Work
No, I don’t move for work
Relocating, it’s difficult, scary, and exciting, but comes at a cost: I remember the first time I was away from home for an extended period…
Emelia Smith
A follow-up to “Tech, this is goodbye”
Two weeks ago, I published an article titled “Tech, this is goodbye”, since then I’ve received a multitude of responses. From people…
Tech, This is Good Bye.
If you’d asked me a week ago, I would not have told you that this is an article I was expecting to write. Unfortunately, today the company…
Thoughts on Monitoring Docker / Containers
Several months ago I was working for a client whom had deployed all of their application as a series of Docker Containers on ECS from AWS…
development
Everything’s Related, Redux, and Time
For quite a long time, I’ve wanted to share a decent number of thoughts on a multitude of topics relating to software engineering. However…
How to upgrade React-Native Modules in a backwards compatible manner
Between v0.39 and v0.40 of React-Native, they made a major breaking change; What changed were the import paths for the objective-c modules…
Opinions
You’re right, it can be hard to find signal to noise; however, there are ways to reduce noise.
You don’t want to hire people that will only do what they currently know and nothing else, otherwise you’re stunning their growth & the…
Work
An Open Cover Letter
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Work
Quick Rant About Coding Challenges
I recently received this feedback from a recruitment firm:
You may not need to thunk
A very common pattern in Redux is to use things called a Thunks, which are a way of wrapping up certain logic of a subroutine in a single…
node.js
Yes, this, and all other vulnerabilities (using the OWASP listings) are not limited to a specific…
The redux documentation has actually been improved thanks to this article, and many developers are now aware of this issue: sometimes a…
The Most Common XSS Vulnerability in React.js Applications
If you’ve copied the renderFullPage function from the redux documentation, then you’re vulnerable to an cross site scripting attack. You most likely have an Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in your React.js application. This article shows you how to fix it in one easy step.