Michael Mangialardi articles - 35 total
Treating AI Chats Like Git Branches
As a developer, I'm used to solving problems by composing many functions to handle one step in the...
Does this engineering culture suck? (How to find out before you take the job)
Interview the Company If I were to go on LinkedIn and search "UI developer," I would find...
Looking Out For Tactical Tornadoes (Why Product People Should Also Care About Quality)
A mature engineering organization possesses a software philosophy where saying no is commendable. If...
Keeping the "Up-Factor" (And, Keeping Your Senior Engineers as a Result)
The Roman statesman Cicero once said: As a general truth, as it seems to me, it is weariness of all...
Roles and Responsibilities Within a Software Engineering Team
The way to organize of developer efforts and clarify the what, who, how, and why can be achieved by...
Apply Agile to the Family
Although I have recently criticized some aspects of Agile, it does some things very well. It...
Clean Code is About Reducing Complexity (Not Improving Readability)
When it comes to clean code, there is often an assumption that clean code means readable code. In...
Creating a "Candidates" Pattern in Your Codebase
It is good practice to extract sharable code into libraries. We all get this on some level. For...
16 Unsurprising & Surprising Tips on Developer Self-Care
Learn how to pace yourself to deliver high output without wearing your mind thin. Take advantage of...
How to Start a Design System Without a Company-Led Initiative (A Use Case for Non-Enterprise Businesses)
It's harder to start when there's not a company-led initiative While it does not take much...
Wrapping React Query's useMutation (A Use Case for Wrapping External Libraries)
React Query is a library for fetching and mutating server state via React hooks. In addition to the...
Creating a Gradient Component in React From Design Tokens
If you're not familiar with design tokens, they are simply representations of design specifications...
The Developer's Guide to Budgeting Your Money (What To Do With Your Pay Check)
Introduction Budgeting is hard, and yet, it is dead simple. Like todo lists, there are...
An Introduction to Tech Debt (And Why It Can Change Your Career)
What is it? Recently, I have found much success with a simple planning system. Every...
A Minimalistic Approach to Feature Flagging Your Web App
The Purpose It is a common occurrence that a product's web application needs to...
Creating Primitive Motion Design System Hooks Using Framer Motion
Design systems have been recognized as extremely important for harmonizing the look, feel, and...
Wrapping React Spring's useSpring Hook (A Use Case for Wrapping External Libraries)
In my previous post, I discussed some potential improvements by wrapping React Query's useQuery...
Towards Perfecting Code Organization
Environment and Well-Being Your environment impacts your well-being. If you've ever...
Wrapping React Query's useQuery (A Use Case for Wrapping External Libraries)
React Query is a library for fetching and mutating server state via React hooks. In addition to the...
5 Considerations for Maximizing Your Enjoyment as a JavaScript Developer
What makes you satisfied with a job? Don't overthink the question. The answer is simple. You are...
34 Tips for Professional JavaScript Developers
What is this article all about? It might be easier to begin by saying what it's...
Help! I Need to Organize My Global State in a React Application
In this article, we'll discuss some patterns for organizing a global state in a React application. ...
Introduction to Design Tokens
The following is an excerpt from my book, Design Systems for Developers, where I teach you how to...
Work With Your Mind; Rest With Your Hands (How To Avoid Burnout As A Developer)
If you’re a developer, you may have felt these feelings before: 1) You started working on...
Separating Functionality From Styling When Bootstrapping a UI (And Why You Might Not Want Material UI Or A Custom Solution)
There are two extremes in building our modern UI with a consistent application of a design...
So, You Want to Get a Job as a React Developer (Here Are 4 Not-So-Obvious Ways to Land It)
So, you want to get a job as a React developer. Great! Now, you've likely done (or are doing) the...
3 Not-So-Obvious Ways to Stand Out On a Product Team As a Developer
This article assumes the following: 1) You are a developer on a software product 2) You work closely...
How to Burst the "Tutorial Phase" When Becoming a Developer
Teaching is essentially a transfer of knowledge. In this sense, every developer is a teacher. Every...
How I Think About React (A Mental Model For Beginners) | Part 4: Syntax
In previous articles in this series, I explained my mental models around understanding 1) what React...
How I Think About React (A Mental Model For Beginners) | Part 3: Managing Data
In a previous article, I summarized React as a means to render a collection of elements to a web page...