Dayvster π articles - 50 total
AIβs Trap: Settling for Boilerplate Over Elegant Code
We are all familiar with Picasso's "The Bull" series, in which he progressively simplifies the image...
Why Zig + Qt Feels Like Doing the Impossible Right
Intro It's no secret that I love Zig, and it's also no secret that my favorite GUI...
I Miss when Software Ended
We used to ship software that ended Remember when software had an end, like a movie or a...
Accidentally Made a Zig dotenv Parser
Recently I've made a Zig based CLI argument parser called argh I've even written myself a roadmap I'd...
Is Odin Just a More Boring C
Why I Tried Odin Background My recent posts have been diving deep into Zig and...
My Battle Tested React Hooks Are Now Open Source
Don't yap just give me the links Ok I get it you're busy here you go: GitHub Repo NPM...
Why Zig Feels More Practical Than Rust for Real-World CLI Tools
Introduction So when it comes to memory management there are two terms you really need to...
Are We Chasing Language Hype Over Solving Real Problems?
Intro As you may have heard or seen, there is a bit of controversy around Ubuntu adopting...
Dev Culture Is Dying The Curious Developer Is Gone
When Curiosity Lead the Way If you have been in software development for a while, you...
Why I Still Reach for C for Certain Projects
The Project That Made Me Choose C Again So a while back I got tired of xserver and decided...
Stop Abstracting and Start Programming
How often do you find yourself writing code with a clear goal in mind when suddenly this annoying...
In Defense of C++
The Reputation of C++ C++ has often and frequently been criticized for its complexity,...
Zig Error Handling
Keep it simple It's no secret that I love Zig and have been using it a lot lately. One of...
Read Directory Contents With Zig
Efficiently Reading Directory Contents in Zig with a Page Allocator Hey there welcome back...
The Future of Frontend Development: A Look at Emerging Trends and Technologies
Introduction The year was 2003, I was a young kid only 13 of age. I've had my first...
Building Blocks Of Zig: Unions
What are Zig Unions? Zig unions are a way to represent a type that can be one of several...
Jotai atomWithStorage
What is atomWithStorage? Basically to put it simply atomWithStorage is a cool way for you...
Building Blocks Of Zig: slices
What are Zig Slices? Slices are a way to represent a contiguous sequence of elements in...
Building Blocks Of Zig: Understanding Structs
To learn more about Zig and why I think it's an amazing language check out my blog post Zig is The...
Zig is the Next Big Programming Language
What is Zig? Zig is a general-purpose programming language designed for performance,...
Zig Allocators Explained
What is zig Zig is a relatively new sys programming language that serves as an alternative...
React Query Retry explained
What is React Query React query or as it is now called Tanstack Query is a library that...
Astro is Amazing
What is Astro? Astro is a static site generation framework that allows you to build...
Three different states - Remote, App, and Local
The Problem - Single State Have you ever worked on a codebase where the state is nearly...
Common React Hook Questions
What are React hooks React hooks are a way for developers to separate logic from the UI in...
react useDebounce
What is debounce? Debouncing is a programming practice used to ensure that certain events...
Why I love Jotai
I still remember the first time I encountered a massive big corporate grade level application that...
React Query
What is react-query / tanstack query ? React Query, now known as the Tan Stack Query, is a...
Harder does not mean better
Amongst us developers there's a strange but strong notion that the most optimal way to do anything is...
NEXT.JS is evolving
TurboPack So nextConf just happened and they announced a couple of super cool things like...