James Perkins articles - 39 total
How to ratelimit tRPC routes with Unkey
Ratelimiting is not just a feature; it's a lifeline for production applications. Without it, you...
How to build authentic communication in your team
Before starting Unkey, I worked at several companies ranging in size from 5 to 5,000 employees, and...
The UX of UUIDs
TLDR: Please don't do this: https://company.com/resource/c6b10dd3-1dcf-416c-8ed8-ae561807fcaf ...
Unkey raises 1.5 million pre-seed
The Unkey pre-seed round was led by Essence VC and joined by Sunflower Capital, The Normal Fund, and...
Why we built Unkey
Why did we build Unkey, an open source API key management tool
Rate limiting in Next.js in under 10 minutes
Rate limiting is an important feature that you need in production applications. It may sound scary,...
Zod Typesafe User Input
What is Zod? Zod is a TypeScript-first schema declaration and validation library. It...
My top three tools (Mac edition)
I spend hours on my computer each day, whether it be writing, coding, or creating videos on YouTube....
A/B testing with Next.js Middleware and TinaCMS
A/B testing can be an incredibly useful tool on any site. It allows you to increase user engagement,...
Using Next Middleware to access and use geolocation in a non dynamic route
Using Next Middleware to access geolocation I don’t use Middleware from Next.js often, but...
Next.js - How to optimize fonts
Next.js Font Optimized When using 3rd party fonts we have to make sure they are optimized,...
Warp is the future of terminals
I spend a lot of time working with tooling, whether it's for my job, content creation, or just...
Automating Pull Requests
When working on a git-backed site, you don’t normally want to work directly on your main branch....
5 reasons why you should cross post your content
Content is hard to write, and even harder to get a consistent stream of readers or watchers to...
Read-only tokens - Query Requests anytime
Read-only tokens allow you to query data from your project at any point in your application, whether that is on the server or on the client.
How to add claps to your blog
You may notice that if you scroll to the bottom of any blog post on my site, you will see a section...
How to reload an SSR Page
When using SSR you might need to update the data that has been served because a user has done...
Tina Data Layer: Performant Editing
Tina has worked on the premise of direct interaction with Tina's GraphQL API and GitHub’s API. While...
Chakra Prose is finally here
I am a big fan of Chakra UI I have used it for years, it's my go to when building out basic websites...
Page to page loading in next.js
I am a huge advocate of minimalist websites, I don't hate heavily overly designed websites with...
From CMS To Contextual Editing
Tina allows you as a developer to create an amazing editing experience. By default the editing...
New Year, New CMS?
It's the new year and maybe you are considering a new personal site! That means that you will need a CMS to handle all the content that drives your site and we think Tina can fill the role in some unique ways.
Tina now Supports MDX
The team at Tina is dedicated to revolutionizing the CMS space. We were the first to offer contextual editing in real-time which enabled teams to be more productive. Now we are introducing the world’s first UI editor for MDX
Tina Cloud is Now in Public Beta
We are pleased to announce that Tina Cloud is in beta, and all of the core functionality is in place...
Why I created Developers Hangout podcast.
Why I created Developers Hangout podcast.
Why I embraced Typescript for development.
I've been very much avoiding using Typescript for quite a while, not because I don't believe in...
Tina Cloud is in public alpha
The team at Tina is pleased to announce that Tina Cloud is officially in public Alpha. Everyone is...
Retrieve your last 10 YouTube Videos
I have been retrieving the data from YouTube for a while, I have a live stat update on my site so you...
Setting up Tailwind with Vue.js
In this guide, you will add Tailwind to a Vue application. to improve the layout for our blog pages. You will go through dependencies, configuration, and component creation. To follow this tutorial you will need a basic understanding of Vue
Udacity React Nanodegree review - Part 1
I have been tackling the Udacity React Nanodegree, for a few different reason progressive growth at...