I had ChatGPT write a JavaScript for me, and was surprised to see this arrangement: function main() { // Do work... } try { main(); } catch (error) { console.error(error); process.exitCode = 1; } I wo...

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Join us for JavaScript Lightning Talks! ⚡️ Are you looking to deepen your understanding of JavaScript in a friendly environment? Look no further! We invite you to our upco

Git hooks are scripts that run at key moments in the version-control lifecycle. And, they’re just scripts! So we can call them when we want. <shell> <hook> For me in this project (Zsh + Husky), this c...

When developing a local Node module, we might want to point another project’s package.json at the local module. Here’s how you do that.

Today I learned what tsc --watch is really for. You put it into your package.json as a script. // package.json { "scripts": { "watch": "tsc --watch" } }

Join us for JavaScript Lightning Talks! ⚡️ Are you looking to deepen your understanding of JavaScript in a friendly environment? Look no further! We invite you to our upco

I’ve written about lpr before; to me the ability to send a file to my printer from the command line is a magic trick. What if I want to know where the file is going to go before sending it? lpr’s docs...

Today I built a system to read a markdown file from one location in my Hugo project into another.

How to pragmatically work with TypeScript errors

How to tactically migrate from JavaScript to TypeScript

Exploring the equality comparator, ==

How a one-line identity function explains what generics are for

How to inspect and understand TypeScript inferred types

How to run TypeScript in a REPL

Applying the robustness principle to primary keys

How to turn a JavaScript array into a TypeScript union type

Practical notes for TypeScript devs

Something like startCase("3d") seems to return 3 D instead of 3D

After reviewing a lot of pull requests, I’ve settled on a simple default: if my comments are all nitpicks, suggestions, questions, or non-blocking issues, I leave them and approve the PR at the same t...

There’s an enviable quality of great engineers I’ve known: they seem to get things right the first time. When you ask them to do something, and they say “It’s done”, it is, almost always. How?

Throwing a JavaScript Error test to your observability tool? There’s a better way.

Suppose your package.json specifies a Node engine of <= 24. Will all engineers on your team use Node 24? Not necessarily, unless you use this one weird trick!

Hello World! Today I’m posting a TIL using MCP (Model Context Protocol).

I’ve been known to cat README.md | pbcopy a file. There’s a better way: the input redirection operator!

Django Rest Framework includes a UI for interacting with your API. Here’s how to turn it off.

I’ve written before about the two competing ways to import React, but after React 17, you don’t need either.

This year I’ve run over 25 Scrum refinement meetings; here’s what I’ve learned.

Working with me? Awesome! I built this user manual to share my working style and communication preferences. For those interested in building their own user manual, here’s the guide that helped me. 🧭 W...

Join us at Novare Res in Portland for an evening of networking, socializing, and JavaScript! ⏰ Timeline 6:00 - 8:00 PM: Refreshments / networking 8:00 PM: Depart (or not;

Join us at Novare Res in Portland for an evening of networking, socializing, and JavaScript! ⏰ Timeline 6:00 - 8:00 PM: Refreshments / networking 8:00 PM: Depart (or not;