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Jake Worth

@jakeworth.com

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Software engineer in Maine. Organizer of the Maine JS Meetup. www.jakeworth.com Building and writing. 📦

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Jake Worth @jakeworth.com · 27/07/2026

Relative imports in #TypeScript can be useful. This relative import tells me these two files are located in same dir and meaningful to each other. More on this and my preferred alternative, path aliases, here: www.typenotes.io/notes/path-a...

Demonstrating relative imports in TypeScript/JavaScript

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Jake Worth @jakeworth.com · 18/02/2025

Want to see the man page for fc, but it's a builtin command? Here's how you do that in Zsh.

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Jake Worth @jakeworth.com · 16/02/2025

Just realized I've been blogging for over eleven years! A couple of people gave me the initial nudge, and many more have provided inspiration. www.jakeworth.com/posts/hello-...

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Jake Worth @jakeworth.com · 14/02/2025

This morning in the newsletter, I wrote about the value of saying "I don't understand" during a debugging session.

Screenshot of a blog post titled ""I Don't Understand" Debugging"

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Jake Worth @jakeworth.com · 13/02/2025

I recently used React Select's Async Select– it’s awesome! A couple of things I liked: react-select.com/async

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Jake Worth @jakeworth.com · 16/01/2025

Today in the newsletter: debugging as storytelling.

Screenshot of a blog post about debugging as storytelling

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Jake Worth @jakeworth.com · 13/01/2025

It's 20 Programming Questions! 💾 One like == one question answered by me

20 programming questions social media survey

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Jake Worth @jakeworth.com · 09/01/2025

Yesterday, I added a search feature to my blog! You don't have to search for the URL, it's here: www.jakeworth.com/search/

Search feature on a blog, searching for 'meetups'

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Jake Worth @jakeworth.com · 09/01/2025

My first newsletter if 2025 is out! I discuss my technical reading goals for 2025. 📚

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Jake Worth @jakeworth.com · 02/01/2025

Personal highlights: - Hiked, ran, and swam - Kept building my mastermind - Read 34 books

Screenshot of all the books I read this year

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Jake Worth @jakeworth.com · 27/12/2024

🎉 My final newsletter of the year is out! Defragmenter's top five posts of 2024 (link in comments). We'll see you next year.

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Jake Worth @jakeworth.com · 13/12/2024

This week, I wrote about when to restart processes during debugging (as a last resort), and how (deliberately).

Screenshot of a blog post about restarting your computer deliberately during a debugging session.

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Jake Worth @jakeworth.com · 03/12/2024

Last week, I described a dozen or so software development habits that I believe in.

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Jake Worth @jakeworth.com · 27/11/2024

Picking up "Working Effectively With Legacy Code" again today after skimming over the years. Any favorite ideas or chapters you'd suggest?

Photo of the book "Working Effectively With Legacy Code" by Michael C. Feathers

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Jake Worth @jakeworth.com · 21/11/2024

Today in the newsletter: what Iron Man can teach us about shipping software!

Screenshot of a blog post about shipping software

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Jake Worth @jakeworth.com · 01/11/2024

I wrote a post about paying for good tools! It's a lesson I took a while to learn and I'd like to help others get there faster.

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Jake Worth @jakeworth.com · 30/10/2024

I added a Bluesky social link, first position, to my website today! Trying to lean into this growing community.

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