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  • Complete Intro to Netlify in 3.5 hourstalk · 2019

    FreeCodeCamp

  • Ejectable Defaultsarticle · 2019

    Borrowing heavily from Gatsby Themes to improve the Sapper developer experience, and a discussion of how Ejectable Defaults fits with the Zero Config movement

  • A Skeptic's Intro to the JAMstacktalk · 2019

    A delightful exploration of how JavaScript web apps, serverless APIs, the static-site renaissance, and Git-centric workflows are enabling a whole new architecture, from a fellow…

  • Sept 2019 Recaparticle · 2019

    Hello mailing list friends!

  • Git-Centric Workflowarticle · 2019

    Published on the Netlify Blog

  • Why I Won't Choose To Be A Managerarticle · 2019

    I recently decided that I will not choose to be a manager. This is how I arrived at that conclusion.

  • The World's Greatest Netlify Demo 2019article · 2019

    Note: this was published as the Complete Intro to Netlify on the Netlify Blog and the FreeCodeCamp Channel

  • Adverse Status Updates and Trustarticle · 2019

    I noticed an asymmetry between adverse status updates and trust that I figured it would be worth a quick comment on.

  • Waterfallarticle · 2019

    The worlds of software, business, and music use the word "Waterfall" incredibly differently and they are completely ignorant of each other. I figured I would make a quick note to…

  • Your Site's Calling Cardarticle · 2019

    Note: this tutorial is now out of date - I don't pre-generate og:image cards anymore as it added too much time to my builds

  • A Better Way to Get Dataarticle · 2019

    Note: this was an unfinished draft, i published it anyway but it is incomplete

  • Why JavaScript Tooling Sucksarticle · 2019

    JavaScript Tooling is just too hard to use, and it's not your fault.

  • Work in Progress Podcastpodcast · 2019

    In this episode of our podcast we interview Shawn (@swyx) who made the leap from finance to tech. What started as a career reflection combined with burnout prompted him to seek a…

  • Bad Ways to Get Dataarticle · 2019

    In working on my Sapper export library, I ran into a very peculiar problem: my pages were being generated a lot more slowly than expected:

  • Static Svelte: JavaScript Blogging with 93% less JavaScriptarticle · 2019

    This blog now uses Svelte & Sapper as a static site generator, where it previously used React & Gatsby. This is achieved through Sapper's sapper export feature.

  • Using Next.js as a Static Site Generator for Netlifyarticle · 2019

    How to deploy a Static Next.js Site to Netlify, and then upgrade it to use Dynamic Route Segments to become a full fledged Static Site Generator!

  • Building Authenticated Serverless Jamstack Apps with Gatsby and Netlifyarticle · 2019

    Gatsby is more than a simple static site generator. It uses JavaScript to rehydrate Markup into a fully dynamic React app - which means you can use APIs to do all sorts of…

  • GraphQL Variables and Persisted Queriesarticle · 2019

    My mistakes and insights on GraphQL Variables and Persisted Queries.

  • Keyboard Firstarticle · 2019

    I enjoyed listening to Des and Paul's discussion of keyboard-first apps on their podcast today. They discussed the rise of the cmd+K UI paradigm in apps like:

  • Compilers Copoutarticle · 2019

    Today I dropped out of the Compilers course I accidentally registered myself for. I'm not proud of it but there's too much I want to do and I know I'm just going to do a shit job…