Cristina Rodriguez articles - 13 total
PWAs are underrated. I skipped the $99 Apple fee and the $25 Google fee by adding two files to my vanilla JS game. Now it works offline and installs like a native app. Here's the code 👇
Bulls & Cows Goes Offline — How I Turned My Game Into a PWA...
Bulls & Cows Goes Offline — How I Turned My Game Into a PWA (and Skipped the $100 App Store Fee)
Remember my Bulls & Cows game? The one with no frameworks, no AI, just vanilla JS? Well, I made...
Ever had your API calls fire way too often in a Next.js app? 😅 I wrote about how a simple useDebounce hook can smooth things out, boost performance, and keep your UI calm. Read more 👇
Why I Built a useDebounce Custom Hook in Next.js (and Why You...
Why I Built a useDebounce Custom Hook in Next.js (and Why You Should Too)
If you've ever wired up a search bar in Next.js, you’ve probably hit this problem: every keystroke...
🤓 Bringing back the old pen-and-paper logic game Bulls & Cows! No AI, no frameworks — just pure HTML, CSS & vanilla JS. Can you guess the secret number? 💭 👉 https://bulls.yosola.co/ #javascript #webdev #gamedev #nostalgia
Bulls & Cows — Bringing a Pen-and-Paper Classic to the...
Bulls & Cows — Bringing a Pen-and-Paper Classic to the Browser (No AI, No Frameworks, Just JS)
Lately, I’ve been feeling nostalgic 🤓. When I was a kid, I used to play a pen-and-paper logic game...
Building on LangChain, FAISS, and Next.js, I turned my mother‑in‑law’s Mexican recipes into SazónBot—a bilingual AI chef that scales dishes, offers substitutions, and even embeds cooking videos. Check out the journey!
Building SazónBot: A Journey from Family Recipes to AI Chatbot ...
Building SazónBot: A Journey from Family Recipes to AI Chatbot
I was sitting at my kitchen table, squinting at a Word document full of my mother‑in‑law’s recipes on...
How I Use CKEditor to Show I Can Learn Any Tool — and So Can You
When you're trying to break into tech, especially after a bootcamp, you're often told to “show your...
Creating Dynamic Routes in Next.js with Just 4 Lines of Code
Did you know you can create dynamic routes in Next.js with just four lines of code? As a freelancer...
Just out of bootcamp, ready to shine—but the job market? Brutal. Then, your friends need a website for their boutique's open house 🎉. No Eventbrite, no budget—just your skills. The landing page? Stunning. But the 'Add to Calendar' button? 😬
Building an "Add to Calendar" Button: A Story of Turning a...
Building an "Add to Calendar" Button: A Story of Turning a Small Project into a Big Win
You’ve just graduated from your coding bootcamp and feel ready to tackle real-world projects—but the...
How to Authenticate Your Google Cloud Project Without a Migraine
Imagine you're deep into a project, navigating the exciting world of machine learning, perhaps...