Gemma Black

Gemma Black @gemmablack

About: Fullstacker by day, coder by night. Working on uposcar.com.

Location:
Valladolid, Spain | London, UK
Joined:
Jan 23, 2018

Gemma Black
articles - 6 total

Understanding Sequelize's 'escape' function and why ideally we should avoid using it manually

So a disclaimer. As a software engineer, I'm not a security expert. I rely heavily on those who know...

Learn More 0 2Nov 23 '24

16 Principles for Tech-led Start-ups as a Software Engineer

After a few years at a start-up turned scale-up, learning a few hard lessons along the way, I decided...

Learn More 37 11Jul 29 '24

How to dump and restore a Postgres DB with new table ownership

I've used MySQL for years. But recently, I found myself working with PostgreSQL and simple things...

Learn More 1 1Mar 14 '24

NodeJS: 4.8x faster if we go back to callbacks!

Yeah, I said it! Callbacks are 4.8x faster when running them parallel over async/await in parallel....

Learn More 0 3Feb 10 '24

NodeJS: We can run tests natively!

Once upon a time, there was Mocha. Then there was Jasmine. Or perhaps it was the other way around....

Learn More 1 0Feb 7 '24

Making Preons

This is my first serious article on dev.to. Critique is most welcomed. Nevertheless, I love how-to g...

Learn More 5 0May 25 '20