I wrote a weekly log for half a year and it was stressful
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"Weekly log" basically meaning weekly blog posts with a specific structure. Today I removed the whole Weekly log.
Yello! 👋 I'm Matias
I'm a web developer from Finland.
I write a blog and co-host a Finnish coding podcast.
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Switching to Mac after 20+ years of using Windows
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I have used Windows PCs since I was a kid. A year ago (Jan 2022) I got my first MacBook. While Mac isn't perfect, it's so much better that I'm not going back to Windows.
Automatically retrying a failing function in JS/TS
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A little helper function to retry a function automatically a limited number of times (or until success) and with a certain delay between retries. Useful e.g. when working with a flaky API.
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Goodbye Cookbook, hello more blog posts
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I ditched my website's Cookbook section and converted existing recipes to blog posts. Mostly to reduce stress and make things clearer.
The 5 rules of ARIA
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Five simple rules for using ARIA attributes, straight from W3C.
React + TypeScript: Interdependent prop types
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I.e. props that depend on other props. You can require and forbid certain prop combinations by utilizing TypeScript's union and intersection types.
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