tech/webdev magazine

February 5, 2024

Rsdoctor: A Bundle Analysis Solution

Monday, February 05, 2024 Teklinks

As 2024 unfolds, it’s apparent that one aspect of web development remains challenging: optimizing the performance and size of web applications. During the development process, it’s common to encounter issues such as bloated bundles or sluggish build times.

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Take a Qwik Break from React with Astro

Monday, February 05, 2024 Teklinks

Before we get going, a disclaimer: I love React but sometimes, I really don’t need it. Many of my recent projects have been built using Astro (which by default ships zero JavaScript to the client — superb for fast, lightweight and performant content websites).

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February 2, 2024

How we built it: Smart Retries

Friday, February 02, 2024 Teklinks

Twenty-five percent of lapsed subscriptions are purely due to payment failures. These unintentional cancellations are called involuntary churn, and they occur for a variety of reasons such as insufficient funds in a customer’s bank account, an expired card number, new card details, or technical problems with the payment.

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Event Loop. Myths and reality

Friday, February 02, 2024 Teklinks

There are quite a lot of publications on the web about the Event loop and how it works. New articles appear on popular resources to this day. However, unfortunately, not all the information provided in these materials is verified or reliable.

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February 1, 2024

You Probably Don't Need eslint-config-prettier or eslint-plugin-prettier

Thursday, February 01, 2024 Teklinks

Tiny the cat, neatly formatted into a circle within his cat bed. I’ve been proclaiming loudly for several years now to “STOP USING ESLINT FOR FORMATTING”. My belief is that formatters such as Prettier and linters such as ESLint are fundamentally different tools built for different purposes.

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5 Patterns for Microfrontends

Thursday, February 01, 2024 Teklinks

Microfrontends have been around for quite some time. It gained its popularity by being the go-to solution for scaling large-scale web applications. Different teams started adopting microfrontends and have offered various implementations throughout the years.

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