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Fun and surprises with closures, references, and inner functions

Learn about closures while exploring the funky behavior of variables captured in closures in 3 common languages

Jan 28, 2024 •

October 2023

Looking Under the Hood: The Basics of Relational Databases

An introduction to how relational databases are implemented

Oct 16, 2023 •

May 2018

TypeScript enums explained

This article explains the difference between Typescript’s enum, const enum, declare enum, and declare const enum identifiers. Caveat: I…

May 13, 2018 •

November 2017

So your website is slow? Let’s fix that.

A practical introduction to web performance

Nov 9, 2017 •

June 2017

Quick Tips for Gitting on a Team

A series on best practices in large codebases for new engineers. This one focuses on version control etiquette.

Jun 17, 2017 •

February 2017

The Software Engineer’s Essential Time Estimation Guide

Hofstadter’s Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law. — Douglas Hofstadter

Feb 25, 2017 •

December 2016

A Beginner’s Guide to Automated Testing

The how and why of software testing in large codebases

Dec 3, 2016 •

September 2016

The Rules of Optimization: Why So Many Performance Efforts Fail

The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don’t do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization (for experts only!): Don’t do it yet. —…

Sep 26, 2016 •

July 2016

Trust No One: An Introduction to Large Codebases for New Engineers

A series on best practices in large codebases for new engineers. This one focuses on how to think about large codebases via an introduction…

Jul 22, 2016 •

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