We put on Australia’s first ever React Conf in February 2020. You won’t believe what happened next! There’s nothing like an anniversary to remind us how fast time moves, and just how much things change. And that’s just in a normal year! Following a tough start to the year with…

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If you need to inject HTML into your React app and you don’t want to use dangerouslySetInnerHTML (in most cases you shouldn’t ;-P ) because isn’t safe, this article is for you. Why (in most cases) you shouldn’t use dangerouslySetInnerHTML As the react documentation says dangerouslySetInnerHTML is React’s replacement for using innerHTML in the browser DOM. In general…

The year is 2225. Thinkmill has taken to space. Currently orbiting the moon, sending explorers to discover the universe.

Progressive Rendering is the technique of sequentially rendering portions of a webpage in the server and streaming it to the client in parts without waiting for the whole page to rendered. Note: The content of this post may be relevant to all types of servers but written within the context…

Preconstruct is a build tool for JavaScript packages with first-class support of monorepos and strong opinions to get you back to work faster. A year ago, I was experiencing lots of problems maintaining Emotion’s build system so I set out to make a build system to solve the consistency and…

Hands down console.log() was, is and will always be the greatest debugging tool of all time. React team launched a new version of the React Dev Tools (v4) a few weeks ago and it’s fantabulous. It gives you debugging superpowers to navigate through your tree, trace data flow, spot weak…

Keystone 5 is a scalable platform that allows you to create a highly customised CMS and API in minutes. It’s not just a new version of Keystone, but a complete re-imagining of KeystoneJS for the future. Keystone 5 builds on the lessons learned over the last 5 years of the…

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