Authentication is a word almost every developer hates, but it doesn't have to be difficult anymore. Using Clerk allows you add it to an application in minutes

Data fetching with dates in Next.js usually lead to a error serializing due to date timestamps. We can easily handle this in a few ways.

When using SSR you might need to update the data that has been served because a user has done something to mutate this.

Next.js 13 was released, with a new layout but watching the internet seem to believe that it was all or nothing.

Code Profiles allow you to keep work, content creation and play separated making it easy to get in the flow for content or your next project.

Authentication is a word almost every developer hates, but it doesn't have to be difficult anymore. Using Clerk allows you add it to an application in minutes

have my work machine and personal MacBooks set up the same way, so I never have to worry about context switching. Here are the top three tools I use

I was given an early copy of a book called “You Belong in Tech : How to Go from Zero Programming Knowledge to Hired” by Anna McDougall. Here are my thoughts

Middleware gives you access to geolocation data that can shape the way you deliver content. How can we use it?

When using 3rd party fonts we have to make sure they are optimized, in the times before Next.js 10.2 you had to manually optimize but now it is built in.

Warp is a brand new terminal experience, that allows you to run commands, look through history, create workflows and more.

Content is hard to write, and even harder to get a consistent stream of readers or watchers to consume it. I have always repurposed my content

When using SSR you might need to update the data that has been served because a user has done something to mutate this.

Using ChakraUI is great but without a prose you have to manually set each of html elements as their are overridden by default.

One thing you do want is a way to handle moving between pages and loading data using Next Router and events.

Adding interactions to a blog is important, it allows your visitors to give you feedback

ChakraUI and Next Image can work together allowing you to use power styling and powerful optimization together.

This blog post is going to show you how you can integrate both Clerk and Firebase together to create a recipe application.

It has been just over 30 days since I launched @roll_your_tweet so here is things I have learnt so far from zero to SaaS in 32 days and beyond.

Data fetching with dates in Next.js usually lead to a error serializing due to date timestamps. We can easily handle this in a few ways.

Using git-ultimate-cloner you can increase your productivity by doing the commands you run to install, open vscode and launch a dev server in a single command.

Portable coding is a pipe dream, or at least I thought it was when trying to use just an iPad while travelling.

Should you recycle content? Should you take a YouTube video and turn it into a blog post or vice versus?

People love leaving comments whether it's positive or negative. Astro blogs are now different lets add them.

I have to focus on important tasks throughout the day and I find I can get distracted easily, as a YouTuber and Dev Advocate

I used Netlify again for a short period of time after using Vercel for hosting for a long time, here is my experience.

When working on a site that requires deployment to be at a specific time or date you need to automate your PR's we will look at two solutions.

Next.js is probably my favorite framework. I create 100s of projects a year using Next.js and set them up the same way every single time.

Next Link is one of my favorite features of Next.js, when it launched I was impressed with the team over Vercel when they handled internal versus external links

t. I’ve always found Tailwind to be messy, hard to follow, and bloats code lines. DaisyUI gives you the flex of tailwind with less classname.

Roll your tweet is a SaaS that allows you to turn a twitter thread into a blog post. You can even share on your favorite platforms such as Hashnode or Medium.

In some circumstances, you might need to force refresh a page, maybe you have data that needs to be fetched from the server but aren’t using a SWR

The Developers Hangout podcast has been rocking and rolling for almost two months. I’ve had some fantastic guests and have some even greater ones coming

We have SSG, ISG, SSR, SWR and so much more, so today we are going to look at SSG and SSR. What they do and how they are different from each other.

Developers relations / advocacy is a role that is a mix of Sales, Marketing, Developer and Educator.

Comments are important to a blog, people love to engage but I did not want to pay for a service, or invade my readers with ads or tracking everything they do

Last month I created a new podcast / livestream called Developers Hangout which is a weekly livestreamed podcast where I hangout with guests and chat

Typescript is the future and why I ended up embracing it more in projects.

I have spent so much of my career debugging code, whether its Production code in a large scale enterprise applications or in my own personal code.

Are you looking for a new database? Maybe Fauna is for you, this blog post takes you from zero to usage

Creating content on something you just learned such as a youtube video or a blog post is another way to solidify your knowledge.

When coding people tend to use flag parameters to drive their functions, without considering that they absolutely suck

I’ve heard and seen a lot of “What language should I pick first?” Questions in my time as a developer.