Rocky Kev articles - 18 total
Modern Wordpress for PHP Devs using ACF 6 + block.json (Super post)
Advanced Custom Fields 6 now works more seamlessly with WordPress Blocks. This is a long post explaining how to use the latest ACF 6 with the block.json format that taps into the Blocks API.
Tips for Asking Better Interview Questions - A Summary of "Talk to Me"
As a senior developer, it's my responsibility to help the business with hiring. That includes interviews with technically my new boss. I was recommended the book "Talk to Me" by Dean Nelson.
The 38 Books Recommended to Me in the Past Few Months
These are the 38 books I was recommended to me in the past few months. These are books I have not read yet. This is not a ranking list. Just the title & description. If it's not listed, I may have read it already.
From Dev to Leading: How I Trained New Hires
It's officially been more than a month since new hires joined my team, and I'm proud to say they've...
What New Hires think about
New hires deal with a lot of unknowns already. Hazing has no place.
Solving a 2002 website issue with web components
We didn't really use web components in the most deepest level. We kinda just dipped our toe into it.
How I became a Developer in about 15-ish or so years
A bullet-pointed and kinda windy road to developer'ing
These 6 rules created a really dope culture at my job
The industry can get pretty hostile. And because of that, who knows what a new workplace can bring. These 6 rules is what my team follows to create a really dope culture.
I'm officially done with FontAwesome
We stand on the shoulders of giants. And FontAwesome, you were a big giant. But it's time to say goodbye.
Election Week distractions?
Election week is going to be interesting. Let's go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over. What are you going to distract yourself with?
Building your own Modern CSS Design System
There's a lot of ways to tackle CSS. I want to introduce you to Modern CSS Design Systems, which uses CSS variables to declare your key design elements.
Github is replacing the word master to avoid slavery references. Deal with it.
Github is replacing the term "master" with a neutral term. I think it's weird. But my opinion sucks.
If you were applying for my job, some projects I would recommend to have in your portfolio
I'm not a hiring manager. But if I was to review your portfolio for my job, I'd want to see these things.
Going from a Bootcamp to a full-time Developer
While putting boxes on a moving truck, I was let go from my remote job. I had no network in Spokane and I was starting completely fresh. And I had about 1 year of savings.
Looking to build a local dev events listing site?
Hopefully in a language I know?
More conferences should be like CascadiaJS
I've attended a bunch of conferences over the years. Cascadia is quickly becoming one of the best experiences I ever had.
The differences between true, false, and null (or how i accidentally made every single cat hate children)
I did a newbie mistake of using only true/false. I built a app for a pet adoption agency that did a API call and displayed the JSON data into an attractive front-end. But I messed up on the logic.
I'm doing JS30 but live, and I built something so we can do this together
I've been meaning to do JS30 - 30 days to make 30 things with vanilla JS. It's been two years.