https://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/https://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/https://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/images/design/softwaredude-02.pngen-usThatSoftwareDude.com News RSS Feed60https://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/15260/github-copilot-vs-claude-code-which-is-right-for-you Two very different philosophies for AI-assisted coding. One stays in your editor and whispers. The other rolls up its sleeves and gets to work....]]>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:33:00 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/15260/github-copilot-vs-claude-code-which-is-right-for-youhttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/15257/the-3d-web-that-never-happened The 3D web never arrived. Most users never consciously encountered a WebGL experience when casually web surfing. And yet today, WebGL is quietly running inside some of the most-used applications on the planet....]]>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:08:00 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/15257/the-3d-web-that-never-happenedhttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14252/why-developers-cant-get-interviews-in-2026 A story about a market that is drowning in noise. Noise created by large layoffs, vast automation, career pivots, and tools that have made applying for a job as frictionless as ordering takeout....]]>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:45:00 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14252/why-developers-cant-get-interviews-in-2026https://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/15256/nobody-told-the-security-team-about-the-ai-code Here's a scenario playing out in engineering teams right now. A developer uses Claude Code or Copilot to ship a feature in two hours instead of two days. It works. Tests pass. It gets merged. 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The human brain hates ambiguity and it wants to close the loop....]]>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:05:00 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14248/the-zeigarnik-effect-the-cliffhanger-design-patternhttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14253/quitting-net-after-22-years After 22 years, I'm packing up and saying goodbye to the framework that kickstarted my entire career as a software engineer....]]>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:46:00 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14253/quitting-net-after-22-yearshttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14244/a-deep-dive-into-web-design-dark-patterns Have you ever tried to cancel a subscription and felt like you needed a map, a compass, and a PhD in linguistics just to find the "Yes, I really want to leave" button? ...]]>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:26:00 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14244/a-deep-dive-into-web-design-dark-patternshttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14240/what-is-traiga-the-new-texas-ai-law-explained Even if you aren’t sitting in a coffee shop in Austin, this matters. The law applies to anyone who "produces a product or service used by residents of Texas."...]]>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 23:57:00 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14240/what-is-traiga-the-new-texas-ai-law-explainedhttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14236/where-did-my-entire-work-portfolio-go Not long ago I was cleaning up my personal portfolio website as I hadn't made any meaningful updates in a long time, and I realized just how many of the projects that I've worked on no longer exist on the internet....]]>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:40:00 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14236/where-did-my-entire-work-portfolio-gohttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14241/what-is-ab-316-and-why-it-matters-to-developers ...]]>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:09:00 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14241/what-is-ab-316-and-why-it-matters-to-developershttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14238/can-an-ai-agent-actually-replace-a-mid-level-developer One of the most important roles that a mid-level developer has at a company, has less to do with code and more to do with understanding context....]]>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:52:00 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14238/can-an-ai-agent-actually-replace-a-mid-level-developerhttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14237/the-tailwind-dilemma-what-developers-need-to-know The developer community woke up this week to shocking news: Tailwind Labs has laid off 75% of its software engineers....]]>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:07:00 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14237/the-tailwind-dilemma-what-developers-need-to-knowhttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14197/that-fancy-hamburger-menu-its-going-to-cost-you That beautiful, buttery-smooth, multi-level animated dropdown menu your designer just handed you? The one with the custom illustrations, morphing icons, and parallax backgrounds? Yeah, that one's going to cost you....]]>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:43:00 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14197/that-fancy-hamburger-menu-its-going-to-cost-youhttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14228/whats-the-state-of-jquery-in-2026 So here's a question that frequently pops up in dev circles: is jQuery dead, dying, or just... there lingering in old codebases? ...]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:08:00 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14228/whats-the-state-of-jquery-in-2026https://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14227/how-to-actually-use-ai-as-a-developer-in-2026 Despite the bold predictions from late 2024 that human software development would be dead by 2026, programmers still have jobs, companies st...]]>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:22:15 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14227/how-to-actually-use-ai-as-a-developer-in-2026https://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14178/what-is-passwordless-authentication-a-better-way-to-authorize Remember the last time you had to reset a password because you couldn't remember if you used your dog's name, your birth year, or that rando...]]