Feb 12, 2019The (Probable) Story Behind the Tesla / Maxwell Deal — 5 minute charging.A week ago, Maxwell Technologies announced that they were being acquired by Tesla for $218MM. That’s a 55% premium on what the market thought the company was worth. In the most basic sense, this means that Tesla isn’t buying the business (i.e., …Tesla3 min readTesla3 min read
Published inCapbase Engineering·Jan 14, 2019React Hooks for GraphQL QueriesIn this article, I’m going to show you how to create hooks to make working with graphQL a complete piece of cake! If you’ve been following our journey with functional programming in Javascript with React, you’ll be all set, but if not, check out the beginning of our series for…JavaScript7 min readJavaScript7 min read
Published inCapbase Engineering·Jan 12, 2019Gotchas of working with React Hooks and Concurrent modeWhile in this series, I’ve painted a very rosy picture of the functional world of react hooks, including part 1: why do we care about hooks in the first place; part 2: how to manage state in stateless components when working with react hooks; part 3: how to work with…React4 min readReact4 min read
Published inCapbase Engineering·Jan 12, 2019Asynchronous Functional Programming Using React HooksIn the first three parts of this series, we’ve looked at why functional programming is important to react, how to manage state in a stateless component, and how to replace the flux pattern or replace redux with React hooks. …JavaScript5 min readJavaScript5 min read
Published inCapbase Engineering·Jan 12, 2019The React Hooks based alternative to Redux and the Flux patternIn this article, we will be looking at how to implement Redux, Saga, Thunk, and Flux based thinking with the pure functional programming power that comes with React Hooks. ICYMI, be sure to also check out Part 1: React Hooks is the functional paradise you’ve been waiting for and Part…Redux6 min readRedux6 min read
Published inCapbase Engineering·Jan 12, 2019Using React Hooks to manage local state with Functional ComponentsIn Part 1, we talked about the issues with the traditional class-based react approach, and how functional programming can help alleviate some of that pain. In this part of my five part series, we’re going to look at how we can use the new React Hooks api (in the forthcoming…React4 min readReact4 min read
Published inCapbase Engineering·Jan 12, 2019React Hooks is the functional paradise you’ve been waiting forWe’ve all been there before. A react app that gets so unwieldy and becomes an utter mess of tangled lifecycle component interactions such that you can’t tell up from down, right from wrong (or write from read?), black from white. I’m here to tell you that there is another way. …JavaScript4 min readJavaScript4 min read
Feb 5, 2018Bitcoin and the Blockchain Toward an Open Trust SystemThe commodities trading industry provides the perfect proving ground — The world of commodities trading is a tight-knit one in which trust is the most important currency. The growing number of counterparties involved in the commodities trade adds inefficiency to risk calculations in these markets when compared to the personal networks of old. Blockchain-based cryptocurrencies can address this opportunity and…Blockchain2 min readBlockchain2 min read
Dec 4, 2015Twitter.next?So, start off by reading this. Now, combine that with everything you think is wrong with twitter. Got it? Good. OK, so, now imagine an app called 29Words. At first blush, it looks like Twitter. You can follow people, follow discussions with hashtags, you can repost someone else’s post, you…Social Media4 min readSocial Media4 min read
Jul 17, 2015Dr. StrangefoodOr, How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Kitchen Scale — Birthdays have always been milestones. Every year I’ve said to myself, this is the year that I get in shape, this is the year I lose weight. I didn’t want to be a fat 21 year old. I was a fat 21 year old. I didn’t want to be a…Personal Development4 min readPersonal Development4 min read
