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Hacking the React AST for fun and profit โ #CodeWithSwiz ep34
This is hold my beer level of hackery. It didn't work but we learned lots in the process.
A surprising feature of JavaScript optional chaining
This blew my mind, thought you'd like it too. You can do more with ?. than you thought.
Use Netlify's _redirects on Gatsby Cloud
Something always goes wrong when you change hosting providers. ๐ For me it was redirects. A vital feature of any site migration.
Do important work
Next time you finish a project, ask yourself: *"Might this work be important?"*. Add the polish.
A better React 18 startTransition demo
Demoing startTransition is hard. Modern computers are too fast ๐ โ Dan Abramov, a React core team member, helped me fix it up. Here's what I learned
Trying out React 18 Alpha
I read everything about React 18 Alpha, trawled through the work group, and ran some experiments. Here's what you'll wanna know.
Words that scare developers
Words that scare developers are powerful tools that are not meant to be safe. That is a valuable lesson.
A fun security bug with static rendering โ CodeWithSwiz #31
The flash of unlocked content is great fun for any paywall