Andy Jessop

Andy Jessop @andyjessop

About: I'm a Technical Lead Front-end Engineer. In my time off I like gardening, woodworking, and spending lots of time with my kids. I'm also addicted to side-projects.

Joined:
Jun 23, 2019

Andy Jessop
articles - 12 total

How I'm Using Signals to Make My React App Simpler

Recently, I’ve incorporated Signals from @preact/signals-react into my stack to make my application...

Learn More 1 0Jan 7

Starting Out with Go: Understanding Concurrency Basics

Concurrency in Go is primarily built around "goroutines" and channels, which make handling complex...

Learn More 0 0Feb 27 '24

Building a Basic HTTP Server in Go: A Step-by-Step Tutorial

Introduction Go (Golang) is a compiled language with a rich standard library, and is...

Learn More 169 5Feb 25 '24

Building a Terminal-based Chatbot in Rust from Scratch

Introduction This is going to be a learning experience for me, and I hope it will be for...

Learn More 7 2Feb 24 '24

OKRs: A Framework for Avoiding Micromanagement and Unlocking Creativity

Introduction Micromanagement, especially in project operations, often results in...

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Drastically Cut CI Time in an Nx Monorepo with Remote Task Caching: A Step-by-Step Guide

This post focuses on establishing a remote caching strategy for monorepo tasks. By implementing this...

Learn More 1 0Jan 15 '24

Creating a Smart Second Brain: Leveraging Cloudflare Workers, Vectorize, and OpenAI

Introduction Welcome to my latest adventure: creating an AI "second brain" that's more...

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Integrating Preact Signals with Lit via Custom Directive

Introduction Lit already has a way to use Preact signals in LitElement, the custom element...

Learn More 4 0Nov 13 '23

Anatomy of a Web Component: the Low-level Basics

Introduction I've been learning about web components from Rob Eisenberg's Web Component...

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Setting up a new Cloudflare Worker with a custom domain.

Introduction Cloudflare is a compelling choice for deploying your web app. Their...

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Writing Integration Tests that Run Inside a Unit-testing Framework like Jest

What are Integration Tests and Why are they Important? Integration tests are a type of...

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Reducing Time Spent in CI to Almost Nothing, with Nx Cloud

Monorepo tools use task caching to optimise build times and enhance developer productivity. In large...

Learn More 1 0May 12 '23