Darkø Tasevski articles - 18 total
Parkinson’s Law in Software Engineering
If you've ever finished a task at the very last minute, despite having more than enough time, you've...
A Practical Caching Playbook
A practical introduction to browser caching, how it works, when to use it, and why it matters for developers.
A Case Against Abstraction
Recently, I was knee-deep in a very complex project. The problem wasn't just the size of the...
Coding in the Age of AI
AI isn't just hype, it's changing how I code, debug, and ship software every day.
Making New Languages Click with LLMs
The learning curve doesn't have to be a wall. Here's how I turn AI into my coding buddy when I'm in unfamiliar territory.
Thinking Clearly in Code: What Works for Me
These are a few strategies I lean on to stay mentally flexible, especially when context-switching, debugging, or designing solutions gets overwhelming.
Building Collaborative Interfaces: Operational Transforms vs. CRDTs
"Can we make it work like Google Docs?" It's a request that sounds simple until you try to build...
Thinking Clearly with LLMs: Mental Models and Cognitive Pitfalls in Prompt Engineering
Large Language Models feel intelligent in conversation, but their behavior is fundamentally alien to...
I've read... The Pragmatic Programmer
Truly a classic. It's definitely a must-read book for programmers and even people managing...
I've read... A Mathematician's Lament
"If you want to build a boat, don't order people to gather wood and assign tasks and work, but...
Improving your (Web) Dev Foo
I've been writing this since the last year, and in the end, I wasn't sure if I should publish it as t...
How are you writing a commit message?
I'll write a little bit about a topic that is not related to code, seemingly not that important, but...
NSFW: Use cases for Bitwise operators in Js
Practical (or not so) use cases for Bitwise operators in Javascript
Shellscripting: Functions
Functions in shell programming
Shellscripting: Conditional Execution
Conditionals in shell programming
Shellscripting
Introduction to Shell programming
Add PostCSS to Create-React-App
Learn a bit about PostCSS and how to add it to CreateReactApp. Without ejecting!