Category Archives: Programming

I’m tired of all this cutting edge JavaScript business. I’d like a book, or blog, or library, or framework, that is last-year-oriented. Something like: based on what we know today, and what browsers have what market share, and what JavaScript features are available, this is the library, or framework, or technique, that we would haveContinue reading “Last Year’s JavaScript”

Until ES6 is on a super majority 67% of browsers, it’s pointless to want to try to use it. Polyfills and transpiling? Ain’t nobody got time for that! When I can use let and it’ll just work, we can talk. Written 2015-11-17.

I’m old enough to remember how hilarious the Mad TV’s skit Stuart was. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mad+tv+stuart He had this bit where he’d do a silly dance and say “look what I can do!” I feel a sense of deja vu when I read some development blogs. Look what I can do! What is all the background youContinue reading “Look What I Can Do”

I use jquery and bootstrap for every project I build. At this point I’ve spent more time reading blog posts trying to shame me for this, than I have paying back any kind of technical debt this has caused me. I know that’s true because I have never spent a second (that I can thinkContinue reading “Front End Shame”

Ten C# Keywords That You Shouldn’t Be Using by Justin Etheredge Written 2019-01-22.