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1/28/2023

How to fix bad Redux-Toolkit code: Data Fetching

Redux Toolkit is great, but only if used correctly. In this blog post, I'll show some bad redux toolkit code used to do data fetching, and improve it to become resilient for our developers and users.

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9/16/2022

What does it mean to be mobile first?

Here's my take on what mobile-first means.

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9/12/2022

Do I know: Jest and Cypress

Does Harman know how to use Jest and Cypress? He just uses Vitest for everything.

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9/11/2022

Do I know: Webpack?

Does Harman know how to use Webpack? He just uses Vite for everything.

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9/10/2022

How I work: Code Style

I'll talk about my philosophy on code style.

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8/25/2022

The road to becoming a TypeScript Ninja: JSON, keyof, typeof

I'm currently on a journey to make myself a TypeScript ninja. Come join me for a long part series of things I learn new on TypeScript!

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08/21/2022

How I do infinite scroll

I'll talk about my secret technique about infinite scroll. The same technique is actually used for this site!

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08/15/2022

Going from React to Preact

I've crossed the dark side to the light: I switched to Preact for this website only. I still will develop websites and web apps in React though.

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8/8/2022

Basics of Mermaid Diagrams

As a software engineer, I often have to create sequence diagrams or flowcharts to demonstrate how the system flow is going to work. I used to do all of this via Google Slides or lucidcharts. Now I have forgotten all of that and use something called Mermaid. Click read more to learn what's possible with it.

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8/7/2022

How I Deploy my personal websites

I'll talk about how I deploy my personal websites.

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7/4/2022

What I use `$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY` for

$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY is a useful step in Github Actions. What do I use it for?

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5/29/2022

Overusing useSelector() in react-redux

useSelector is an easy way to get data for your component. Why not just use it for everything?

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4/16/2022

Part II: I miss TypeScript

I've been working without TypeScript for the past 2 months. It is... rough.

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1/8/2022

New Site, who dis? Part 2: CSS

Now here's the part 2 - let's talk about my take on CSS and how I approached it in my website.

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11/1/2021

New Site, who dis? Part 1: Build chain.

It's been a while, but hey, new look and feel for this site, and I'll describe my journey on how I got here.

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11/3/2020

Do I use Redux?

I am a React Developer. Do I use Redux? Insert attention-grabbing thing here to make you click.

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7/6/2020

React Class Components VS Functional Components II: Functional Component's Closures, Memory and the Absence of Component Lifecycles

This is part II of my long running series of React Class Components VS Functional Components. This post talks about some shortcomings about functional components and how class components still got it in the bag.

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7/5/2020

React Class Components VS Functional Components I: Class Component's this

This is part I of my long running series of React Class Components VS Functional Components

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6/6/2020

Apollo Client: Testing Gotchas with MockProvider

This describes some of the gotchas I encountered with Apollo Client.

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5/3/2020

Docker: How to connect from container to Host

Don't have time to dockerize everything? This blog post shows what can be done for that.

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hrgui

Harman Goei (hrgui) is a developer that loves to make cool and awesome web applications. His strength is in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, but he is willing to code anywhere in the stack to make the web be awesome.

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