Jake Varness articles - 22 total
Adding Social Media Images to a Gatsby Site
When you post links on social media, sometimes the links generate a card that looks really really...
Creating a Radio Using HTML Canvases
I demonstrate how graphics can be drawn on a web page using HTML canvases.
Building an ACNH Radio using HTML5 Audio Tags
Walking through how to create an MVP radio using HTML5 audio tags.
Adding serverless APIs to Gatsby projects in Vercel
I show how it's possible to dynamically load data into a Gatsby page using Vercel Serverless Functions.
Trying Out One-Line Dark Mode Tricks
I’ve read a few articles on the internet about how you can implement dark mode on your website in one...
How I made jvarness.blog
A colleague of mine reached out to me and asked if I could spend a little bit of time blogging about...
My Gripes about C-Style for-loops
The first loop you might have ever learned is the first one you should probably forget.
Why I love Bulma
CSS can be hard. Bulma makes it easy.
Talking to the Internet with the ESP32 Feather
Wanted to talk about a small project I'm working on using some awesome tech from Adafruit!
32 Lines of Code
Retrospectives on Participating in Cerner's 2^5 Programming Competition
What Nursery Rhymes Teach Us About The DRY Principle
Children's songs can contain hidden words of wisdom for software engineers.
Ramping Down
Discussing my experiences with making hasty decisions, and why it's important sometimes to slow down
Work vs. Play
What contrasts do you see when you compare what you do professionally versus what you're learning and doing for fun?
Demystifying containers using Crystal, Amber, and Docker
Once you understand how containers work, you'll never want to deploy your code differently.
Deferred Execution and Dart's Concurrency Model
In this article, we talk about what deferred execution is, and how Dart's Concurrency model makes it easy.
The Builder Pattern in Java, and Dart Cascades
Let's look at how to build better objects in Java, and how Dart's built-in syntactic sugar helps us eliminate the need for Builders.
Dart for Beginners
The bare-bones basics of Dart.
Angular Apps in TypeScript or Dart?
Should your next Angular project be written in TypeScript or Dart?
What made you want to become a dev?
Share some nostalgia with all your favorite people
Coding Creatively with... Pebble?
Creativity on your wrist never felt so good
I'm Jake
Hey guys, My name is Jake Varness, and I'm a Software Engineer! I've spent the last few years...