Douglas Parsons articles - 21 total
Outside of dev.to, what's your favourite online community?
I've recently discovered IndieHackers, but it seems there are a million and one fantastic communities...
Tolerances: How Formula 1 pistons can teach us to be better developers
Recently, while procrastinating from work, I found myself watching a youtube video on Formula 1 pisto...
3 popular technologies that I will strive to never use again
There are a lot of different technologies out there. More than anyone could possibly explore. The de-...
Creating challenges: three ways to improve the technical assessment
Through December, I spent a large amount of time doing two things: working my way through the 2020 Ad...
Is Next JS really that good?
Throughout 2020 I've written a tonne of front-ends in both React (using Create-React-App) and Vue. I'...
Testing is important: three ways to easily improve test quality
It’s no secret that testing is important. We rely on tests to describe intended behaviour, catch any...
Three unusual qualities we look for to hire amazing developers
Here at Shamaazi, we’ve recently gone through a round of hiring… and wow, hiring is hard! It’s chall...
Don't Write Utils: how to become an amazing programmer by naming carefully
I hate the word ‘utility’. It says absolutely nothing. And yet, I come across it in so often when pro...
3 amazing REACT HOOKS to keep your code organized neatly
Hi, my name is Doug. I’ve been a developer for several years and now work as the Lead Engineer at Sha...
How to write IMMUTABLE code and never get stuck debugging again
I've written production code in a variety of different languages throughout my career, including Hask...
Write better code and be a better programmer by NEVER USING ELSE statements
I've been a professional programmer for the last several years. During this time I've risen rapidly t...
Why EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION is the key skill for being an awesome programmer
Programming is all about communication. We communicate with computers to tell them what we want them...
Avoid COGNITIVE OVERLOAD when programming in 4 simple ways
Programming can be an arduous activity. You have to remember what you are doing. Remember the context...
Learning programming is DIFFICULT
Have you ever wanted to learn how to program, or to learn a new concept? Have you ever come across a...
The DRUG of online tutorials
Have you ever felt like you're stumbling in the dark trying to learn a new concept? Like you know whe...
Go Logger - Why we wrote our own
At Shaamazi, we created and open-sourced our logger: antilog. We created this out of frustration at t...
You should only write USEFUL tests
Through my career in software, I've come across a broad range of attitudes and opinions towards testi...
A Trick to Help With Reference Data
Nearly all enterprise systems have a concept of reference data. From website configuration, lookup ta...
A Simple Reference Data Management Trick
Nearly all enterprise systems have a concept of reference data. From website configuration, lookup ta...
Task - An easy to use tool to simplify your build
At Shamaazi we've been using a tool called task. It's an incredibly powerful tool that can completely...
On Testing
Through my career in software I've come across a broad range of attitudes and opinions towards testin...