synchronize data with a central server. After a lot of trial and error, I decided to use a message queue. It handled the system’s needs perfectly. I […]
Destroy The 60 Second HTTP Request
How long should a “Contact Me” form take, on a website? You type in your message, click the “send” button and … 10 seconds … 30 seconds … … a full minute, just to send an email?! Sure, there are a lot of steps to something as simple as sending an email. There’s the web […]
Messaging Architecture Can Be A Massive Productivity Boost
A few years ago, I was doing full-time consulting. At one particular client, we were building a component based UI where pieces of the screen could be swapped in and out pretty quickly. This was all done through clean APIs that were message based and consistent across the components. Each component was independent of the […]
How To Develop … Anything
A friend of mine recently asked some questions about developing a product, and creating the final deliverables. He had been working for months, and had a deadline that he wasn’t sure about. But he needed to get the product done and launched or face serious financial difficulties. In the discussion, I saw him constantly trying […]
The Fastest Way For A Coder To Get Fired
What do you mean, “why are the websites down?” – I asked as I turned to look at my boss, in confusion. “They’re not down.“ “See, they’re …” … WHAT?! It was the early 2000’s and I was nervous about what I had built – a new and ambitious application with a new language runtime […]
How To Find Work (Freelance or Otherwise)
A YouTube viewer asked a question, wondering what I would do if I were starting over today and needed to find work (among other things). It’s a good question – and one that is important for everyone to consider, even if you’re not currently looking. Before answering the question, though, the viewer asked me to […]
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