Erwin·Jul 23, 2023The Challenges of Software Team ManagementIf you’re managing a team of software developers, it’s your responsibility to help your engineering team succeed. This involves more than…
InJavaScript in Plain EnglishbyErwin·Mar 9, 2023Distinguishing Websites and Web Apps for Better PerformanceI recently listened to an interesting podcast episode that highlighted the fact that only a small percentage of internet users browse the…
InJavaScript in Plain EnglishbyErwin·Jul 18, 2020Why I chose React and Firebase to create a customer survey appA couple of weeks ago, armed with a list of my customers’ email addresses, I set out to ask them whether they liked my product or not. I…
InJavaScript in Plain EnglishbyErwin·Mar 17, 2020How Single Page Applications Broke Web DesignThe world wide web was initially designed around the concept of documents connected together with hyperlinks. The general idea was fairly…A response icon4A response icon4
Erwin·Mar 14, 2020How Our Startup Got Its First Investment with Only a ConceptA couple of years ago I co-founded a startup company with two of my friends. The idea was to enable university students to sell and buy…
InJavaScript in Plain EnglishbyErwin·Feb 27, 2020How Refactoring Too Late Is Killing Your ProductivityRefactoring is defined as the process of restructuring code without changing its external behaviour. It is done to reduce the complexity…
InJavaScript in Plain EnglishbyErwin·Feb 17, 2020If you can’t explain it — you probably don’t know itRemember that time when you were asked by one of the junior developers to explain closures in Javascript? You were promoted to a senior…A response icon1A response icon1
InJavaScript in Plain EnglishbyErwin·Feb 16, 2020Turning legacy websites into progressive single page apps with ReactMost developers dislike working on legacy projects for a number of reasons. The most obvious one is the fact that their productivity drops…
InJavaScript in Plain EnglishbyErwin·Feb 13, 2020How Single Page Applications broke Web DesignThe web was initially designed around the concept of documents connected together with hyperlinks. The general idea is fairly simple: A…A response icon23A response icon23
