@JS_Bits_Bill

Dev, Author of JS Bits → Byte-sized dev tips, tricks and laughs 🤡 Occasional snark about dev life ➖ TikTok: JS_Bits • Blog: https://xitter.cf/t.co/OTLjyYyGbf

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Joined August 2021
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In my career, the devs who got promoted to senior weren't the best coders, they were better at communication, interviews, and handling conflict. So I built Limit Breaker, a lightweight 5 min/day app for social skills. Free if you wanna check it out: limitbreakerapp.com/?t=free
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Commemorating 1 year since writing a blog post with... a blog post! 🙃 dev.to/js_bits_bill/journey-…

Journey into the Minification Abyss: The Peculiar '0' Placeholder

In transpiled code, you'll often notice a pattern that looks like...

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Ignore the classes. This is the actual *markup* for a simple footer in a Tailwind UI template (and is not free). 10 years ago a DOM like this would have gotten you laughed out of a serious HTML/CSS dev shop. In the React/Tailwind era, no one blinks an eye.
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AWS desperately needs to redo their UI.
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It's actually going to be 2023 and Safari STILL doesn't support scrollIntoView options!
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Lesson 1 of my new IndexedDB course 🎉
monitorEvents - one of the coolest Chrome console utilities!
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Has it felt like Git Hub has been slow the past few months or so? Navigating b/t pages especially.
Why is the node-sass package always a troublemaker?
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Tech Recruiter Type 943: "I have a [MYSTERY] client looking for an engineer..." You have < 3 seconds to entice interest. Drop the name or take a hike!
React devs in 2015: "I prefer React to Angular because I can pick every piece of my stack, and not be tied down to a single framework." React devs in 2022: "Just use NextJS."
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Quick micro-tutorial on the Web Share API #javascript
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Been using this Jira account for 2 years and somehow I'm just level 1? 🤔🤣 #atlassianistrash
Who is Michael Page and why are his job postings everywhere? Is he the new Robert Half? #trashrecruiters
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I feel like at least 20% of my development career has been debugging webpack.
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Recruiters really need to stop saying the phrase "if you or someone you know is interested... It immediately turns this into a favor for them. Message me for me and my unique qualifications.
Yep!
Matt Upham | AI, Coding, Tech
@mattupham27 Jul 2022
🚩 Using Microsoft teams is a red flag - takeaway from interviewing the past week 🙃
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IDE Light Themes. Everyone hates them but I actually have a permanent side effect from a bad Lasik procedure that causes terrible glare from light text on a dark background. So I'M that lunatic that actually needs the light themes :)
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Turns out Austin's airport cell phone lot has terrible cell service. Nice.
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The fewer programming languages / frameworks you list on your resume, the more confident I am you have mastered them
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