Virtually every web application, and especially ones with reporting features, will require the use of an HTML table at one point or another. …

At Greenhouse, we’re currently working on a reports dashboard. Typically, based on how many widgets you have on your dashboard, there are a number of queries that need to run, and based on the amount of data you have, these queries may take a while to complete. Given this performance…

I’ve always been a staunch supporter of using d3 for visualization projects because it’s probably the most flexible tool. This flexibility comes at the cost of a steep learning curve, but in my view, the cost of using d3 is worth it. Why use d3 despite the learning curve? Most designers I have worked with tend to…

I recently attended another great workshop by Kent C. Dodds, this time on React performance (I wrote about his workshop on React hooks here). It seems that Kent’s workshops have been my blog post fodder recently 😄, but I do highly recommend them to anyone who is interested in any…

I had a great experience attending a workshop taught by Kent C. Dodds on the topic of Advanced React Hooks. I highly recommend this workshop for anyone who is interested in learning more about React Hooks beyond useState and useEffect. …

I always enjoyed learning new keyboard shortcuts and finding ways to optimize my workflow, which naturally led me to use vim. Vim was very appealing to me because it promised a faster workflow by decreasing the number of keystrokes and allowing me to never have to switch from my keyboard…

Capybara/Selenium feature specs can be one of the most frustrating types of tests. There is a lot of unexpected behavior and many pieces to keep in mind. Code runs in separate threads, and both AJAX behavior and Capybara find methods create timing issues. …