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Published on: 6/26/2025 - 5 min read

Smash Toad Studios Serves Up Cranked-Up Chaos in New Playdate Game, Say When!

Indie duo Smash Toad Studios is proud to announce the release of their latest title, [Say When!](https://smashtoadstudios.itch.io/say-when),...

Published on: 6/23/2025 - 5 min read

You Can Still Succeed Without a FAANG Job

After more than two decades as a professional software developer, I've never set foot inside a FAANG company. When I taught at a coding boot...

Published on: 6/16/2025 - 3 min read

Creating a Custom Color Picker Tool Using the EyeDropper API

The **EyeDropper API** is one of the most user-friendly and visually engaging new Web APIs available today. It allows web applications to op...

Published on: 6/11/2025 - 2 min read

How to Use Environment Variables in Vite the Right Way

Vite makes it easy to use environment variables, but there’s a right way to do it, especially if you’re building for production, deploying t...

Published on: 6/10/2025 - 3 min read

Why Vite's Proxy Only Works in Dev And What to Do About It

If you've ever built a frontend using Vite and tried to connect it to an API server, you've probably made use of the `server.proxy` option i...

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Published on: 6/9/2025 - 5 min read

Understanding the Difference Between react-helmet and react-helmet-async

When building React applications, especially those concerned with SEO and dynamic content, managing the contents of the HTML document's `` t...

Published on: 6/5/2025 - 3 min read

How to Use json_build_object in PostgreSQL to Aggregate Data

PostgreSQL’s `json_build_object` is your go-to when you want to return structured JSON data from SQL queries, especially for APIs or for log...

Published on: 6/3/2025 - 8 min read

Database Normalization: 2NF Explained

Okay, buckle up. We're diving into the world of database normalization, specifically hitting up **Second Normal Form (2NF)**. It sounds scar...

Published on: 6/2/2025 - 3 min read

Remote Work Leaves Junior Developers Behind

My very first gig as a professional software developer was around 2008 for a medium sized publishing agency. During the interview process I ...

Published on: 5/30/2025 - 7 min read

GitHub vs Bitbucket in 2025: Which is Right For Your Team?

When developers talk source control, there are two names that continue to dominate the landscape of Git repository hosting and DevOps platfo...

Published on: 5/29/2025 - 3 min read

How to Create a Mixed Chart Using Chart.js

Chart.js is robust enough that it allow you to combine multiple chart types, like bar and line charts, into one visual. This is especially u...

Published on: 5/27/2025 - 2 min read

How to Create Bubble Charts Using Chart.js

Bubble charts are perfect for visualizing three dimensions of data in a single plot. X, Y, and bubble size (Z). With Chart.js, you can creat...

Published on: 5/22/2025 - 4 min read

50% of Our Company's Code is Now AI-Generated

When I say that half of our company’s code is now AI-generated, I don’t mean that we just copy-pasted something from ChatGPT or Claude or th...

Published on: 5/22/2025 - 2 min read

How to Create a Radar Chart Using Chart.js

Radar charts, also known as spider or web charts, are ideal for visualizing multivariate data. With Chart.js, creating one is straightforwar...

Published on: 5/21/2025 - 2 min read

How to Enable Copilot Agent Mode in Visual Studio 2022

I've been [using Github Copilot](https://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14013/upgrade-to-github-copilot) on VS Code for several months now...

Published on: 5/20/2025 - 2 min read

How to Create a Pie Chart Using Chart.js

Chart.js is a simple yet powerful JavaScript library for visualizing data. One of its most commonly used chart types is the pie chart, ideal...

Published on: 5/19/2025 - 2 min read

How to Render a Barchart using Chart.js

Charts are everywhere. Whether you're building a dashboard or just want to show off how many coffee cups you've had this week, visualizing d...

Published on: 5/12/2025 - 4 min read

Creating a Good Folder Structure For Your Vite App

Alright, so you just spun up a new Vite project and you're staring at a mostly empty directory with a `main.ts` or `main.jsx` file and that ...

Published on: 5/6/2025 - 3 min read

How to Use ES Modules in a CommonJS Node Project (Without Breaking Everything)

So you’ve got a stable Node.js project, you’re happy using `require()`, and then you install a new package and get hit with: ```text Error ...

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