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Recently, we encountered an issue in our system where the internet connection speed was being stored incorrectly. Instead of always being…| Chiamaka Ikeanyi
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A few weeks ago, we ran into an unexpected issue that caused our Listing Availabilty page to crash for some landlords. This is the story of…| RSS Feed
Recently, we encountered an issue in our system where the internet connection speed was being stored incorrectly. Instead of always being…| Chiamaka Ikeanyi
Working with dates in JavaScript has a bit of a reputation for being messy. The Date object isn’t the most intuitive thing in the language…| RSS Feed
Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a widely used source code editor that offers a variety of features to enhance developer productivity. One of…| RSS Feed
2022 taught me that the world is laden with so much goodness but we need to explore and not merely exist; 2023 taught me that not everything…| RSS Feed
Embarking on your coding journey often involves wrangling complex ideas and processes. Visualizing these concepts can be a game-changer, and…| RSS Feed
I recently read the book "Trust Works! Four Keys to Building Lasting Relationships" and would like to share my key take aways. Trust Works…| RSS Feed
Accelerate, a book co-authored by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim delves into the world of software development, focusing on the…| RSS Feed
When we quit limiting ourselves and open up to a world of possibilities, we'll soar. 2021 taught me that with grace, preparation and…| RSS Feed
Have you ever been in a situation where you press the Enter key after typing and then realize that you made a mistake in your commit…| RSS Feed
Life do not happen by chance but as a result of grace and meaningful planning. 2020 taught me to appreciate freedom; 2021 taught me that…| RSS Feed
I wrote an article for LogRocket on Deep Dive into Event Bubbling and Capturing. In the article, I explained how event bubbling and…| RSS Feed
Copying text especially code snippets or API key from web pages is a herculean task and I know a lot of developers would find the process of…| RSS Feed
We easily get distracted by information vying for our attention on a daily basis. As a result, people tend to open a lot of tabs on their…| RSS Feed
Have you been in a situation where you commit your code and SonarQube adds comments identifying bad coding styles to be resolved? You make…| RSS Feed
GitHub released a feature to enable users add README to their GitHub profile. In this article I share steps on how to achieve this. Most…| RSS Feed
Most times, we do not appreciate what we have till we lose it. 2019 gave us freedom, 2020 brought physical confinement. 2020 was a year that…| RSS Feed
Many designers and developers view accessibility as an afterthought. However, adhering to accessibility best practices leads to a higher…| RSS Feed
Key stroke, click, resize, scroll events, etcetera add performance overhead to applications if we respond to these events each time they are…| RSS Feed
The more customer-focused a business is, the more people they put into consideration during brainstorming sessions. This lead to better…| RSS Feed
I, like many others set goals and build atomic habits to help achieve these goals. One of my goals last year was to explore new grounds…| RSS Feed
Hoisting is a popularly known term in JavaScript but do you understand how it works? If you've been able to invoke a function on a line…| RSS Feed
Do you use your terminal a lot? I bet you would want to add some text to look at each time you launch your terminal. In this article, you…| RSS Feed
When working with data, situations arise where you aren’t sure that the property you need exists. To build fault-tolerant applications…| RSS Feed
Writing good commit messages is an under-valued skill. Why does it seem to count; shouldn't only technical skills count? Well, possessing it…| RSS Feed
As a JavaScript developer, you may have been in a position of using forEach or map array method on the object to iterate through the…| RSS Feed
We are in an era of dark mode. Some people who prefer dark mode are of the opinion that using dark mode helps the eyes by exposing it to…| RSS Feed
To JavaScript developers, writing console messages is done almost on a daily basis. The console is like a good friend. It makes the…| RSS Feed
You probably must have heard of the terms imperative vs declarative and wondered what it means and how to apply it while programming. In…| RSS Feed
2018 was an awesome year for me, albeit 2019 was better - a year of fitting into big shoes. It was filled with God's unending faithfulness…| RSS Feed
The this keyword is one of the concepts you must encounter in your journey as a JavaScript developer. Yet, it is misunderstood by a lot of…| RSS Feed
On October 11th and 12th, I attended the Concatenate Conference held at Zone Tech Park, Lagos, Nigeria. It is a free conference for African…| RSS Feed
When you input a URL to fetch content using the browser, certain processes occur under the hood - DNS resolution, request/response cycle and…| RSS Feed
SOLID is a core principle of object-oriented design promoted by Robert C. Martin. It is an acronym for software design principles applied…| RSS Feed
Having an efficient code review process is essential to ensure code quality, grow as a team and get a good grasp of the entire project…| RSS Feed
When working on complex UIs or dynamic JavaScript-updated content, there are times when you cannot achieve your goal using semantic HTML…| RSS Feed
The web plays a big role in our lives; the home of great resources. But, you contribute towards making these resources unreachable to…| RSS Feed
We have been conversant with using pixels for sizing in CSS, but why use em or rem? When building accessible websites, you need to consider…| RSS Feed
Research shows that a higher percentage of users will abandon a site if it takes longer than 3 seconds to load. To retain these users who…| RSS Feed
We are in a busy world where different things fight for our attention at the same time. Opening a new tab may mean that you will never go…| RSS Feed
I recently gave a talk on "Avoiding Shell Hell: Aliases to the Rescue" at the forloop Lagos Summit. An event organized by forloop Africa in…| RSS Feed
Most times, CSS seems difficult to work with. You find out that styles you applied to a particular element don't take effect and you keep…| RSS Feed
Code editors have evolved over the years. A few years ago, there was no Visual Studio Code (VS Code). You were probably using Sublime Text…| RSS Feed
Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) is well known in web development as the flesh of HTML documents. While HTML gives a website its structure, CSS…| RSS Feed
Perhaps, you are considering joining the tech industry and asking about where to start as a newbie. Questions concerning this is usually…| RSS Feed
2018 was an awesome year for me. I wouldn’t say it’s a perfect year, though I improved personally and professionally and I’ll be sharing my…| RSS Feed
Are writers born or made? This is the first question you need to ask yourself. Hmm! I guess they are born, you might have muttered. You see…| RSS Feed
John is a budding software developer excited about building usable products. He develops and hosts applications using cheap hosting services…| RSS Feed
Have you heard of Google Chrome Dev Summit? If you haven’t heard of it and the awesome cool things Chrome engineers have been working on…| RSS Feed
Sometimes, using the default terminal sucks. You want to go out of the ordinary, to add life to the boring terminal and improve your…| RSS Feed
A lot of people are yet to discover the amazing things they can achieve with Google Chrome. Those without the desire to explore do not…| RSS Feed
Each day, on this road less taken, I learn a lot by reading tech articles, documentations, solving daily challenges faced at work and…| Chiamaka Ikeanyi
If 2023 was the year that taught me the value of taking a step back to leap forward, then 2024 whispered an even deeper truth — life and…| Chiamaka Ikeanyi
The importance of quality Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) in any codebase cannot be over-emphasized. HTML is the backbone of any website…| Chiamaka Ikeanyi
