Gage Vander Clay on Atomic Spin

Lessons Learned from My First Working Vacation

With the rise of remote work, the possibility of a working vacation became an appealing option for seeing the world while still preserving paid time off.

Personal Optimization

Benefit from Learning to Say, “I Don’t Know”

Finding holes in your knowledge also identifies areas where you can grow. If I identify what I don’t know, it’s easier for me to discover something new.

Growing as Makers

Empathy When Reading Others’ Code

Software developers can apply empathy in many ways. But I’m going to focus on utilizing empathy when reading others' code.

Platforms & Languages

How To Keep Track of the Current Route in React Navigation V5 Outside of a Screen

React Navigation 5.x has useful hooks that are great when you don’t want to pass navigation information deep into your component tree.

Project & Team Management

Strategies for Managing Multiple Projects

Handling multiple projects can feel extremely challenging. Here are strategies I use to manage the load of multiple project responsibilities.

Personal Optimization

Feeling Bored? These Strategies Can Keep You on Track

Since I’ve started becoming more mindful about my boredom, I’ve noticed that the end-of-day burnout I experience after a long day of work is less intense.

Project & Team Management

Effectively Mentoring Client Developers with the Intention of Disengaging

We often collaborate with our clients' developers on software projects. These goals help ensure the success of a project after we're out of the picture.

DevOps & System Admin.

How to Use TypeORM with Webpack

TypeORM and Webpack don't play together nicely out of the box. But with a little bit of webpack magic and conditionals, they can be used together.

React / Redux

Why I Still Use Redux for Global State Management on React Projects

With the introduction of the context API, Redux may seem pointless. Here are a few reasons why I don't think that's the case.

Web Apps

Getting Create React App & Express to Share Code Without Ejecting (Using Webpack & Typescript)

How to share code between a Create React App front end and an Express back end without ejecting or modifying react-scripts (using Webpack & Typescript).

React / Redux

Maintaining Order with Apollo Query Hooks

Apollo query hooks are an awesome tool to use. Here's how you can use them while still following the rules of React hooks

Developer Tools

Three Great Features of the Insomnia REST Client

I was drawn to Insomnia by its clean UI and ease of use. I keep using it because it allows my team to be more productive when messing around with new APIs.

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