Welcome to my Blog

Here you will find various blog posts on all things related to Frontend and JavaScript but especially on things related to Nuxt, React, Testing and Performance.

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Interviewing with the Big Tech Companies

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When a recruiter from Meta, from America, had called me, it just opened my eyes to the possibility that maybe just maybe I was actually good enough to work for the big tech companies.

May 19, 2022

Why Microsoft and How I achieved my Goal

lifestyle all

I just really liked the idea that Microsoft were willing to send people out to help others, to help them build better software with their products and I said to the two Microsoft guys, "One day I will work for Microsoft".

May 19, 2022

Fixing Diversity in Tech

lifestyle diversity

When you step back from the nationality, the color, the religion the sex etc you just get a bunch of people who become a great bunch of friends. This is tech. This is what tech should be like always, for everyone.

May 15, 2022

The JavaScript Array.at() method

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Often we want to return a single item from an array. There are a few methods of doing this including the `at(index)` method which returns the item at a given index.

May 12, 2022

The JavaScript Array.filter() method

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The .filter() method in JavaScript creates a new array with all elements that pass the test implemented by the provided function.

May 11, 2022

Finding the Right Work Life Balance

lifestyle remote working

To many people it might look like I have it all worked out and to be honest I do think I have a pretty good work life balance. But it wasn't always that way. I am probably older than most people who will read this and therefore I have had more time to make mistakes and learn from them.

May 10, 2022

Minimizing SVGs

performance svgs

When working with SVG's sometimes we just put the svg into our code and think nothing more of it. But do we always need all that code that the SVG gives us? Perhaps not. SVGO is a tool that can take an SVG and compress it down to a smaller size ensuring your site is more performant.

May 9, 2022

Finding Motivation as a Developer

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Many people keep asking me where I get my motivation from, how do I find so much time and energy to do so much? I certainly don't have all the answers but I do think it is something you teach yourself.

May 6, 2022

Being an Imposter

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If you ever look at the home page of my site or the intro slide of my talks you will probably think I am the biggest show off in the world. However, really I am an imposter. I doubt my abilities and find it difficult to accept my accomplishments and wonder if I deserve them.

March 27, 2022

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