Programming Lessons
7 articles 路 all categories
September 2022
useCallback is a code smell
One of my favorite ways to simplify and de-gotcha React code is to rip out all the useCallback and useMemo drama. 90% of the time you don't need it.
If it works together, it lives together
Wherein I use LEGO to talk about organizing your code for ease of use
Why others' code is hard to navigate
Some people like to organize code in files and folders and neat categories. Others love search. When they work together, that's the challenge.
August 2022
Your code doesn't matter
"Your code doesn't matter" is something experienced programmers say, between the lines, when they sound like complete lunatics. But what do they mean? Why does everyone say it?
Move your business logic into data
The quickest way to simplify a complex function with lots of logic is to turn it into data. A lesson from production
December 2021
Small choices can wreck your codebase
wanna see the strangest looping construct I've found in production code?
September 2021
Stop SHOUTING = 'shouting'
A hill I will die on 馃憠 global CONSTANT = 'constant' are bad