I like new react API for creating and using context. It feels right. One thing I immediately tried to do was creating a helper which simplifies consuming multiple contexts. Because they create context hell. When you component uses more than one context and because of a children as a function pattern (which is basically the same as render props pattern where component’s children function is...
Couple of months ago I wrote an article about error handling in concurrent Go programs. One concern I had about it was if other goroutines would panic if some goroutine produces an error value which causes return from function when the channel is iterated with range construct. So I made another program that mimics scenario. It spawns couple of goroutines, each taking a second more to complete...
I have discovered new module bundler for developing applications in JavaScript. It’s called Parcel.js and my initial impressions are positive. That’s what I tweeted about it: Parcel is a web application bundler, differentiated by its developer experience. It offers blazing fast performance utilizing multicore processing, and requires zero configuration. Basically a fast Webpack...
I like watching TV series and movies from time to time. Not on TV, but on my laptop because advantages are clear to me; no annoying ads and you can watch video on-demand. You can also organize time how you are going to watch it. For example often I don’t watch a movie from start to finish in one evening but in course of several. So these days I’m watching two TV series (The Good...
Yesterday sister sent me a request over an e-mail if I could print some document for her. Of course I wanted to grant her wish immediately only to find out after first page being printed, a black cartridge was out. Since it was only 6 pm and the nearest shop that sells cartridges was still open for an hour, I decided to take a walk. It was a nice weather outside, low temperatures (7 °C) felt...
