Nick Keuning on Atomic Spin

Don’t Be Afraid to Reevaluate the Backlog

A month or so into an engagement, we came across a story that took much longer than our estimate suggested. This experience made us reevaluate the backlog.

Platforms & Languages

React Alternatives in 2022

React was a paradigm shift from earlier approaches to building user interfaces, but there are several React alternatives available in 2022.

Web Apps

How to Implement Click Analytics with the Event Capture Phase

Understanding the event capture phase meant we could leave our code untouched and our event listener will fire even if a component stops event propagation.

Ember.js

How to Recursively Delete Foreign Keys in Mirage

Writing up a recursive solution was easier than statically tracking down all of the entity relationships in our Mirage database and deleting them by hand.

Development Practices

Make Better Use of Discriminated Unions in Your Next Typescript Project

Discriminated unions are powerful. I hope this post helps you make better use of a great abstraction in your next Typescript project.

Functional Programming

F# Pipelining vs. Composition

If you’re new to F#, you’ll see both the pipeline and composition operators. Decide which one to use by finding which approach leads to more readable code.

Functional Programming

Implementing a Mock with Generic Methods in F#

A recent project implementing a new service in a client's developer-facing SDK prompted me to explore implementing a mock with generic methods in F#.

Platforms & Languages

Getting Started With a New Programming Language

Starting a new project sometimes entails getting familiar with an unfamiliar programming language. Here are a few of the steps I take to get up to speed.

Ruby on Rails

Solving Complex N+1 Queries in GraphQL Ruby with BatchLoader

BatchLoader addresses the N+1 query problem in GraphQL Ruby with a simple, block-based API that allows you to write custom field resolvers using normal ActiveRecord query strategie

Growing as Makers

Using Mind Maps for Technical Planning and Writing

Do you find yourself stuck when starting on a technical challenge or piece of writing? A mind map can you get your thoughts in order.

React / Redux

Creating Type-Safe Paths for Formik Forms

How to create a lightweight wrapper around Formik's useField hook to provide a more type-safe way to specify which field a user input is tied to.

Swift

Ergonomic Struct Updates in Swift

Reducer functions work well with Swift’s value semantic structs, but applying small changes is a headache without JavaScript’s object spread operator. We can use Swift protocols an

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