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November 4th, 2021: What did you learn this week?

Nick Taylor on November 05, 2021

It's that time of the week again. So wonderful devs, what did you learn this week? It could be programming tips, career advice etc. ![Informatio...

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Lucia Cerchie • Nov 5 '21

I made an API using Golang! Using this post dev.to/karanpratapsingh/build-a-re...

Nick Taylor • Nov 5 '21

Awesome!

Ben Lovy • Nov 5 '21

Sometimes it IS a compiler bug.

Nick Taylor • Nov 5 '21

Zaynaib (Ola) Giwa • Nov 6 '21

I learned how to add a blog to my personal Gatsby website and export my blog post into an RSS feed. This will make it easier to cross-post on different platforms. I also learned how to use the React hook useState.

Nick Taylor • Nov 6 '21

Nice!

Zaynaib (Ola) Giwa • Nov 6 '21

Thanks for the positive vibes man!

Mukund Raghav Sharma (Moko) • Nov 5 '21

Wrote my first Javascript Rest API: dev.to/mrsharm/my-first-javascript... - deployed on Heroku: dogfacts-api.herokuapp.com/api/v1/...
Getting better at react - deployed my first app: dating-app-for-dogs-3cd0c.web.app/ using the MERN stack.
Learnt about CORs and how much of a pain it can be for react apps.
BEM naming is sweet: getbem.com/naming/
Reading Jeff Bezo's Invent and Wander - a collection of his shareholder's letter. Some characteristics:
- Customer Obsession
- Always on Day 1
- Not be afraid of failing
- Long term >> Short Term
Finished listening to "Feeling is the secret" - Neville Goddard
Goals for Next Week
1. Get better at CSS and Flexbox
2. Statistics for Performance Engineers
3. More React practice
4. More MERN practice
5. Jupyter Notebook for my LoTR Data Science App in F#

Nick Taylor • Nov 5 '21

That's awesome! 🔥

Matthew Foley • Nov 5 '21

Tried my hand at contributing to prometheus, and I learned about Developer Certificate of Origin / DCO = put your email address on your commit messages.

Nick Taylor • Nov 5 '21

sid • Nov 5 '21

I learned how to use Github Copilot

Nick Taylor • Nov 5 '21

GrahamTheDev • Nov 5 '21

I learned loads about NFTs from a very helpful DEV (Forem) employee 😉

Nick Taylor • Nov 5 '21

Nice!

Kirk Shillingford • Nov 5 '21

This I learnt (or relearnt) that the some() method exists on arrays and I don't have to do the !!someArray.find() if I just want to know if something is there.

K • Nov 5 '21

NFTs should use mutable metadata.

Also, screws are made of a much softer metal than screw drivers and so
I killed some screw heads.

Nick Taylor • Nov 5 '21