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How I use AI for coding

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:01:01 +0100

A practical workflow for AI-assisted coding.

Remote Work Is Hard

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 21:01:01 +0100

Remote work gave me freedom and better opportunities, but it took me years to understand its real cost.

Skeptics Shall Inherit the AI

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:52:16 +0100

Skeptics Shall Inherit the AI: Why Those Who Doubt AI Can Make the Most of It

Tech Leads: To Code or Not to Code? (and other questions)

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:28:13 +0100

What exactly does a Tech Lead do, and should coding still be part of their role?

Debugging Node.js in Docker

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 20:36:56 +0100

Let’s see how to debug a Node.js application running in a Docker container.

Open the Google Maps app review modal directly from an Android app

Sat, 09 Nov 2024 20:18:43 +0100

The Google Maps application supports deep links, which means you can open the Google Maps app directly from another app.

AI and the Dawn of a Mediocre Era

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:33:03 +0200

I can’t help thinking about the recent achievements of Elon Musk’s companies.

You shouldn't use AI for programming

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:52:27 +0200

You shouldn’t use AI for programming.

Working with IPs in PostgreSQL

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 21:10:02 +0200

PostgreSQL has a built-in type for IP addresses, and it’s called inet.

Implement and Customize Dark (and light) Mode in CSS

Sun, 03 Dec 2023 00:00:01 +0200

Providing support for different dark/light modes on your site goes beyond a mere trend. It has evolved from being an ’extra’ to a functionality that users appreciate and actively use.

Disallow AI Training in your web

Sun, 30 Jul 2023 11:14:32 +0200

Protect your original content from being used for AI learning.

Scrollable Element Shadow Hook

Sun, 23 Jul 2023 13:17:59 +0200

Add a right/left shadow cue for a scrollable element that exceeds its container width.

Functional JS: Monads

Sun, 24 Jul 2022 00:00:01 +0200

Programming with monads became very popular with the Haskell language. Nowadays, they can also be used in other languages like JavaScript.

Functional JS: Partial Application and Currying

Sun, 15 May 2022 00:00:01 +0200

These two techniques can help you simplify the code, even if the paradigm of your project is not functional.

Functional JS: Functors

Sun, 06 Mar 2022 00:00:01 +0200

Let’s review one of the most interesting concepts within functional programming.

New ES2020 features

Thu, 07 Oct 2021 00:00:01 +0200

ES2020 comes loaded with interesting features. Let’s review the most important ones.

Css Grid Layout 101

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 00:00:01 +0200

CSS Grid is now an established feature of CSS. Gone are the days when float was our only weapon for composing demanding layouts.

React Query Cache Keys

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:00:01 +0200

To make more advanced use of react-query requires mastering some strategies for cache management. One of the simplest is centralizing the generation of keys.

React Query Hooks

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 00:00:01 +0200

React Query is arguably the most popular library for React. I’m going to show how I typically use it with a simple example.

Building Blocks: A Scalable React Architecture

Tue, 18 May 2021 00:00:01 +0200

React SPA offers the flexibility to create stunning web applications with superb interfaces and user experiences. It falls short, though, in providing guidelines on app organization. Let’s analyze a simple yet robust and scalable architecture solution for your React applications.

Speeding Up Angular with Preloading

Sun, 18 Oct 2020 00:00:01 +0200

The preloading strategy in Angular is all about balancing efficient load times and user experience, enabling your app to load modules in the background while users interact with the application.

Boost Your Angular Application with AOT Compilation

Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:00:01 +0200

Optimize your Angular application’s performance and improve its loading speed. In this post, we’ll explore how you can boost your Angular application with Ahead-of-Time (AOT) compilation.

Angular Lazy Loading Modules

Sun, 30 Aug 2020 00:00:01 +0200

Lazy loading routes in Angular is an interesting technique that can significantly improve the performance of an Angular app.

Angular Optimization: OnPush

Sun, 19 Jul 2020 00:00:01 +0200

Angular’s default change detection strategy is reliable, although sometimes excessive. Enter the OnPush Strategy.

Auditory Accessibility: Captions and Audio Descriptions

Sun, 29 Sep 2019 14:12:17 +0200

Multimedia content such as videos and audio are prevalent. This adds some challenges for certain groups of users, particularly those who are hard of hearing or visually impaired.

Accessible Navigation

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 15:12:17 +0200

Keyboard navigation is key to allow all users navigating your page.

Inclusive Design: Color Contrast on Your Website

Sun, 15 Sep 2019 15:12:17 +0200

Design plays an important role in usability and accessibility.

Mastering ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications)

Sun, 08 Sep 2019 15:12:17 +0200

The search for a more inclusive web has driven the development of many tools and practices. Among these, ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) has emerged as a key player in making the web more accessible to everyone, including those with disabilities. In this post, we’ll review the world of ARIA and discuss how you can use it to enhance web accessibility.

Semantic HTML Tags for Web Accessibility

Sun, 01 Sep 2019 15:12:17 +0200

Navigating the digital world should be a right, not a privilege. This premise underpins the concept of web accessibility. An inclusive web should be a place where everyone, regardless of their abilities, can access, interact, and contribute to all the content online. To that end, using semantic HTML is crucial in making a website accessible to all.

Web Accessibility, a short introduction

Sun, 04 Aug 2019 11:11:37 +0200

The web enables us to disseminate knowledge across borders, making no distinction based on location, wealth, religion, or skin color. It serves as an equalizer, or at least, it should.

Concurrent Scripts

Wed, 01 May 2019 18:32:38 +0200

Some time ago I shared a set of useful Control Operators to use in the terminal and NPM scripts. This time I’ll show you a better solution for concurrent scripts.

Angular - Core and Shared Modules

Sat, 13 Apr 2019 09:03:27 +0100

This is a basic and useful pattern you should follow in every Angular application.

Active routerLinkActive with multiple routes

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 19:24:14 +0100

The routerLinkActive directive lets you add a class to an element when the current location matches a routerLink destination.

Control Operators

Sat, 22 Dec 2018 18:03:23 +0100

I want to share with you a couple of operators I find really useful when creating npm scripts.

Create Your Free Hugo Blog

Fri, 16 Nov 2018 18:18:57 +0100

You can create a free blog more easily than you think.

TypeScript Paths

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:05:48 +0200

First tech post, yay!

Writing code in Angular using Visual Studio Code is a real pleasure: syntax highlighting, autocompletion, Git integration, auto imports, and more. From time to time, though, you find some odd routes in your imports that can be improved using the tsconfig.json file.

Hello World

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 19:12:51 +0200

Hello World!

I’m David, welcome to frontpills.