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A Rich Man Had a Manager: A Parable About Urgency, Wisdom, and Eternity
This is a parable that Jesus told his disciples which could be found in Luke 16:1-9. It appears immediately after the parable of the Prodigal Son. While the Prodigal Son focuses on mercy, this parable shifts the focus to responsibility. It is one of the most misunderstood parables in the Gospels as it sounds like…
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Using Theme to supercharge React Projects : A Quick Guide
Let’s talk theme files—the secret sauce to keep your React project’s styling clean, scalable, and, well, just plain fun. Imagine this: you’re neck-deep in a React app, and your styling is scattered across components. One tweak to your color palette, and you’re knee-deep in dozens of CSS changes. Enter the magic of theme files. They…
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Revamping Your Development Process: Elevating QA, UAT, and Production with Speed and Precision
In my experience working with or consulting engineering teams on supercharging their development, QA and release processes, I have seen that most places in trying to balance speed and quality has led to immense mental stress and sleepless nights to engineering teams. Not only that , in most cases you end up shipping half baked…
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Introduction to most commonly used React Hooks
React Hooks are functions that allow you to use state and other React features without writing a class. Introduced in React 16.8, they provide a powerful and simpler way to manage state, handle side effects, and reuse logic across components. In this article, we’ll dive into the most commonly used hooks such as : useState,…
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Git strategy for different projects
Different organization have their own software products and engineering practices to support the development. Having a good repository management is key to having a great engineering process. However, in my experience in consulting organizations in digitalizing and adopting robust engineering practices, I have seen teams struggling to find the right repository management practice for their…
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Advance Javascript : Lazy Loading
In my previous articles I explained optimization patterns such as deboucing and throttling, in this article let’s do a deep dive into lazy loading , which defers the loading of resources until they are actually needed. This article will walk you through a simple example of implementing lazy loading in a TypeScript web application. What…
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Advance Javascript: Throttling
In my previous article I went through a performance optimization strategy called debouncing, in this article let’s go through an effective technique to manage the frequency of function execution – throttling. We’ll explore what throttling is, why it’s useful, and how to implement it with examples from both a console application and a web application…
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Advance Javascript: Debouncing
When writing applications in javascript, we rarely consider performance, however as the user base or application usage increases performance becomes a huge bottleneck for growth. One powerful technique to manage the frequency of function execution is debouncing. In this post, we’ll explore what debouncing is, why it’s useful, and how to implement it with examples…
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Authentication Middleware with JWT in Node.js
In any website or web application, ensuring that users are who they claim to be and protecting sensitive data from unauthorized access is crucial . One popular method for implementing authentication in Node.js is using JSON Web Tokens (JWT) and custom middleware. In this article, lets explore how to create a middleware that authenticates users…
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Understanding How WebSockets Work: A Deep Dive
As a follow up to my previous project example of using Socket.io , I wanted to do a deep dove in to WebSockets and the core behind WebSockets. In today’s web-driven world, real-time communication is becoming increasingly essential. Whether it’s for live chat applications, real-time notifications, or collaborative tools, traditional HTTP protocols fall short due…