Gnarly Learnings from July 2023

At The Gnar we are always reading, watching, and listening in order to keep our skills sharp and our perspectives fresh. Here are some of the resources we learned from this month.   ComparisonValidator Gone are the days when we need to write custom validators in Rails to determine if a start date begins before…

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Gnarly Learnings from June 2023

At The Gnar we are always reading, watching, and listening in order to keep our skills sharp and our perspectives fresh. Here are some of the resources we learned from this month. Understanding TypeScript’s Newest Keyword: using One of the reasons I appreciate TypeScript’s place in the Node.js ecosystem is how they approach incoming JS…

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Gnarly Learnings from March 2023

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We love reading, watching, and listening in order to keep our skills sharp and our perspectives fresh. Here are some of the resources we learned from this month. compareDocumentPosition Sorting is a common feature requirement for any list UI. It is straightforward enough to write a unit test for a custom sorting function, comparing its…

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Gnarly Learnings from February 2023

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We love reading, watching, and listening in order to keep our skills sharp and our perspectives fresh. Here are some of the resources we learned from this month. Improved Absolute URL Detection in React Router Link Component The Link component is an important aspect of React Router’s tooling, but historically we have had to fall…

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Gnarly Learnings from January 2023

A graduate is with a friend holding a diploma and taking a selfie. There are animated tentacles coming out of the phone.

We love reading, watching, and listening in order to keep our skills sharp and our perspectives fresh. Here are some of the resources we learned from this month. bin/rails notes Code comments are a pretty controversial topic but if you’re a rails developer and you’re in favor of them you should definitely check out bin/rails…

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Gnarly Learnings from December 2022

We love reading, watching, and listening in order to keep our skills sharp and our perspectives fresh. Here are some of the resources we learned from this month. OWASP Top Ten It’s important to stay sharp when it comes to online security. The Open Web Application Security Project, or OWASP, is a non-profit organization dedicated…

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