>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:04:55 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14178/what-is-passwordless-authentication-a-better-way-to-authorizehttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14196/every-developer-is-always-on-call I've recently come across several articles and videos titled "What it's like to be an on-call software developer" or "The harsh truths of be...]]>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 20:02:14 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14196/every-developer-is-always-on-callhttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14179/javascript-has-a-gamepad-api-that-no-one-ever-talks-about The JavaScript Gamepad API has been around since 2012 and has solid support across most modern browsers. Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, they...]]>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 22:11:23 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14179/javascript-has-a-gamepad-api-that-no-one-ever-talks-abouthttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14161/creating-engaging-typing-animations-with-pure-css Typing animations can add personality to your website, draw attention to important messages, or simply create a more dynamic user experience...]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:16:39 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14161/creating-engaging-typing-animations-with-pure-csshttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14165/pure-css-loading-skeleton-screens We've all been there. Clicking a button and watching a blank screen while wondering if anything is actually happening. Traditional loading s...]]>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 01:19:08 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14165/pure-css-loading-skeleton-screenshttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14214/the-best-developer-i-knew-barely-worked *A discourse on the value of depth over activity in software development.* One of the most talented developers that I've had the pleasure o...]]>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:42:33 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14214/the-best-developer-i-knew-barely-workedhttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14177/what-are-cryptographically-secure-numbers-and-how-to-generate-them-in-javascript Ever wondered why your password manager generates those impossibly random passwords, or how secure tokens are created for authentication? ...]]>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:20:52 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14177/what-are-cryptographically-secure-numbers-and-how-to-generate-them-in-javascripthttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14217/how-to-change-browser-location-and-timezone-for-testing Testing location-based functionality is crucial for modern web applications, particularly in the modern age, where site visitors can come fr...]]>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:47:47 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14217/how-to-change-browser-location-and-timezone-for-testinghttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14168/how-to-create-a-react-app-with-vite-step-by-step-guide If you're tired of waiting ages for your React app to start up and refresh during development, Vite is for you. This lightning-fast build ...]]>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:03:19 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14168/how-to-create-a-react-app-with-vite-step-by-step-guidehttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14201/the-algorithm-will-never-understand-your-business-logic Every meaningful piece of software I've ever worked on has been shaped more by what we *couldn't* do than what we *could* do. ...]]>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 18:03:39 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14201/the-algorithm-will-never-understand-your-business-logichttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14156/optimize-database-queries-for-react-pagination-limit-vs-cursor-based When building React apps that display large datasets, pagination is essential for performance and user experience. But the way you handle ...]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:25:08 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14156/optimize-database-queries-for-react-pagination-limit-vs-cursor-basedhttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14199/why-it-works-on-my-machine-is-probably-a-huge-lie *A friendly but frank discussion about the most overused excuse in software development* After 20+ years as a software developer, I can att...]]>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 16:45:07 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14199/why-it-works-on-my-machine-is-probably-a-huge-liehttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14166/how-to-configure-tailwind-css-in-your-vite-app Setting up Tailwind CSS with Vite is surprisingly straightforward, and once you get it running, you'll wonder how you ever built UIs without...]]>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 18:30:19 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14166/how-to-configure-tailwind-css-in-your-vite-apphttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14160/how-to-implement-glassmorphism-design-on-your-website Glassmorphism has become one of the most popular design trends in recent years, and for good reason. The sleek and translucent frosted glass...]]>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:30:44 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14160/how-to-implement-glassmorphism-design-on-your-websitehttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14189/map-vs-flatmap-in-javascript-a-developers-guide If you've been writing JavaScript for a while, you've probably used `map()` countless times. But have you ever run into a situation where `m...]]>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 18:35:14 GMThttps://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/14189/map-vs-flatmap-in-javascript-a-developers-guide