mock api call with promised settimeout

2020-01-16

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~1 min read

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116 words

I was recently working on a project where I wanted a loading state while an API resolved. Instead of testing with a live API, I wanted to be…

notes from _thinking in bets_ by annie duke

2020-01-16

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~35 min read

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6952 words

Below are the notes I took from Annie Duke’s Thinking In Bets in their rawest form. One day maybe I’ll go back and refine these. For now, I…

takeaways from katherine rundell's _why you should reach children's books, even though you are so old and wise_

2020-01-16

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~5 min read

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944 words

I received Katherine Rundell’s essay as a gift and it was a lovely way to spend a morning. In its 63 short pages, Rundell delivers on the…

styling markdown code snippets with prismjs

2020-01-15

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~7 min read

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1215 words

There are a number of different syntax highlighters for Javascript, but the one I’ve been using lately is PrismJS (due in large part to its…

preaching to the choir & changing perceptions

2020-01-14

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~1 min read

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194 words

Reading Paul Krugman’s recent opinion in the New York Times, “Apocalypse Becomes the New Normal” I was reminded me of The Richest Man In…

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