All of my long-form thoughts on web development, podcasting, life experiences, and more, collected in chronological order.
Is learning HTML actually important? Y 👏 E 👏 S 👏! Too many people jump right into learning React these days without understanding the fundamentals of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It can be tempting to skip the "easy" stuff and just learn it on the job...
Do we even need JavaScript anymore? Of course we do, but maybe not as often as you would think! With the slew of hot new HTML functionality, I am increasingly finding that native HTML elements do many of the same things I used to reach for JavaScript libraries for. Come with me on this journey and we'll explore my top...
When was the last time you updated your web development tools? I don't know about you, but when I find tools I like to use for web development, I tend to stick with them for many, many years. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but in the past year or two a...
Which JavaScript podcasts are the hottest? Although podcasts are not a new thing, they have exploded in popularity over the last several years. Likewise, JavaScript is also not new, but has continued to grow exponentially and is used in all sorts of ways...