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theDevNamedAlex
@thedevnamedalex.bsky.social
Loved by Jesus - Tech Enthusiast

Aspiring Web Developer. I like building with Angular, Node, and PostgreSQL. Still debugging why NaN !== NaN 🤷‍♂️

🔗 alexseeley.co
Downloading two models to run locally and I HERE I AM COMPLAINING about my internet slowing down. Who have I become.
January 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
More people need to know about undraw.co. IT'S MY NEW FAVORITE!
unDraw - Open source illustrations for any idea
Open-source illustrations for any idea you can imagine and create. Build beautiful websites, products and applications with your color, for free.
undraw.co
January 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"For all kingship belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations." -Psalm 22:28

It's important for me to remember, today of all days, that my final King is not someone elected or put in power, but my King is the one who made the world and rules over the nations! LORD COME SOON!
January 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Maybe it's because I'm a small developer and operate in the free tiers of everything, but @vercel.com is nothing short of magical. Comparing their service with GitHub pages or netlify is just silly in my experience

🔺>>>> 🐙🐱
January 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Got a call back from a local business owner who wants me to build her business a landing page. Freelancing can be as easy as making a few cold calls! Give it a shot once and a while (or don't - but that leaves more clients for ME 🤫).

SO EXCITED!

#webdev #react #tailwind #freelance
January 15, 2025 at 6:45 AM
January 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
About to dedicate some time to learning GSAP - anyone have any tips before I hop in? I'm really excited but I'm not sure how people on the ground floor feel about it. Hot takes are welcome.

gsap.com

#webdev #frontend #webdevelopment #gsap #javascript
Homepage | GSAP
GSAP is an industry standard JavaScript animation library from GreenSock that lets you craft high-performance animations that work in every major browser.
gsap.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I've never encountered better post production audio algorithms - this company is AMAAZING!!!! Use it often if you ever need post production spoken word audio.

auphonic.com
Auphonic
The automatic audio post production webservice.
auphonic.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Reposted by theDevNamedAlex
🛠️ New Interactive Article: Balancing Text In CSS

I explored text balancing in CSS — what it is, the problems it solves, how it works, and included plenty of examples and use cases. Happy balancing! ⚖️

ishadeed.com/article/bala...
January 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Reposted by theDevNamedAlex
Informative: Balancing Text In #CSS

Includes some old school ways plus text-wrap: pretty and text-wrap: balance.

ishadeed.com/article/bala... #webdev
Balancing Text In CSS
Make text look more balanced with text-wrap in CSS.
ishadeed.com
January 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
fakestoreapi.com

Really grateful this API exists. Use it for your next eCommerce demo where you need some dummy data for products!
Fake Store API
Fake store rest api for your ecommerce or shopping website prototype
fakestoreapi.com
January 5, 2025 at 5:41 AM
@adevnadia.bsky.social I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed reading this article. It brings clarity to a topic that is pretty cloudy for a beginner like me. I'm using your takeaways in my project I'm starting tomorrow morning. You're the best!

www.developerway.com/posts/how-to...
How to fetch data in React with performance in mind
Deep dive into data fetching in React. What is performance, fundamental libraries-agnostic patterns and techniques, how react lifecycle and browser limitations affect data fetching and apps rendering ...
www.developerway.com
January 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
@bholmes.dev Thanks for the well-written blog post on SPA's vs Client Side Routing. Really helped me understand the trade-offs and even the benefits of the good-old-fashioned server side routing. Thanks!

If you haven't, check it out if you've got the time!

bholmes.dev/blog/spas-cl...
Understanding single page apps & client-side routing
Let's get some clarity on what single page apps are, how they work, and where they differ from server-side routing.
bholmes.dev
January 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I know it's an older video, but this videos are JUST the right thing when I want a quick overview of the essentials. Shoutout to Atomic Code on Youtube for this quick info on the useContext hook.

youtu.be/_HdrLsyAdJg?...

#react #WebDev #useContext
useContext In 2 Minutes - the React Hooks series
YouTube video by Atomic Code
youtu.be
January 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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why do we need AI-generated profiles. why
January 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It's "for all intents and purposes", NOT "for all intensive purposes". Brand new information to me.
January 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
@kentcdodds.com Thank you for a concise and compelling blog post about Testing Implementation Details. I know this is an older read, but CERTAINLY worthwhile for me. Thank you!

kentcdodds.com/blog/testing...
Testing Implementation Details
Testing implementation details is a recipe for disaster. Why is that? And what does it even mean?
kentcdodds.com
January 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
What Is a dependency... actually?

Thanks to matklad for this great article, explaining something I never thought to look into.

matklad.github.io/2024/12/30/w...
What Is a dependency?
For whatever reason, I've been thinking about dependencies lately:
matklad.github.io
January 3, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Just a dev figuring things out one commit at a time. Sharing bits of the journey, projects, and maybe a bug or two as well. I love chatting so I'm here to offer engagement for the algorithms as well! 🙇‍♂️

#WebDev
January 3, 2025 at 4:40 AM