Hooks were introduced into the stable release in the 16.8 React update. One of them is useMemo, designed to help with performance and unnecessary calculations. When is it actually worth... Read more

About two years ago we started our first open-source project called Kakunin. Right away we focused on code quality, extendability and good practices. Even though we used untyped language (JavaScript)... Read more

Have you heard about static site generators? If you haven’t followed this topic for the past couple of years, the first thing that may be coming to your mind right... Read more

Have you ever heard about Jest snapshot tests? They can be used to test the application’s components written in React. They can be truly helpful indeed but sometimes can also... Read more

All developers want to write readable and maintainable code. It has always been my personal programming goal too. However, one time I did something different and totally opposite. It was... Read more

A modern developer has free access to various tools, programming libraries and many ready-to-use, usually battle-proven open source solutions. They are fast and easy to use thanks to package managers,... Read more

The frontend development differs from other programming environments. It’s more limited, more pre-prepared. But things are going to change. There is a revolution around the corner that will determine the... Read more

I’d like to introduce you to Lottie. It’s an open-source library that tries to solve one (but significant) problem – how to add some life to your product, using motion... Read more

When the code base grows, your app tends to slow down. To defend performance, developers arm themselves with various optimisation techniques. Unfortunately, a lot of them reach their limit pretty... Read more

What is Git subtree? When should you use it? How to split, merge and remove external repositories using subtree? Who would win the “subtree vs submodules” battle? I’m glad you... Read more