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Note: this tutorial is now out of date - I don't pre-generate og:image cards anymore as it added too much time to my builds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