How to create and use Yarn constraints for managing your monorepos — This article was originally posted on my blog. Check it out as well as my other articles! Yarn 2 (aka berry) introduced a new feature referred to as “constraints” which allow developers to enforce rules for dependencies or manifest fields for some or all workspaces in a project. …

This article was originally posted on my blog. Check it out as well as my other articles! This week, I begin my new position at Widen as a staff software engineer with a focus on JavaScript engineering and developer experience. As I reflected on my career journey and what I…

How to setup semantic-release with GitHub Actions — This article was originally posted on my blog. Check it out as well as my other articles! semantic-release is a tool which fully automates the process of releasing your code to the world. It determines the next version based on the commit messages (e.g. fix, feat) giving you full control…

How to recognize and replace derived state in your React components — This article was originally posted on my blog. Check it out as well as my other articles! A couple weeks ago, my fellow front-end developers at Widen had a conversation regarding one of our shared React components which we were struggling to implement in one of our applications. While most…

Three reasons why you should avoid shallow rendering when writing JavaScript component tests — This article was originally posted on my blog. Check it out as well as my other articles! In my article titled “A Tale of Two Ideas” I discussed my method for discerning between opposing ideas and used the topic of shallow rendering as an example of a topic which has…

A few simple improvements to the npmjs.com package view styles — This article was originally posted on my blog. Check it out as well as my other articles! Like most front-end developers, I use npm quite often for finding new packages or checking out documentation for packages I use. …

This article was originally posted on my blog. Check it out as well as my other articles! GitHub Actions are a great way to setup CI/CD tasks directly in your GitHub repos for running tests, deploying code, publishing packages, and so much more. I’ve recently done some work to setup…

What to do when encountering ideas from differing perspectives — This article was originally posted on my blog. Check it out as well as my other articles! Every day, we encounter ideas and viewpoints that affect our lives in one way or another. Sometimes we agree with the ideas we hear, other times we disagree, and many times we aren’t…

This article was originally posted on my blog. Check it out as well as my other articles! I created my GitHub account about 3 years ago while working at my first software development job. …