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Ben Holmes

GA Tech grad and full stack web dev all about good design, good music, and good code

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BS in CS @Georgia Tech

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Fullstack web developer at Peloton

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Picture perfect image optimization for any web framework
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Picture perfect image optimization for any web framework

#javascript #webdev #react #eleventy
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Building a sexy, mobile-ready navbar in any web framework
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Building a sexy, mobile-ready navbar in any web framework

#webdev #css #react #svelte
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9 min read
Before building your next static site with React, consider this
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Before building your next static site with React, consider this

#webdev #react #gatsby #javascript
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Flexbox diehards: Here's some concrete examples of when CSS grid is just better
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Flexbox diehards: Here's some concrete examples of when CSS grid is just better

#css #webdev #beginners
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Why SvelteJS may be the best framework for new web devs
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Why SvelteJS may be the best framework for new web devs

#javascript #webdev #beginners #svelte
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Understanding single page apps & client-side routing
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Understanding single page apps & client-side routing

#webdev #javascript #beginners #react
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Grabbing subsets of JS object properties with... GraphQL?
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Grabbing subsets of JS object properties with... GraphQL?

#javascript #graphql #webdev
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Sexy, accessible show-hide animations in any web framework
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Sexy, accessible show-hide animations in any web framework

#webdev #css #react #svelte
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Want CSS variables in media query declarations? Try this!
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Want CSS variables in media query declarations? Try this!

#webdev #css #sass
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How ES Modules have redefined web development
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How ES Modules have redefined web development

#javascript #webdev
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8 min read
I'm building a new home outside of DEV. Here's why (and where to find me!)
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I'm building a new home outside of DEV. Here's why (and where to find me!)

#showdev #webdev
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4 Git shortcuts that define my workflow
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4 Git shortcuts that define my workflow

#programming #git #bash
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4 Conference talks that changed my perspective as a web dev
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4 Conference talks that changed my perspective as a web dev

#discuss #webdev #architecture #react
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Another way to understand JavaScript's array.reduce
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Another way to understand JavaScript's array.reduce

#javascript #beginners
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A shiny-on-hover effect that follows your mouse (CSS) ✨
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A shiny-on-hover effect that follows your mouse (CSS) ✨

#showdev #css #javascript #webdev
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Mocking browser APIs (fetch, localStorage, Dates...) the easy way with Jest
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Mocking browser APIs (fetch, localStorage, Dates...) the easy way with Jest

#testing #javascript #webdev
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Leaving Notion to build a second brain in VS Code
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Leaving Notion to build a second brain in VS Code

#vscode #productivity #programming
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The web dev tools that helped me get s*** done in 2020
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The web dev tools that helped me get s*** done in 2020

#webdev #javascript #git #notetaking
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NextJS, Contentful CMS, GraphQL, oh my!
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NextJS, Contentful CMS, GraphQL, oh my!

#react #graphql #webdev #nextjs
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Understanding the spectrum of CSS frameworks
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Understanding the spectrum of CSS frameworks

#css #webdev
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Writing a state machine in one line with TypeScript
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Writing a state machine in one line with TypeScript

#webdev #typescript #react #statemachines
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Introducing my new personal site, a static SPA built without a framework 🚀
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Introducing my new personal site, a static SPA built without a framework 🚀

#showdev #webdev #javascript #spa
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How you can (sort of) write SASS @mixins in plain CSS
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How you can (sort of) write SASS @mixins in plain CSS

#css #sass #webdev #preprocessors
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The power of SvelteJS: building an animated image carousel in <30 lines of code ✨
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The power of SvelteJS: building an animated image carousel in <30 lines of code ✨

#showdev #svelte #webdev #algorithms
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The web dev tools that helped me get s*** done in 2019. Plus, a thank you!
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The web dev tools that helped me get s*** done in 2019. Plus, a thank you!

#webdev #svelte #frontend #netlify
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9 min read
HTML5 tags - how do they work, and which ones should I use?
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HTML5 tags - how do they work, and which ones should I use?

#html #webdev #beginners #frontend
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6 min read
What I learned planning and building an MVP as a frontend dev at Peloton
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What I learned planning and building an MVP as a frontend dev at Peloton

#showdev #react #git #webdev
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Using Typescript string enums? Consider string literals!
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Using Typescript string enums? Consider string literals!

#typescript #javascript #webdev
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How much CSS should you know to use a CSS framework?
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How much CSS should you know to use a CSS framework?

#discuss #css #webdev #beginners
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How to revert your git commits without panicking
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How to revert your git commits without panicking

#git #beginners #relaxing
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How using CSS variables helped me cut down on JavaScript
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How using CSS variables helped me cut down on JavaScript

#showdev #css #webdev #javascript
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Students in web dev: what has been your best learning experience, and why was it effective?
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Students in web dev: what has been your best learning experience, and why was it effective?

#discuss #webdev #teaching #beginners
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Git + GitHub Best Practices for Teams (Opinionated)
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Git + GitHub Best Practices for Teams (Opinionated)

#git #beginners #github #bitsofgood
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Let CSS frameworks empower you, not control you
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Let CSS frameworks empower you, not control you

#css #ux #webdev #beginners
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A neat DIY solution to animating on scroll (for any framework)
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A neat DIY solution to animating on scroll (for any framework)

#javascript #webdev #react #tutorial
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Why I'm using Surge and not GitHub Pages
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Why I'm using Surge and not GitHub Pages

#javascript #webdev #deployment #github
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