Adam Nathaniel Davis

React acolyte, jack-of-all-(programming)trades, full-stack developer

Jacksonville, FL Joined on Feb 18, 2020 me@adamdavis.codes https://adamdavis.codes

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Frontend Software Engineer @ Amazon

Adam Nathaniel Davis

Jul 12

What It's Like To Code For Amazon

#career #webdev #javascript #programming

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What It's Like To Code For Amazon

@val_baca provided some great feedback on this already. And ...

Aug 10

A "Gotcha" of JavaScript's Pass-by-Reference

Yes, this does make sense. I do think that the loose/inferre...

Aug 10

What It's Like To Code For Amazon

I was actually shocked at how NON-elitist it was. You can re...

Jul 27

What It's Like To Code For Amazon

Great points! I too had many frustrations with AWS long befo...

Jul 21

What It's Like To Code For Amazon

Thank you for providing this context!!

Jul 18

What It's Like To Code For Amazon

I should clarify that my total comp is more than double what ...

Jul 18

What It's Like To Code For Amazon

There's the occasional screenshare, but nothing I've seen tha...

Jul 15

What It's Like To Code For Amazon

To be clear, it's not as though everything is ES5. It's just...

Jul 15

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Mar 21

How I Got Hired at Amazon

#hiring #career #webdev #programming

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Mar 12

JavaScript Constants With Object.freeze()

#javascript #tutorial #webdev

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Mar 5

Controlling React API Calls With Hooks

#react #javascript #tutorial #api

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Feb 27

Should Frontend Devs Care About Performance??

#javascript #performance #webdev #developer

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Feb 20

How To Hire Programmers

#webdev #career #hiring #programming

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Apr 28 '21

Rejected by Facebook

#webdev #career #javascript #react

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Apr 15 '21

I'm An Impostor

#javascript #webdev #career #programming

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Apr 9 '21

Litmus Tests in Tech

#webdev #career #hiring #javascript

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Mar 25 '21

Applying To Facebook

#webdev #career #javascript #react

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Mar 17 '21

Do You Even NPM, Bro??

#npm #webdev #javascript #codequality

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Mar 6 '21

Don't Leave Comments on Pull Requests - Leave Pictures

#github #codequality #programming #webdev

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Mar 2 '21

Remove Duplicates With Set() - Full-Stop

#javascript #webdev #beginners #codenewbie

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Mar 2 '21

Replacing JavaScript Classes With The Module Design Pattern

#javascript #oop #functional #codequality

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Feb 23 '21

How I Fixed The Unexpected Token Error In Jest

#javascript #jest #testing #jsx

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Feb 13 '21

Lie - To Advance Your Career

#career #webdev #hiring #interviewing

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Dec 31 '20

AI Conversations

#javascript #react #functional #declarative

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Dec 22 '20

Autocompleting JSX In WebStorm

#ide #react #javascript #jsx

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Dec 22 '20

Synchronous State With React Hooks

#hooks #react #javascript #functional

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Dec 17 '20

Dev Is Not Construction. It's Medicine.

#career #webdev #programming #codequality

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Dec 16 '20

Devs Shouldn't Report to PMs

#codequality #productivity #career #webdev

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Dec 12 '20

How Employers Sabotage Remote Workers

#codequality #productivity #career #webdev

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Dec 8 '20

God Rights Are Meant For Pranking

#career #motivation #programming #webdev

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Dec 6 '20

Why Do JS Devs Hate Namespaces?

#javascript #codequality

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Dec 3 '20

The Perils of Remote Work

#codequality #productivity #career #webdev

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Nov 29 '20

Ron, The Untouchable, Invincible, No-Good Developer (Conclusion)

#career #motivation #programming #webdev

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Nov 28 '20

Ron, The Untouchable, Invincible, No-Good Developer

#career #motivation #programming #webdev

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Nov 27 '20

Why Older People Struggle In Programming Jobs

#codequality #programming #career #webdev

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Oct 28 '20

Who Killed The Tab?

#codequality #javascript #oop #ide

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Oct 14 '20

We Need To Talk About API Security

#codequality #security #rest

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Oct 8 '20

Comments Are The Only "Code Smell"

#codequality #codenewbie #tutorial #beginners

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Oct 3 '20

What Is A "Code Smell"?

#codequality #tutorial #standards #programming

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Oct 2 '20

In Defense of Defensive Programming

#react #javascript #typescript #codequality

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Sep 27 '20

One Crazy Trick to Become a Programmer

#tutorial #beginners #javascript #react

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Sep 8 '20

The Botched Implementation of useEffect()

#hooks #react #javascript #functional

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Aug 26 '20

How I Organize React Projects

#react #javascript #typescript #tutorial

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Aug 24 '20

A "Gotcha" of JavaScript's Pass-by-Reference

#javascript #typescript #functional #codequality

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Aug 22 '20

Troll Hunting 101: JavaScript Passes Objects by Reference

#javascript #typescript #functional #codequality

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Aug 20 '20

Stahhp With The Outdated React Techniques!

#react #functional #javascript #tutorial

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Aug 16 '20

Insights From My First 50 Posts

#programming #javascript #react #productivity

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Jul 29 '20

JavaScript's Functional Programming Mythology

#javascript #functional #codequality #programming

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Jul 27 '20

Better TypeScript... With JavaScript

#typescript #react #javascript #tutorial

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Jul 27 '20

Tossing TypeScript

#typescript #react #javascript #codequality

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Jul 24 '20

App Surgery with React

#react #functional #hooks #javascript

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Jul 18 '20

API Sorrows

#api #rest #swagger #codequality

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Jul 10 '20

Spotify's Random FAIL

#javascript #programming #ux #math

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Jul 6 '20

Random Can "Break" Your App

#javascript #programming #math #ux

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Jun 30 '20

A JSDoc in TypeScript's Clothing

#typescript #jsdoc #javascript

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Jun 27 '20

Key Headaches in TypeScript

#typescript #javascript #tutorial

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Jun 26 '20

Tech Decisions with Zenn Diagrams

#techstack #programming #architecture #evangelism

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Jun 23 '20

The Unbearable Whiteness of Coding

#racism #bias #software #programming

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Jun 21 '20

Default Props in React/TS - Part Deux

#react #typescript #javascript #tutorial

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Jun 19 '20

Default Props in React/TypeScript

#react #typescript #javascript #tutorial

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Jun 18 '20

Class Contradictions in TypeScript vs JavaScript

#typescript #javascript #react #oop

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

May 15 '20

Multitasking Is A LIE

#productivity #programming #agile #kanban

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

May 11 '20

Developer Procrastination

#productivity #programming

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

May 2 '20

Declarative Gibberish in React

#react #declarative #refactoring #javascript

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Apr 30 '20

Why JavaScript Is Lapping The Competition

#javascript #babel #npm #opensource

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Apr 26 '20

Are You A Fanboy???

#dogma #programming #leadership #codequality

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Apr 25 '20

React's render() Doesn't... Render

#react #javascript #functional #rendering

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