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React

Oct 11, 20246 min read

nuqs + React Hooks: Managing Modal State Without Losing Your Mind

Managing modal state across components is painful. Learn how using nuqs and custom hooks makes it dead simple - no prop drilling, no context, just URL-based state that works everywhere.

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Development

Oct 11, 20248 min read

Building Features Before the Backend Exists (makeMockApiCall)

Stop waiting for backend APIs. Build complete features with realistic mock data, test all edge cases, and swap in the real API later. Here's the utility that changed my workflow.

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React

Oct 11, 20249 min read

Toast Notifications: Just Call It From Anywhere

No context, no providers, no prop drilling. A toast notification utility you can import and call from anywhere in your app - components, hooks, utilities, or server actions.

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Development

Oct 17, 20256 min read

Jotai: When Redux is Overkill and Context is Too Much Work

Sometimes features dont need to be coupled to Redux. Nobody likes having to deal with boiler plate.

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React

Oct 11, 20246 min read

nuqs + React Hooks: Managing Modal State Without Losing Your Mind

Managing modal state across components is painful. Learn how using nuqs and custom hooks makes it dead simple - no prop drilling, no context, just URL-based state that works everywhere.

Read more →
Development

Oct 11, 20248 min read

Building Features Before the Backend Exists (makeMockApiCall)

Stop waiting for backend APIs. Build complete features with realistic mock data, test all edge cases, and swap in the real API later. Here's the utility that changed my workflow.

Read more →
React

Oct 11, 20249 min read

Toast Notifications: Just Call It From Anywhere

No context, no providers, no prop drilling. A toast notification utility you can import and call from anywhere in your app - components, hooks, utilities, or server actions.

Read more →
Development

Oct 17, 20256 min read

Jotai: When Redux is Overkill and Context is Too Much Work

Sometimes features dont need to be coupled to Redux. Nobody likes having to deal with boiler plate.

Read more →

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