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The Practical Developer

100 days of writing about code

’Tis the season to take on personal challenges. Reading about the #100DaysOfCode challenge has me feeling the spirit. That challenge a…

1 min readDec 30, 2016

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An Impromptu NYC Meetup — Putting Our Heads (And Hearts) Together

Read this here: https://dev.to/ben/an-impromptu-nyc-meetup--putting-our-heads-and-hearts-together

1 min readNov 10, 2016

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The psychological battle of big refactorings

We usually talk about refactoring code with the same kind of pedantic approach we do with all other kinds of software writing. We come up…

1 min readJul 25, 2016

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Code is Suffering

No, you will not be able to scale your CSS without pain. Your attempts to circumvent its shortcomings through transpilation, inlining…

2 min readJun 9, 2016

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Long Live jQuery

The reports of jQuery’s death are greatly exaggerated.

1 min readMay 24, 2016

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Teach Writing Code First

Throughout my career as a software engineer, many people have told me that learning to write code is difficult. I challenge this claim. The…

1 min readMay 20, 2016

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What Will GitHub Be in 5 Years?

GitHub has had a profound effect on software, and therefore the world. Everyone knows the company that has raised a lot of money with the…

2 min readMay 9, 2016

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How I Made this Website Hella Fast Without Overcomplicating Things

If only Medium weren’t a bloated mess, but I digress.

1 min readMay 7, 2016

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Today’s O RLY Book: Moving Fast and Breaking Things

1 min readMay 2, 2016

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What Happens to Lazy Programmers?

Programmers are lazy. Or not. Programmers are sometimes lauded for “laziness”, in reference to a personality trait that leads them to…

1 min readMay 1, 2016

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The Practical Developer

The Practical Developer

13.6K Followers

Great coding resources and commentary. Sometimes wise, sometimes ridiculous, always helping you become a better developer.

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