Rach Smith articles - 38 total
Lerp
When CodePen blogs were a thing I added a bunch of posts to mine. Some of the content still holds up...
Content Collections are a welcome addition to my Astro setup
All of the notes on this site are built from markdown files in an Astro static site. As of Astro 2.0,...
Using regex with make find-and-replace in VS Code
The context for how and why is too niche for me to go in to here, but I had a bunch of files where I...
Create a rainbow-coloured list with :nth-of-type()
This is my favourite thing to do with the :nth-of-type() selector: First, you need some colour...
Reading code is a different experience to writing code
When writing code, the first thing I focus on is making it do the thing I want it to do. After that...
Remove Shorts from your YouTube Subscriptions feed with :has()
I have nothing against short-form video content. TikTok is a lot of fun! YouTube shorts are... not...
Learning in public isn't so easy when you're buried by layers of engineering
I've come to appreciate that unless you're a full-time content creator who can devote hours to...
The hardest part of being a Junior Developer
Even though it was 12 years ago, I still remember what the most stressful part of being a junior...
Don't want to fix that bug? Here are 6 things you can do instead
Look, coding is hard. Every time you start to solve a problem or fix a bug you run the risk of not...
How Supabase fits into your stack
Recently I considered replacing the Talkyard comments solution on my notes here with something I've...
Do what you say you're going to do
If you want to impress people you work with/for, do what you say you're going to do. Be reliable and...
Moving from problem adder to problem solver
From one of James Clear's newsletters: One type of person approaches a situation with the mindset...
Don't remove a fence until you know why it was put up in the first place
Recently I learnt about Chesterton's Fence, a mental shortcut to help when you're deciding whether to...
Keyboard shortcuts for navigating a large file in VSCode
When writing the code gets a bit dull at my job, I try to make things more interesting by setting...
The shorter the feedback loop, the better
When it comes to web developer experience, few things impact satisfaction levels as significantly as...
Automating the process for moving notes from my Obsidian vault to my Astro site
Lately, I've been writing the drafts of the notes on this site in my Obsidian vault. When I want to...
Look it up
Link: Look it up! Geoff writes: The best skill you can develop as a front-end developer...
Replace the curtains
The main bedroom of our house has large glass doors and windows that open onto a small balcony. When...
Wtf is an island and why is it in my website?
The newest website frameworks1 keep referencing this thing called islands architecture. Which had me...
Putting the graph in GraphQL
It took me a while to understand how to design for the Graph in a GraphQL API. Coming from REST, I...
Quickly toggle Copilot suggestions on and off with your keyboard
Overall, I'm a fan of GitHub Copilot. Sometimes I just want it to get out of the way. I wanted to...
Use a narrowed focus to complete big projects
Link: # Dr. Emily Balcetis: Tools for Setting & Achieving Goals | Huberman Lab Podcast...
How to get started with animating on the web
You've seen something cool on the web and you want to start making your own animations? Sometimes...
GitHub copolit, hedonic adaptation and developer tools
A little while ago, I signed up for the technical preview of GitHub Copilot. I spent one full workday...
Code-first to product-first
Recently I discovered this article on Zach Lloyd's website in which he describes two kinds of...
Full-stack? T-Shaped? Comb-Shaped? Developer or Engineer?
Whenever I come across a form field that asks for my occupation or profession, I hesitate before...
How I keep up with the latest Front-End Development news, without scrolling my life away
There are very few things I missed when I quit spending time on Twitter, but one of them was keeping...
Loving right now: This Figma template for creating Database ERDs
As part of some work I'm doing for CodePen, I needed to come up with an ERD document for an extension...
We confuse visibility with competency
Perhaps there is a bit of a remote hiring boom at the moment, but I have noticed a massive uptick in...
Learning how you best learn: some questions to ask yourself
I believe that the best thing you can do for your career as a Developer is teach yourself how to...