ENTwo Kinds of Variables in Cloudflare Workers
Why an environment variable can 'exist' in your Cloudflare config and still be missing at runtime — the build vs. runtime split, and the Nuxt useRuntimeConfig vs. process.env footgun.
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Where I share my thoughts and experiences about web development, programming, technology, and more.
ENThe Algorithm Behind Procedural Games Like Minecraft — Applied to UI Development
How a grid, a seeded PRNG, and a 50-year-old bin-packing heuristic power both Minecraft's infinite worlds and a simple SVG word cloud — and why that's not a coincidence.
ENThe Tiny Unicode Gotcha Behind Your Emoji Tests Failing: U+FE0F
A tiny Unicode detail can break your tests: `☕` and `☕️` look the same but are different strings because of the Variation Selector-16 (`U+FE0F`). This post explains why it happens and how to avoid flaky assertions.
ENI created a mini-PWA to read articles without cookie walls
As I was getting annoyed by the "Accept Cookies or Pay" walls on many media outlets, I created a small and simple reader app called [SAFE]Reader that allows you to read articles from your favorite sites without having to give away your privacy.
ENWhat is a Senior Engineer?
I want to share some thoughts about the essential skills required for senior-level engineering roles, focusing on both technical expertise and soft skills like communication and problem-solving.
ENUsing Container Queries with Tailwind Safely in Production
Did you know you can already use Container Queries in production today? Little catch — as long as you do it with a "Progressive Enhancement" approach! I'm going to share with you a real-world example to allow you to use container queries to build responsive typography, with progressive enhancement in mind.
ENMocking Ghost Methods in Vitest
Mocking "ghost" methods in Vitest is hack I discovered while mocking with Vitest. It allows you to create virtual methods for testing purposes. This article explores how to implement this concept effectively.
ENTypescript's Immediately Indexed Mapped Type (IIMT)
Let's explore what "Immediately Indexed Mapped Type (IIMT)", the concept coined by Matt Pocock, means. To understand IIMT, we need to understand the underlying concepts first.
ENHow to Set Aliases in PowerShell
How to set up custom aliases in Windows Powershell using profile.ps1 to run npm (node.js) commands using a shortcut
ENHow to Search for Emojis with Regular Expressions
How to look for emojis in a string using Javascript Regular Expressions with a handy shorthand.
ENHow to git stash one file and add a message
Stashing one file only is done with git stash push but what about adding also a message to the stash so you can easily get it afterward?
ENHow to filter GitHub issues other people made in your repository
How to filter an author from a pull request or an issue on GitHub using their syntax on the GitHub search.