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Alex Riviere
Hi! My name is Alex Riviere. I’m a web developer from Atlanta, GA that specializes in Vue.js, python, and PHP.
Latest Posts
Last week Chris and Dave mentioned that they don’t get why you have to call super when you’re in a class. Let’s learn you a thing So first let’s just cover what I’m gonna be talking about here. We’re talking about the super keyword that...
Alright, I’ll admit I am the least qualified person to talk about this. But as a mediocre white guy in tech on the internet, I’m going to share my experience. A bit of backstory I don’t work out. I should. All of my doctors agree on that...
I’ll admit I went on a bit of a rant the other day on this topic because I find the way people are taught about Currying functions is typically with the least useful examples ever. This is in part because of the push for the functional...
I have recently had the opportunity to muse about process and how we maintain a system. One of the things in particular that I have been thinking about the most is onboarding new people into your project. In my ideal situation, a...
Dave Rupert saw me on stream talk about JSON:API and suggested I write a blog about it. So here we are with a clickbait title, and lots of opinions. What is JSON:API? Let’s start with this. JSON:API is a specification for how to format...
I’m setting up some automations, and I’m hoping that I’ll be able to let folks know more effectively what it is that I’m writing about and doing lately. I’m doing this automation using IFTTT and hopefully (if this goes right) it’ll post...
Todd Libby recently posted about the need for conference organizers to support those of us who don’t want to drink. As someone who has been sober for 13+ years now, I agree whole heartedly with this sentiment. Sometimes it is difficult...
Jen Simmons recently posted an interesting question about website thinking for 2023, and I waded into the conversation and realized I have strong opinions as a mediocre white guy in tech. So I’m gonna go into my headspace about these...
I don’t really like to make resolutions for the new year because I am terrible at following through on them. I do think that this year, I need to focus on me a bit more. Work on exercising, work on finding a hobby or two, and not make...
Hey Y’all, So I spent this past thursday feverishly working on moving my blog from Gridsome and Netlify CMS over to Astro and StaticCMS and let me tell you what: It has been extremely rewarding. Gridsome and Netlify-CMS are Dead, Long...
Well, I am testing out this new astro setup, and using the Static JS CMS to edit my posts. Let’s see how this goes. Currently I’m going to test the draft flag? I may need to edit some code to see if that works correctly. LETS FIND OUT!...
Chris Coyier had an interesting post on integration vs end to end testing. I made a reply that I want to kinda dig into a little bit. The Testing Pyramid is Weird I have always found the Unit, Integration, and End to End testing pyramid...
So Cassie Evans tweeted this the other day: Frameworks obfuscate away & front-end dev spans so many specialities.When there's a 'discussion' on here it's common to see folks say 'learn the web platform'.Got me thinking. What's the most...
I think I now have a few people reading this, so I should update it more regularly, so let’s get some life updates in here. Upcoming Speaking Engagements THAT Conference at the end of July. MagnoliaJS in September. Plus some other ones...
So a couple of months ago I purchased 2 of “The Key v2” as an impulse purchase. I got a link to it a couple of minutes before the link went out to everyone, and so I pulled a Phillip J. Fry. They arrived yesterday, and so i plugged one...