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JavaScript

How to turn off “x packages are looking for funding” in npm

We can turn off npm’s announcement of how many of the packages it installed are looking for funding on a per-project or per-user basis.

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Education

I wrote something dashing for Smashing

My first article walks readers through creating a multi-author blog with Next.js. In this post, I share the story and process behind the experience.

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Project management

Do more of what’s working and less of what isn’t

How do you know when to call it quits on an experiment? I’m dialing back on some of mine to get back some time for other projects.

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Design

Turning simple shapes into complex shapes

SVGs are math that looks unnecessarily complicated. Let me walk you through how to build a complex icon from a few circles and lines.

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Project management

Getting sprint retrospectives right is hard work

Sprint retrospectives are a waste of time only if we use them as Weekly Complaining Corner. We can me them more fun AND meaningful at the same time.

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Education

Practical APIs for your next tech exploration

When you’re trying a new technology, you can use one of these APIs for the basis of your experiments. They let you build something fun at the same time.

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