Updating babel-eslint to @babel/eslint-parser for React apps
As of March 2020, babel-eslint has been deprecated, and is now @babel/eslint-parser . That doesn't stop it (as of March 2021) being…
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Spell checking your Markdown blog posts with cspell
I love authoring in Markdown as there is almost no friction - just write. When the time comes to publish though - at minimum you'll want a…
Read PostMigrating from the official Firestore SDK to Firebase-Firestore-Lite
The official Firestore SDK for JavaScript is pretty big - and if you want to use auth too then you're easily looking at 130KB of gzip…
Read PostAnalyze your Create React App bundle size - without ejecting
After looking at my Gatsby site bundle size last month I figured I should do the same for a few create-react-app (CRA) based sites. If…
Read PostMonitoring your GatsbyJS bundle size
Gatsby will do a great job of serving up a well optimized site - but it is constrained by what you told it to serve. If keeping your site…
Read PostInteresting Links - October 2020
Keavy McMinn shares some great examples of what senior technical leadership can look like (all engineering career ladders should not lead…
Read PostYou don't have to use graphql to query your Gatsby site's metadata
The Challenge The learning curve for GatsbyJS can be pretty rough. For me, a big part of that was feeling that you had to use GraphQL or…
Read PostUpdating to Tailwind Typography to style markdown posts
Last year I shared some CSS to style your markdown posts with Tailwind CSS . Earlier this year a Typography plugin was released for…
Read PostUsing GistPad to manage your GitHub digital gardens
I love GistPad - it has redefined how I think about working with a markdown based wiki in GitHub. VSCode is my preferred editor for…
Read PostPassword protect a Next.js site hosted on Vercel
Want to password-protect some or all of your Next.js site, but want to stick with a free-tier hosting plan? This blog post will walk…
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