5G Is a Bit of a Disappointment So Far
Australia is a technology backwater, so we are no strangers to being left behind when it comes to the latest in wireless standards and internet speeds. …
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BingGPT: Microsoft Trips at the Finish Line
I was really rooting for Microsoft with its ChatGPT integration into the Bing search engine. You might have seen the hype, including the hilarious controversy …
Building an Affordable Dedicated Linux Machine Using Intel NUC
I have been dual-booting Ubuntu Linux on my main desktop PC for development. Docker on macOS and Windows with WSL suffers from severe I/O performance issues for …
Sony PSVR 2 Review
The PlayStation VR 2 is Sony’s second attempt at a virtual reality headset. The PlayStation 4 had a PSVR headset, but it was marred by screen door, …
How to Interview Front-End Developers Without Coding Puzzles or Algorithms?
When hiring front-end developers, there are many ways to evaluate candidates’ skills and abilities. However, some assessment methods can be exclusionary, …
Writing a GitHub Actions File To Test Against Multiple Node.js Versions
If you’re distributing a package, say a plugin, you may want to test it against multiple Node versions (especially if you’re using Jest for tests). …
Why You Should Be Using globalThis Instead of Window In Your Javascript Code
I hate to be “that guy” that publishes a blog post and says, “Stop using X” and “Why you should be using X instead”, but …
How To Configure Jest 28+ To Work With HTML Imports
If you have an application that has HTML imports like this import template from './my-component.html and then attempt to test this code in Jest 28+ (or previous …
I Still Sometimes Don’t Know What I Am Doing as a Senior Developer
It’s been well over a decade since I started my journey as a front-end developer. I’ve worked on numerous projects, built and maintained websites, …
Where Did All The TypeScript Haters Go?
TypeScript is a statically-typed superset of JavaScript introduced by Microsoft in 2012. It’s a language that some developers love to hate, but over the …