Jarek Wojciechowski on Atomic Spin

5 Tips & Tricks that Make p5 Even Better

With all of P5's cool tools, it can be easy to miss an easier or better way to do something. Here are 5 things I've learned over the last year that can make your p5.js experience e

Web Apps

Mithril.js – The Smallest, Fastest SPA Framework You’ve Never Used

Mithril's strengths mirror React's weaknesses. It's fast, comes with simple utilities, and offers a very concise API for a SPA framework.

Personal Optimization

Sounding Better in 2020: The Year of the Laptop Microphone

2020 has pushed our laptop mics to center stage. Fortunately, with a few environmental changes and some free tools, we can all sound better.

Development Practices

Developer/Designer Collaboration on Single-Page Web Apps

Single-page web apps are an ideal environment for designer/developer collaboration, which yields faster implementation of designs that represent the designer's intent.

Personal Optimization

6 Things that Helped Me Adjust to Working from Home

I've had a few months to perfect my work from home strategies. I wanted to share them to help you through your experience working at home as well.

Web Apps

Using Jest to Test Our Express-Backed React App

Configuring tests is one of the most tedious and frustrating aspects of a new web application. We show you our app testing setup to save you some work.

React / Redux

Don’t Eject! – Leave your Create React App in the Disc Drive

Ejecting your Create React App has major tradeoffs. Yes, it gives you more choices, but future configurations are time-consuming, expensive, and difficult.

Platforms & Languages

Creating a Resizable HTML Element

Resizing HTML elements goes beyond simply utilizing built-in resize properties. Expanding the functionality of the element requires a resize handle.

Functional Programming

Functional Primer, Part 4 – Practice & Explore

Functional programming is learned through practice. So here are a few ideas rooted in FP that can likely find a place in your next project.

Functional Programming

Functional Primer, Part 3 – When and When Not to Use It

Functional programming makes a lot of sense for general-purpose programming, but be careful about its limitations around state management and input/output.

Functional Programming

Functional Primer, Part 2 – Ideas & Patterns

An introduction to pure functions, immutable state, higher-order functions, and lists in functional programming (along with a few examples).

Functional Programming

Functional Primer, Part 1 – What Is Functional Programming?

Wondering if some code is functional? Ask yourself, "Does the code rely only on arguments that are explicitly passed to it?"

Jarek Wojciechowski

Keep up with our latest posts.