It’s Okay to Use UtilsEveryone probably heard at some point in their career that "Util packages are bad", "Don't use util modules!", or "Utils are an anti-pattern". The problem with these statements is that they are living on the "extremes"; and extremes in programming ar...Jun 18, 2024·1 min read·187
9 Form Mistakes to AvoidForms are one of the hardest things to get right in front-end development. They represent the user input for any application. Working in web development for almost 20 years now, these common mistakes I found developers (including myself) are making. ...Sep 6, 2021·4 min read·174
3 Tales of Tricky StatisticsStatistics can often be misleading, here's an example. Take the number of billionaires in ten countries: 💰 United States - 585 💰 China - 476 💰 India - 131 💰 Germany - 114 💰 Russia - 98 💰 Hong Kong - 67 💰 Canada - 64 💰 United Kingdom - 54 💰 B...May 31, 2021·4 min read·376
Linux File Permissions for Web DevelopersBeing a web developer is inevitable to not come across with the Linux ecosystem. Either a web server needs to be configured or some other files need to be modified on a Linux server. The Linux file permissions are the most fundamental feature of how ...Feb 23, 2021·10 min read·960
How to Migrate an App From Webpack to SnowpackSome might say that if you want to develop front-end applications all you need is HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, right? Well, if you want to develop a simple website the above statement may be right, but for any modern and complex web application that j...Jan 26, 2021·19 min read·5.9K
10 Questions with Facebook Research Engineer – Andrei AlexandrescuThis article was posted on serversidemagazine.com a defunct blog from 2011, the article below was moved here for posterity. The article was published on January 29th, 2012. Today we caught up with Andrei Alexandrescu for a “10 Question” interview. H...Jan 22, 2021·29 min read·348
10 Questions with David Heinemeier HanssonThis article was posted on serversidemagazine.com a defunct blog from 2011, the article below was moved here for posterity. The article was published on May 11th, 2011. Today we’re starting a new section on Server-Side Magazine called 10 Questions w...Jan 16, 2015·5 min read·39