Performance API is a great (native) way to measure how long certain Front-End interactions take.

Using Performance API to Measure Front-End Interaction Times

Humans are not good with complexity. We can't hold much information in our working memory which makes us more likely to fail when working with complex systems.

Simplicity Is a Prerequisite for Reliability

Two tips to workaround #ID vs .class selector specificity issues.

How to Increase CSS Class Selector Specificity to Beat the ID Selector Without Using Important

It’s been 2 years since I realized that my whole online presence is built around Google. And I did not like that idea.

The Reason Why I Don’t Use Gmail as My Primary Email Anymore

In the last few years, I spent my time reading, listening, or watching some interesting content whenever possible. I was hungry to learn more and understand everything.

Learning how to do nothing

Can we improve performance of styled components by using some of the native CSS features? I've decided to test it out

Improving the performance of styled components with native CSS features

Year in Review 2022

Notes from the book - Four thousand weeks.

Book Notes - Four Thousand Weeks

XP term has been thrown around for some time and I finally got my hands on this book. Here are my notes and thoughts on the topic.

Book Notes - Extreme Programming Explained (2nd Edition)

Using analytics tools to measure the impact of your application is part of every website these days. But measuring how many of your users block your analytics is probably even more important. And luckily, it’s not that difficult to figure it out.

How to Detect AdBlock in Plain JavaScript With a Few Lines of Code

It's been 10 years since I started my first job in the software industry. Here are 20 principles that I have learned and try to follow in my day-to-day life.

20 Principles I Learned From 10 Years of Developing Software

These rules I always follow no matter what kind of tests I write.

6 Rules I Follow to Get Simple and Stable Tests

More often than not, I see developers writing tests after the code is released to production. And that’s a big mistake.

Writing Tests After Release Is a Mistake

I’m a long-time fan of ProtonMail. That’s why I had a hard time deciding whether I want to leave them or not.

Why and How I Migrated From ProtonMail to Fastmail

How do I decide whether to use console.error or throw.

Console.error or Throw New Error?

Outliers: The Story of Success (by Malcolm Gladwell)

To Sell is Human (by Daniel H. Pink)

Simple rules that work well when giving feedback.

On Giving and Receiving Feedback

Build your private WiFi hotspot so that your internet provider can't spy on you.

Building Private WiFi Hotspot With RaspberryPi, RaspAP, and VPN

The Pragmatic Programmer, 20th Anniversary Edition

List directories by size in your terminal without any additional software.

List Directories by Size

With this command, you can list the most changed files in your repository over time.

Find Most Changed Files in Git Repository

Remove merged branches with one simple git command.

Find and Remove Merged Git Branches

With this little trick, you get list numbering automatically for free.

How to Automatically Number List in Markdown

Step-by-step tutorial on how to merge one repository into another one while keeping all its history.

How to Merge Git Repository Into Monorepo

Make your deprecated CSS visible in your UI so that every developer can easily spot it.

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