Brian Vanderwal on Atomic Spin

TypeScript

How to Customize the openapi-typescript Generator for Branded Types

Customizing the openapi-typescript generator involves an upfront investment. But with this in place, you can have more confidence in your branded types.

Developer Tools

Securing an API Gateway Using AWS IAM

For user access, AWS Cognito is a good choice for authentication and authorization. But when only machines are involved, AWS IAM may be a better fit.

Developer Tools

Exporting Neptune Data to a Gremlin Server

Although Amazon does not offer a way to run Neptune locally, Apache Gremlin Server is a close enough approximation for testing and development purposes.

Platforms & Languages

Writing Idempotent Queries in Gremlin

In many cases, Gremlin queries that are deadlocked can be retried automatically. But in order for retries to work reliably, queries need to be idempotent.

Developer Tools

Using Docker Containers for End-to-End Testing in GitLab

A relatively small amount of configuration is all it takes to reliably connect multiple isolated components for integration testing.

Development Practices

Making Changes in a World of YAGNI

In many agile development projects, code will need to change frequently, and clean code that is easy to understand is easier to change.

Developer Tools

Using Git Worktrees with Many Untracked Files

Git worktrees are great for managing work across multiple branches. But if your project also has many untracked files, copy-on-write clones can help.

React / Redux

How to Create Your Own React Carousel

Implementing your own carousel in React is not hard, and it can save you from adding more dependencies. There are some recent browser features that can help too.

Development Practices

Onomatopoeia and Code Readability

In some code patterns, the structure resembles its intent. This sort of code tends to be easier to scan and understand quickly.

React / Redux

A Pattern for State Management in React Function Components

How to make a React component independent, notify its parent when its the state changes, and enable the parent to pass down new state at any time.

.NET / WPF

How to Access Session Data within a Hot Chocolate Resolver

Although Hot Chocolate has its own sort of dependency injection, none of these patterns apply when you need to access the HttpContext in a resolver.

.NET / WPF

How to Call an Async Method Synchronously in C#

It would be awesome if async/await reduced code complexity instead of just hiding it. But when complexity is unavoidable, we have to make it manageable.

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