Jacob Baker articles - 20 total
What tech did you use to build your personal website/portfolio? 2020 Edition!
Exactly one year ago I asked the dev community what tech they used to build their personal website/po...
Typescript, React, Redux, Thunk, and Material-ui template -- now with less boilerplate!
tldr : I've forked the official Redux Typescript create react app template, switched it to use functi...
Loneliness in tech
I'll preface this with a quick bit about me: I've been a remote worker for just over 5 years now, typ...
Typescript, react, redux, thunk, and material-ui template
Over the past day I've revisited the skeleton application that I use as a bootstrap when creating pro...
Musicians (and others!): the Box of Scales is now bigger
Goooood evening! Or good morning/afternoon, depending on where or when you are... Wanted to update y...
Musicians! I made a random scale picker: Box of Scales
Website: https://boxofscales.com Twitter: @boxofscales Made this initially for my own personal...
dev.to community’s top tech to build a website/portfolio
Just before Christmas I asked the community what tech they used to develop their own personal website...
What tech did you use to build your personal website/portfolio?
Over the festive period I'm planning to redo my personal website. So, for a hit of inspiration, what...
Dev Christmas Songs
The festive period is upon us, let’s here your cheesy developer versions of classic songs!
3 More Common Beginner Python Mistakes
Another year, another set of bright-eyed enthusiastic students. Now we're coming to the end of the f...
I still have to Google...
Javascript foreach loop syntax. for(var x as y) { No... foreach(var x in y) { Nope... .....
What tech & dev related podcasts should I listen to?
Lately I’m finding myself catching the train to work more often and as a result having extra time to...
5 Common Beginner Python Mistakes
It seems like a lifetime ago I cobbled together some HTML, CSS, and PHP to build a website as my firs...
MQTT Use Cases
Each of these example projects use an mBed microcontroller and SIM5230 3G modem. 1. Remote...
MQTT Security
As IoT continues to permeate the corporate technological zeitgeist good security is, and should be, p...
MQTT Background
This series is a short amalgamation of research that outlines the advantages of using MQTT as the com...
Bees? Viagra? Whaa?
Peanut butter and jam, WordPress and hacks, some things just go together. The Google entry was legit...
Is it important to have hobbies outside of coding?
I've always been a strong advocate of people having hobbies outside of coding. For me it's music, for...
Native v.s. Web v.s. Progressive Mobile Apps
A recent project that required an app for tablets and phones ran in to the eternal debate of whether...
6 Tips from an Experienced Junior/Graduate Job Fair Recruiter
I've been on both sides of the stand. First awkwardly shuffling through crowds to hand out my CV (and...