Problem statement This blog post would be helpful if you have two components in different parts of your app that trigger some action on a given interval, but those two intervals should be synchronized. Now take a closer look. Timing of button color…

Are enums bad? There are numerous videos on trashing TypeScript enums. Essentially if you use enums you must be dumb, duh! See some examples below: Most enums haters hate enums in their numerical form and I agree they have some footguns. But I think…

In this blog post, I will demonstrate how to create a straightforward "hold to confirm" button using vanilla React. Furthermore, I will delve into the reasons why this UX pattern might not always be the most optimal choice. Lastly, I'll illustrate…

It took me almost 14 days to upgrade React. Now it is the time for a review. One Year Delay I started working on the React upgrade on February 14, 2023. Almost a year after creating an improvement task for it, when most teams were migrating. This…

Long code review times are a common problem in teams, and if tasks are left in the "Review" column for several days, it can be a red flag. Often, this happens due to poor code review culture, insufficient focus on delivery, or a lack of understanding…

A few years ago, in 2016 I was developing Ruby on Rails applications. It was the beginning of my programming journey so I was not paying attention to containerization or even proper documentation. This made running those apps in 2022 a little bit…

In this blog post, I will describe how to configure an automatic restart of your Heroku app. This will be done in a few steps: Get a Heroku authentication token. Prepare the Heroku API request for restarting dynos. Create a script with this request…

End to End Football Data Visualization During Euro 2020 I've seen a lot of good-looking visualizations on Twitter (see those created by Maram AlBaharna and Matteo Pilotto). There's also plenty of other data scientist, some professional and some…

Motivation While writing my thesis paper I have encountered problem with subfigure captions. I wanted to get rid off subfigure numbers, i.e. "(a)" or "(b)". I didn't want to disable subcaptions in entire document but do this locally. That is my LaTeX…

What was The Great Depression The Great Depression was a major worldwide economic depression that took place during the 1930s, beginning in the United States in 1929 after the stock market crash of October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday). As a comparison…