Alex articles - 19 total
React rendering quiz
A simple quiz to illustrate how React rendering works. import React from "react"; export default...
Breakpoints variables with pure CSS
In CSS can use variables most of the time. :root { --color-main: red; } Enter fullscreen...
Minification bugs
Today I learned that minification in JS is a double-edged sword. It was a weird bug, took me quite...
Next.js at refactor or extinct situation.
Next.js become a hype of the day (or year), but it's slowly suffocating under the weight of technical...
Beyond console.log
intro As much as I hope that things will always work from first try, better to be prepared...
First really useful AI tool - AI code review
Finally, I found at least 1 really useful AI service. The service It's called CodeRabbit,...
Solving slow compilation in dev mode for Next.js
Noticed that Next.js dev server is really slow, annoying that it can't precompile pages in the...
Dark side of Next.js - App Router
Today, I want to share the disappointing issue with Next.js - App router. About SSR I...
Surprising benefit of GraphQL for long-term maintainability
When it comes to Frontend-Backend communication, there are few options: REST OpenAPI GraphQL. At...
Why I don't specify pronouns
Can see preferred pronouns on some GitHub profiles. I want to discuss why I don't do it, why I...
Automating npm package release with CI/CD
Intro For quite some time, I wanted to try to automate releasing NPM packages with GitHub...
Reusing TailwindCSS styles
TailwindCSS got very popular, but one big disadvantage - bunch of inline classes clutter the...
Use cases for `useInsertionEffect` React hook
Intro Everybody familiar with useEffect hook, sometimes useLayoutEffect is more...
Exploring testing automation with AI tools
Intro I am skeptical about all this AI hype, I did try AI to generate the code, tried few...
Clean code vs bad code
There are a lot of resources, books and opinions on how to write a good code. Let's investigate what...
TS function overloading - real world example
Let's dive into less frequent Typescript feature - function overloading with a realistic example. ...
Few useful VSCode extenstions for TS/JS
Want to share few useful extensions for WebDevs that you didn't heard of. 1....
A library to sync state between Next.js components and URL
Can sync state between unrelated components and optionally save it to URL, difference from other...
Sharing state between unrelated React components
Want to show how you can share any serializable data between React components, e.g. client components...