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Developer Tools

Effortlessly Create Diagrams Using ChatGPT, Mermaid, and Excalidraw

Over the past few months, I've been using AI tools like ChatGPT in conjunction with Mermaid and Excalidraw to streamline diagram creation.

GitHub Actions

Here are a few tips to effectively interact with GitHub issues and make an impact when contributing to open source projects.

Personal Optimization

Balancing the convenience smartphones provide with the desire to disconnect can be challenging. That's when I remembered iOS Shortcuts exist!

Development

Falling into the trap of dogmatism is common in software development, but being intentionally dogmatic can be a boon for anyone's career.

Realm

Discover how our custom Rails-inspired migration pattern improved the way my team manages database schema changes in Realm.

Development Practices

Sometimes, the team isn't all on the same page. On a recent project, we implemented a strategy to alleviate this: team refactoring goals.

React Native

While searching for the ideal library, I came across React Native Skia — a high-performance 2D graphics library.

Growing as Makers

Attending conferences is a great way to stay up to date on trends in the industry. Here's how I get the most out of a software conference.

JavaScript

Let's go over a few examples of common operations performed on JavaScript array patterns and how we can make them blazingly fast.

Project & Team Management

I've found that when I can make junior developers feel comfortable, they're more likley to ask questions, speak up, and point out mistakes.

TypeScript

If you want peace of mind for all of your data, I highly recommend integrating Zod (or another schema validation library) into your project.

Growing as Makers

Since I've started actively trying to improve my developer vocabulary, I've seen benefits that extend beyond mentoring other developers.