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October 25, 2022

What's the Financial Impact of a 4-Day, 32-Hour Work Week

Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Teklinks

There’s been a lot of buzz recently around the idea of a four-day, 32-hour work week. The concept is to keep the same weekly pay, work fewer hours, and deliver the same output that you previously delivered in a 40-hour work week. I’m curious to see how this concept plays out in reality.

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The Art of Engineering Management

Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Teklinks

The engineer manager post is a journey that may require a different approach across different teams and organizations. Hear Thomas Hanson's journey here. Engineering teams are the core of every software development company.

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From Development to Real Users: How to Create a Web Performance Story

Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Teklinks

Some of the most common questions asked when it comes to work with performance are, How do you convince stakeholders that improving the performance of your project is actually worth the investment? How can you prove that the work is necessary to begin with? Or prove that you have shipped improvement

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October 23, 2022

How to Choose the Ideal Length for Your Team’s Sprints

Sunday, October 23, 2022 Teklinks

Whether starting a new software project or simply transitioning to agile project management, your team needs to pick a length for upcoming sprints. A sprint is a repeatable, fixed-length iteration. During this time, the team delivers a potentially-shippable product increment.

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When life gives you lemons, write better error messages

Sunday, October 23, 2022 Teklinks

Error messages are part of our daily lives online. Every time a server is down or we don’t have internet, or we forget to add some info in a form, we get an error message. “Something went wrong” is the classic. But what went wrong? What happened? And, most importantly, how can I fix it?

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October 19, 2022

Blogged Answers: A (Mostly) Complete Guide to React Rendering Behavior

Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Teklinks

I've seen a lot of ongoing confusion over when, why, and how React will re-render components, and how use of Context and React-Redux will affect the timing and scope of those re-renders. After having typed up variations of this explanation dozens of times, it seems it's worth trying to write up a consolidated explanation that I can refer people to.

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October 17, 2022

React Hook Form: Schema validation using Zod

Monday, October 17, 2022 Teklinks

React hook form is a library for working with forms in React. It is flexible, performant, and straightforward to use. On the other hand, Zod is a TypeScript first schema declaration and validation library.

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