Writings — Thoughts on things

Github Actions

December 14, 2019 — 4 min read

GitHub Actions for Continuous Deployment

GitHub Actions are a powerful tool to create custom software development life cycle workflows from directly in your GitHub repositories. I've moved from CircleCI for my continuous deployment needs and leveraged GitHub Actions as a seamless replacement for deploying directly to Netlify every time commits are made.

Number 2 Pencils

September 10, 2019 — 4 min read

Drafts for Gatsby

Draft functionality is common place in content management systems but implementing them in simple Gatsby sites always seemed a bit hacky. Now, using Gatsby's Schema Customization API, implementing drafts functionality for content is painless and straightforward.

Shipping Containers

August 19, 2019 — 7 min read

Fastlane: Painless Mobile App Builds and Deployment

Getting from idea to released app is a long process. As developers, our focus should remain on code and user experience. Releasing a mobile app requires so much more, from screenshot generation to code signing to app store deployments, developing and releasing a mobile app can be a tedious process which Fastlane helps make easier.

National Hockey League Logos

July 31, 2019 — 2 min read

Introducing React NHL Logos

An NPM package which includes the primary logos for all 31 NHL teams as well as the NHL shield logo in SVG format available as React components. React NHL Logos has a component for each team and NHL logo which outputs an inline SVG making it a breeze to manipulate, animate or alter directly.

Shattered Glass Fragments

Shattered Glass Fragments

May 23, 2019 — 3 min read

Understanding React Fragments

The days of wrapping component's return children in React with unnecessary elements are long behind us.

CircleCI Dashboard

CircleCI Dashboard

May 11, 2019 — 9 min read

Deploying to Netlify via CircleCi

Netlify is my go to option for deploying static websites but there is usually one sticking point, especially when working with static site generators - slow build times!

CSS Code

CSS Code

May 10, 2019 — 4 min read

Using Bulma with React

CSS frameworks are nothing new and Bulma has become one of the popular choices for rapid frontend prototyping and development.

Links — Interesting finds from around the web

The Comeback of Fun in Visual Design

Fucking SwiftUI

Apple Is Pulling Away From the Competition

No - Safari 14 Does Not Block Google Analytics