Speeding Up ESLint

ESLint is pretty slow, especially after adding a bunch of plugins.

Today, I happened to notice that on my project of 8 files, it’s equally slow with the whole project as it is with a single file — 3 seconds. This led me to believe that most of the time is spent loading…

Trying GitHub Actions

And reflecting on past experiences with CI tooling

Up To Now

Writing npm packages that support both Node.js and the browser

Nowadays, it’s important, when writing a new package, to ask where the code should be able to run. With many popular packages supporting both environments as well as the prevalence of compilers, the cost-benefit of…

HTTP Client/Server Abstractions

When I choose a programming abstraction, I try to minimize the amount of additional knowledge a developer needs in order to use the abstraction.

For example, for HTTP, requests and responses look like:

GET / HTTP/1.1
Host…

Troubleshooting Hardware Issues On My Linux Laptop

Scripting My Desktop Windows

I’ve been using Linux for many years, mainly for the amount of control and flexibility it gives me.

Customizing Firefox

As with all Linux things…

Random Ideas About Programming Languages

Keeping up with current research

Being employed as an application developer limits my ability to get better at writing software. The job is a box that constrains my perspective to one codebase and the knowledge contained in one team…

Adapting Code Written By Other People

Looking at a couple of different ways to integrate third-party code into my own codebase

Using libraries, frameworks, and external APIs has obvious benefits — code I don’t have to maintain myself. But, it’s pretty common to overlook the…