Want Absolute Imports in React Native? Just Add a Little JSON

If you’ve spent any time working with React Native, you’ve probably run into a peculiar quirk where you’re seemingly forced to use relative imports in all of your source files. Things start to look a bit like this: import {Thing} from "../../../../core/thing"; import {Foo} from "../../foo"; It all quickly becomes unwieldy because it requires you […]

A Simple Approach to Complicated Database Defaults

Database tables rarely stay the same over the course of a project. We often need to add tables, add or rename columns, or break up a table to support evolving project demands or updated domain modeling. Migrating existing data correctly is not always trivial. Here are two scenarios I ran into recently on a project […]

A Pattern for Type-Safe REST API Requests in TypeScript

Earlier this year, I worked on a project for a large client. Our task was entirely focused on the front end, while the back end was specified and developed by another team. These days, many new projects opt for GraphQL, but we weren’t so lucky; the other team decided to go ahead with a REST […]

Best Practices for Managing AWS Configuration with Multiple Sets of Credentials

There are many reasons why you might have multiple sets of AWS credentials. Perhaps you have a personal account and a work account. Maybe you’re managing AWS accounts for different clients, or you just have several IAM users in a single account. You might be working across different regions as well, which adds more confusion […]

Setting Up React Native Localization for Multi-Language Apps

React Native Localization (RNL) makes localization much easier to implement, significantly shortening development time. This is a step-by-step guide to setting up RNL, plus some tips for implementation with multi-language apps. Setting Up React Native Localization It only takes two commands to get the library installed: yarn add react-native-localization cd ios && pod install Next, […]

How to Use a List of Results from One Splunk Panel in Another

Splunk is a great tool for searching, reviewing, and manipulating data. Unfortunately, it can be hard to figure out how to use a list of results from one Splunk panel in another panel. Here’s the method that works for me. For simplicity’s sake, I’ll be using info logger data from pipeline runs. They look something […]

Creating Type-Safe Paths for Formik Forms

Formik is a great React form library; it takes in, validates, and submits user input in a way that’s fairly flexible and reusable. Unfortunately, Formik uses field names to tie a field into its form. These field names are typed only as strings and use a dotted path notation to dig into nested fields. This […]

AWS Cloudwatch and PagerDuty Integration

I use AWS Cloudwatch and PagerDuty together on a daily basis. Cloudwatch monitors your infrastructure in the AWS cloud environment. PagerDuty is a SaaS tool that specializes in incident response; it’s great for setting up monitoring alerts and notifying the correct person when something goes wrong in your infrastructure. If you’re already using AWS Cloudwatch, […]

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

One question comes up at the beginning of every greenfield React project I work on: how do we manage global state? We always debate the merit of using Redux versus rolling our own global state management solution using React context and hooks. We’ve ended up choosing Redux for each project, and here’s why. (This post […]

Migrating Data Structures in DynamoDB

DynamoDB provides a flexible storage solution for web applications. As an application evolves, the data structures stored in DynamoDB change to fit the needs of the system. Managing these data structure changes can be easy with the right patterns in place. I created a small example of how my team migrates user data in DynamoDB. […]

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