Sandra Spanik articles - 13 total
5 Things That Might Surprise You About Your First Software Engineering Job
So you've spent the last few months navigating the treacherous interview seas and have eventually...
The JavaScript Reduce Method
Until recently, the only thing I've ever successfully reduced was myself - to tears. Much like the...
Blaming Git Blame
In this article I make a case for renaming the feature git blame to a neutral equivalent (e.g. git...
Why You Should Learn Next Next
So you've learned React. You know, at least vaguely, what the virtual DOM is and are comfortable with...
How to Ace the Behavioural Interview
As you might have already guessed, this article is not about technical interviews, coding challenges,...
Coding Advice I Wish I'd Trusted Earlier
I've recently celebrated my 1 year anniversary of picking up coding. A lot has changed in the past ye...
My Coding Journey - Becoming A Software Engineer in Under 1 Year
I've written my first line of code exactly one year ago. Today, I'm preparing to start my new job as...
I Got a Tech Job in Under a Year. Here's How.
"Is this... an April fool's joke?" ...is what I asked the recruiter when he called me on the 1st of...
Pure vs Impure Functions
Software engineering is full of jargon. Occasionally, to grasp the true meaning of the seemingly simp...
Implementing Dark Mode in React via Context
One would think the timeline we live in is dark enough, but for some reason, developers are obsessed...
React Effect Hook Explained
I've recently learned about React's inbuilt useEffect hook and let me tell you - it's neat! 💙 It's co...
So You Want to Learn React?
I'm pretty sure that Facebook is right up there in the category of Top 5 Innovations with The Most Aw...
Who am I and why am I here?
Those are some pretty existential questions, which I lack the philosophical prowess to address in-dep...