JavaScript treats functions as first class objects. To put this in plain words, you can pass a function to another function as data. Why is this important? Two words: functional composition. You can create a brand new function by composing other functions. Functions therefore become building blocks for your code. …

For you to feel happy at the end of the day, what should have happened during the day? Someone recently asked me this question. And it’s a difficult question to answer. How do you know if you’re happy? And how do you quantify what made you feel that way? Does…

The 9-to–5 way of life has no place in today’s modern society any more. By 9-to–5, I don’t mean having a steady schedule that brings order to your life. Or that if you value working from 9 to 5, or any other fixed schedule, you’re obsolete. For me, 9-to–5 means…

ECMAScript 5.1 introduced a number of operations on an Array, including map, filter and reduce. These functions empower JavaScript developers to replace the classic for loop with some neat functional programming alternatives. Given an array arr = [1, 2, 3], where you used to write var total = 0; for…

There’s quite a lot of chatter about what celebrities and tech gurus do early in the morning to be more productive and kick ass during the day. From meditations to sport to answering emails, to tackling the most important tasks of the day first. These things are all meant to…

SUBJECT: €20 Million Funded Company, Berlin - Frontend JavaScript Positions Hi Bogdan I hope you are well We are currently working with an amazing FinTech company as well as a highly funded SASS company - who both having exciting developer opportunities available at the moment. They are primarily looking for…

I’ve been freelancing for 8 years now, but I’ve only started taking it seriously after reflecting on a hard lesson from my past. I was working for an advertising agency in Bucharest, barely making ends meet, stuck in a job that had started to be unsatisfying. I was very stubborn…

I’ve always had this nagging feeling that people have a tendency to have their say when it comes to everything. We’ve become so confident in our abilities to judge that there’s no more room for a meaningful discussion. …

Do you though? Often times, it’s a question of want vs need, either in your private life or at work. Do these sound familiar? I need money because I want to buy a new car. We need money because we want to hire more people. If all you do is…