Vitor Paladini

Vitor Paladini @vtrpldn

About: A software engineer that really likes working with user interfaces. Writes mostly JS at getcircuit.com. Loves cooking.

Joined:
May 18, 2019

Vitor Paladini
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How to Overcome Your TypeScriptoPhobia

Let's face it, TypeScript is kinda scary. Not too long ago, I used to dread the idea of having to...

Learn More 34 1Jan 31 '22

9 Hiring Tips for Team Leads and Software Engineers

This week I realized that ever since my first full-time job as a frontend engineer I was somewhat inv...

Learn More 19 0May 12 '21

Responsive Snakes! And what they can teach you about CSS 🐍

"If a snake was responsive..." is my favorite webdev meme. Have a look below if you're not familiar w...

Learn More 114 4Nov 18 '20

Make Your CSS Dynamic 🕺 With Styled Components

styled-components helps you write better CSS in React. It does so by allowing you to wrap all your co...

Learn More 122 1Nov 16 '20

Simple Chrome Extensions That Make My Work a Bit Easier

No time for introductions! I've been front-end-ing for a while. Here are some of the extensions t...

Learn More 104 13Nov 6 '20

Is there a designated place to chat with members of the DEV Community?

I miss a place where we can chat, share tips, and build stronger bonds. Is there a Discord server tha...

Learn More 19 9Oct 30 '20

Grab your user's attention with the :focus-within CSS selector

Here's a neat little trick: You can use the :focus-within selector to style the parent of a focused...

Learn More 117 14Oct 30 '20

How I Manage Impostor Syndrome, Fear of Failure, and Other Common Programmer Problems

Sometimes your own bugs are much harder to fix. One thing that I noticed after all those years in th...

Learn More 199 20Oct 23 '20

Say Goodbye to Pesky Overflowing Text With the text-overflow CSS Property

Here's a neat little trick: You can use the text-overflow + overflow CSS properties to deal with lon...

Learn More 91 8Oct 14 '20

I Got the 16 Week Streak Badge. Here’s Everything I Learned About Consistency

Last week I got the 16 Week Streak badge 🥳 This is the longest I've been writing consistently. I'm s...

Learn More 116 20Oct 7 '20

Show and Hide Content Easily With details and summary HTML Tags

Here's a neat little trick: You can use the <details> and <summary> HTML tags to create...

Learn More 112 18Sep 30 '20

How do you deal with the endless stream of interruptions that we have nowadays?

Programming is deep work and requires concentration, we all know that. However, there are some days...

Learn More 4 16Sep 27 '20

How to Estimate Your Work Like You Know What You’re Doing

I used to freelance a lot and coming up with estimates always got me anxious. Early in my career, al...

Learn More 166 9Sep 21 '20

How does being a programmer affects your world view?

We deal with complex systems on a regular basis and companies literally pay us to solve problems. S...

Learn More 44 51Sep 16 '20

How are you going to chill this weekend? 🏖

Ahh, Friday at last. A fair amount of rest and relaxation can improve your mood and make you even mo...

Learn More 24 29Sep 11 '20

Write Fewer Media Queries With the Clamp() CSS Function

Here's a neat little trick: You can use the clamp() CSS function to make font-size responsive and fl...

Learn More 478 23Sep 7 '20

How to Copy a Big Object or Array From Console to Clipboard

Have you ever found yourself trying to Ctrl-C a console.log() output, only to get mad when it doesn't...

Learn More 91 15Sep 3 '20

What programming concept did you struggle the most with?

Was it types, promises, or ternary operators? Maybe async, testing, recursion? Was it OOP, malloc,...

Learn More 29 57Aug 28 '20

How to DEV: Tips I've found in Forem repository

I don't know about you, but I find DEV Community's commitment to openness and transparency fantastic....

Learn More 44 2Aug 26 '20

How to make an extremely reusable Tooltip component with React — and nothing else

EDIT: Ok, after publishing I realized that "nothing else" is an exaggeration. There is quite a bit of...

Learn More 43 12Aug 19 '20

How to add a three-dimensional pink rubber duck to your website with react-three-fiber

I don't know about you but I love learning stuff in a silly way. My 9 to 5 is much too serious alre...

Learn More 17 1Aug 13 '20

The react-three-fiber Zone, episode 1

I've got to a point in my career where I'm able to build good interfaces in a relatively short time f...

Learn More 29 0Aug 5 '20

What's that piece of code that you have to Google *every time*?

"Is it .splice(), .slice() or .explode()?"

Learn More 42 88Aug 3 '20

Technical Writing Tips for Non-Native English Speakers

I was born in Brazil so naturally I wrote my first articles and blog posts in Portuguese. Back then...

Learn More 238 45Jul 29 '20

Tell me a thing that makes your day at work better

A simple discussion to start the week lightly. 😌 Whether it's a cup of your favorite tea or a real g...

Learn More 37 40Jul 27 '20

VS Code Shortcuts That I Would Teach Myself if I Had a Time Machine With Limited Fuel

— "Hey, it's me. Listen up, I don't have much time." — "Wait, what?! What is happening?! Who are-How...

Learn More 920 49Jul 22 '20

What the heck is GPT-3 anyway?

If you've been minimally active on the internet last week you've probably seen the term "GPT-3" all o...

Learn More 93 1Jul 20 '20

Have you ever felt that multiple screens do more harm than good sometimes?

Common sense says that more screens equals more productivity but I've just realized that on low focus...

Learn More 5 5Jul 15 '20

What makes you think "Ok, that should be a component"?

Whenever we are building web apps, SPAs and whatnot we have the option to turn the just written piece...

Learn More 13 11Jul 14 '20

How to create an extremely reusable Icon component with react-svg

SVG can be super-duper fast and accessible you know that. And the coolest thing about SVG in webdev...

Learn More 107 8Jul 13 '20