Reframing tech debt

Tech debt—the two words engineers loathe more than deploying a “quick fix” on a Friday and product owners fear more than missing an OKR deadline. Often, tech debt results from taking too many technical shortcuts when building out features.

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Using Next.js and Auth0 with Supabase

In this article, we are going to explore using Next.js, Auth0, and Supabase to build a classic Todo app. Each user will only be able to see their own todos, so we will need to implement authentication, authorization, and a database. The final version of the Todo app code can be found here.

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These are the teamwork skills you need to fast-track your career

Whether you’re young and keen to make a name for yourself, or mid-career and looking to build up those “soft skills”, these are the areas to focus on. If you’ve been anywhere near a college classroom recently (or, ever) the idea of teamwork brings up nightmarish memories of group projects.

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Should You Replace Old Custom Software with New Custom Software?

In the last 50 years, a lot of software has become vital to the operation of our businesses and organizations, even as technology has continued to evolve. Hardware and coding platforms and languages have fallen in and out of style, continuously replaced by newer, faster, easier, better ways of doing things. However, new custom software done right is a big investment.

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React Testing Techniques

If you’ve read lots of documentation on React testing tools, but still don’t have the confidence in testing your apps, this article is for you. I will show you how to test effectively using a realistic application instead of disconnected examples typically found in documentation.

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Announcing TypeScript 4.5

Today we’re excited to announce the release of TypeScript 4.5! If you’re not yet familiar with TypeScript, it’s a language that builds on JavaScript by adding statically checked types.

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This Is My 10 Questions React Code Reviewing Routine

No matter what kind of developer you are, reviewing is part of your daily responsibilities when working in an engineering team. Being a React developer is no exception to this rule.

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