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Why I avoid async/await

Whatever your stance on async/await, I’d like to pitch to you on why, in my experience, async/await tends to make code more complicated…

Mar 5, 2022

Mark Twain

Mar 5, 2022

Cory

Have we forgotten how to think in React?

It’s been a minute or two since “think in React” was something that was talked about. React has changed quite a bit since then. Is it even…

Nov 14, 2021

Have we forgotten how to think in React?

Nov 14, 2021

Cory

The Coming Storm

A crisis of experience is coming. More people than ever are getting into software development, but the need for software engineers is…

Sep 6, 2021

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Sep 6, 2021

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Nerd For Tech

Understand More By Thinking Less

“Knowledge is power” it is said. It is also said that “power tends to corrupt”. These axioms are true in our code as much as they are true…

May 29, 2021

The Terminator

May 29, 2021

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UX Collective

Dieter Rams’ design principles applied to source code

Dieter Rams is arguably the most celebrated and influential product designers of the last century. His ten principles of “good design”…

May 7, 2021

Photo of Deiter Rams

May 7, 2021

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Geek Culture

JavaScript Classes Are Just Rube Goldberg Machines for Objects

The whole job of a class is to ultimately create an object. But JavaScript has one of the simplest, most clear and succinct ways of…

Apr 20, 2021

JavaScript Classes Are Just Rube Goldberg Machines for Objects

Apr 20, 2021

Cory

String concatenation operator considered harmful

It’s been a minute since I’ve last seen a “considered harmful” story. I’d say it’s about time for a new one.

Apr 16, 2021

Apr 16, 2021

Cory

To hell with nuance, arrow function all the things

Let’s cut to the chase. There have been several high profile folks in the JS community that have laid out some pretty strict limitations…

Jan 6, 2020

Jan 6, 2020

Cory

Maybe You Don’t Need That Utility Library After All: Part II

Note: I apologize for the length of time between posts.

Dec 11, 2018

Dec 11, 2018

Cory

“Why can’t we just go back to”-ism Rises Like A Zombie From The Grave Yet Again.

A recent article popped up in my inbox touting an alternative to the overly complicated world of client-side apps. Modern Rails! was the…

Jul 10, 2018

“Why can’t we just go back to”-ism Rises Like A Zombie From The Grave Yet Again.

Jul 10, 2018

Cory

Cory

Front End Engineer with deep technical expertise in JS, CSS, React, Frontend Architecture, and lots more. I lean functional, but I focus on maintainability.

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