“Indeed the business of the universe is to make such a fool out of you that you will know yourself for one, and begin to be wise.”— George MacDonald
Engineering, Systems & General Postulations
In pursuit of the timeless and great as it pertains to accomplishing amazing things with other people.
AI is the New Medium
AI isn't just a tool for creating content within the mediums we already know. AI is the new medium.
7 min read
Webflow Design Language
Learn about the structurally edited language that powers sites built with Webflow.
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Using Webflow with Netlify
Configure Netlify to send particular routes to Webflow so that you can selectively serve pages that are designed and hosted on Webflow.
3 min read
JSON Lisp
Learn about how programming languages work as we design & implement a little Lisp-like language called JSON Lisp.
14 min read
Lazy Evaluation in JavaScript
JavaScript's call by sharing and getter semantics allow us to implement lazy evaluation for field access.
8 min read
No Code is Eating Software
Marc Andreessen was right, software is eating the world! Today more people can create software than ever and this trend will only continue as No Code eats software.
2 min read
Lessons from Lean Manufacturing
Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.
6 min read
Art of Abstraction
Monorepos & packages seem to be all the rage. However, simply relocating code to a package doesn’t make it more valuable. In fact, it can make it more expensive & introduce unexpected risks! The real value comes from good abstractions.
3 min read
Cost of Consensus
Alignment is Precious. The cost of alignment increases proportional to the number of agents that need to be aligned.
15 min read
Headless User Interface Components
A headless component is a component that offers maximum visual flexibility by providing no interface.
9 min read
Function as Child Components
Function as Child Components a useful technique for higher order components.
8 min read
Single State Tree + Flux
A brief Flux explanation as a pre-cursor for single state tree goodness.
8 min read
Extensible Web Summit
Developers, standards bodies, and browser implementors all working together to progress the web.
5 min read
Scenario vs. Problem Solving
Scenario solving versus problem solving and its consequences for the artifact produced.
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JavaScript Dependency Injection
A quick explanation of how the AngularJS dependency injector works, and how you could write your own simplified JavaScript dependency injection library.
8 min read
Archives of Shame
Here you'll find my shameful technical history. Chalk full of ideologies I no longer subscribe to, tools I don't use and ideas that were horribly misled. If it's too much for you to carry, I understand.
Hide Archives of Shame »Stateful Semantic Diffing
A journey trying to build an intelligent code assistant.
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React + Angular DI
Dependency injection with Angular 2's dependency injector, React and react-router.
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React Dependency Injection
Constructor Dependency Injection with React.js
5 min read
Swift Notes
My notes trying to develop a mental model for Apple's Swift Language
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Grunt.js Workflow
Completely refactor your workflow with Grunt.js. A task-based command line tool written in JavaScript.
11 min read
Angular Cheat Sheet
The arcane bits of Angular in the form of a simple cheat sheet.
2 min read
Source Modification With r.js
An overview of source modification with r.js. Using ngmin and Angular.js as an example.
4 min read
MV* Frameworks and Libraries
JavaScript can get messy quickly, we tame this spaghetti monster using libraries and frameworks that implement battle tested design patterns for more structure and maintainability.
8 min read
Introducing StyleManager
Manage your styles with JavaScript. A low level tool to manage CSS in the browser. Support for loading StyleSheets as AMD dependencies included.
3 min read
Learn JavaScript - DOM Libraries
Each browser's DOM is unique. Either use an abstraction layer, or perish.
6 min read
Learn JavaScript
An introduction to a new series of posts that will attempt to explain the JavaScript landscape.
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