Lucia Cerchie articles - 63 total
Beyond the Basics: Windowing in Apache Kafka
What Is Windowing? This post was originally published on the Confluent blog. If you’re...
A Framework For Knowing What You Don't Know
This blog post was originally posted on my website. Over my career I've had to learn new things...
What Are Apache KafkaⓇ Consumer Group IDs?
This post was originally published on the Confluent blog. Consumer Group IDs are a vital part of...
Three Things I've Learned About Writing Abstracts
Recently I've joined the developer advocate team at Confluent, which is full of highly experienced...
What does 'batching' mean when we're talking about Apache KafkaⓇ?
Today I learned that when you hear the word 'batch' in the context of Apache Kafka, it can mean one...
Installing node-rdkafka on M1 for use with SASL
If you're using Kafka in a Node.js app, it's likely that you'll need node-rdkafka. This is a library...
Introduction to Key Apache KafkaⓇ Concepts
Introduction Last week I started a brand new role: Developer Advocate at Confluent. So far...
How To GraphQL - Tutorials to Get You Started
StepZen gets your GraphQL API deployed and running in minutes, with up to 5000 requests per second...
Consuming the Deepgram API: The GraphQL Edit
In this project, we’ll explore how to use Deepgram, StepZen, and Next.js to convert the Deepgram REST...
3 New GraphQL Developer Tools to Increase Coding Productivity
In our mission to make building GraphQL APIs easier for every developer, StepZen developed tools to...
Convert REST to GraphQL: A New Low-Code Approach
Today's API and app economy is built on REST. After a couple of decades of investment in REST, it's...
A New Postman Collection of GraphQL APIs for the SaaS Services You Love
Postman’s platform includes a new collections feature to group saved API requests and share them with...
Your 4th Grade Math Teacher Was Right
"Show your work." It's a direction many an elementary schooler has heard over and over again....
How to Eliminate Duplicated Requests with GraphQL
According to graphql.org’s docs, “An Interface is an abstract type that includes a certain set of...
Tech Jargon Defined: What is Bikeshedding?
This is part of a Tech Jargon Defined series focused on de-mystifying common tech jargon terms. ...
Tech Jargon Defined: What is Dogfooding?
This is part of a Tech Jargon Defined series focused on de-mystifying common tech jargon...
Tech Jargon Defined: What is Yak Shaving?
This is part of a Tech Jargon Defined series focused on de-mystifying common tech jargon terms. 'yak...
Tech Jargon Defined: What is Rubber Ducking?
This is part of a Tech Jargon Defined series focused on de-mystifying common tech jargon...
Build a Production-ready GraphQL API Using StepZen’s Declarative Approach
Originally posted by Lucia Cerchie on StepZen's blog “The code you write to create the API is...
Fun With Deepgram and NextJS
Overview of My Submission (Much of this overview is repeated in the project's README, so...
Convert a REST API to GraphQL and Deploy it in One Command
Originally written by Lucia Cerchie and published by StepZen StepZen's latest CLI command,...
How To Use Mocks in Your GraphQL Development Workflow
This post was originally published by Lucia Cerchie on www.stepzen.com There are lots of ways you...
Nevertheless, Lucia Coded in 2022
I'm really happy Dev.to is making itself a platform for women in tech to share their experiences --...
What makes a "good first issue"?
Between creating a repo to help git & Github beginners understand common workflows (more on that...
Why GraphQL Directives Are Out of This World
Note: Some experience with GraphQL (introductory knowledge of schemas, types, GraphiQL explorers,...
Stubs vs Mocks in JS
Resources:...
JS Types to Avoid Polyfilling
I was reading the AirBnB JavaScript Style Guide recently and came across: "Symbols and BigInts...
The Line Between Willingness to Learn and Shiny Object Syndrome
I've been thinking a lot recently about shiny object syndrome, "a pop-cultural, psychological concept...
My family solves a code challenge 🎁
This is a story about what happens when you give a software engineer, a mechanical engineer, and a...
Marvel-ize 🦸♀️ your repo with Github actions
For the DEV Github Actions Hackathon 2021 I wrote a workflow to Marvel-ize your repo! My...