Open Sourcery

Getting Started in Open Source

Its hard to imagine a world without open source software, the most significant force multiplier for the software industry. Open source software is so prevelant that we often take it for granted that critical software should be open source and free to use. This

Alfred - A Modular Toolchain for JavaScript

What is Alfred? TL;DR Alfred is toolchain for JavaScript that aims to: Provide tools that work out of the box Simplify the process of using JavaScript tooling Make JavaScript

electron

Improving the Performance of Electron Apps

Leading the development of electron-react-boilerplate for over 5 years has taught me quite a bit about performance challenges with electron and pushing the envelope of its performance. Contrary to popular belief, I believe that electron apps can perform as efficiently, if not more efficiently,

compat-db

Finding the Browser Support for All Web APIs

Ensuring browser compatibility of apps is an ongoing concern among browser developers. It is common for web apps to be required to run on multiple browsers. Understanding the Problem It

The Languages of Mathematics

Mathematics is a language through which we express our understanding of the world. With this in mind, I have created an ongoing list of the ideas captured by fields of mathematics. Calculus and Differential Equations: Language of changeGraph Theory: Language of relationshipsLinear Algebra: Language

My Heroes

An ongoing list of my heroes (in no order) I believe everyone has something to teach me. This is a list of people who have made the most significant influence

eslint-plugin-compat

eslint-plugin-compat is an open source static analyzer that lints the compatability of your JS code. Here is a short demo: InspirationThe idea for this project was inspired by toolchains for native platforms, like iOS and Android. They've had API linting from the start. It's

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Falcon - A Modern, Cross Platform Database Client

Falcon is an open source, cross-platform database client that focuses on performance, extensibility, and data visualization

Project Ideas

This is an ongoing blog post that lists project ideas I am thinking of working on. If you are interested on working on any one of these ideas with me,

open source

Electron React Boilerplate

An Introduction to ElectronThe web environment has seen many advancements within the last few years. We've seen advancements in rendering (react), significant improvements in serving assets quickly (service worker), and

A Priceless Learning Resource for Devs

One of the most valuable things I have learned during my experiences in open source software is that it pays to learn from the mistakes of others so that you

threejs

xwing - A Star Wars WebGL Game Built with Three.JS

After learning the basics of WebGL, shaders, and ThreeJS, I thought I'd start a project that incorporates all these technologies. That project is xwing

Javascript

Killing Coercion and Silent Failure in JavaScript With Babel

TL;DR: The tale of Brendan Eich's notorious 10 days of writing what he was told would be Java's "sidekick" language in the browser, "JavaScript", has

webassembly

Mad Science With WebAssembly

This article provides a short background of WebAssembly and provides a tutorial to get you started. Background “Write once, work everywhere” is the beauty of the web. This cannot be

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