30/10/2022
What technology are you learning right now? Or, will be learning next?
For me, it's AWS! How about you? π¬
Web Developer π» Tech Entrepreneur π
What technology are you learning right now? Or, will be learning next?
For me, it's AWS! How about you? π¬
What singular piece of technology has impacted your life as a developer the most? π¬
What are your go-to fonts for projects?
And, please don't say Helvetica or Comic Sans! π
Do you need a freelance technical writer for your product's blog? πΌ
If so, you're in luck as I'm currently looking for more long-term clients.
You can check out my past work below and if you're interested; send me a DM. π¬
Let's get writing!
π https://rli.to/npsam
Here are all of my commissioned blog posts. Want to work with me on a post for your company? Get in touch today.
Do you need to add a sitemap to your Next.js application but don't know where to start?
You can learn how to add one using the next-sitemap package in the blog post I wrote for Snappify!
Check it out π
https://rli.to/qQ9Im
β Don't focus on large singular changes.
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Focus on small changes you can repeat every day consistently!
Small gains each day compound, singular large ones don't. πͺ
When in doubt...
Google it! π£
Took tonight a bit easier and started doing some frontend work for Harken!
Here is the (initial) sign-in page redirecting to the core app.
Also, set up some server-side redirects to send unauthenticated users to the sign-in page and authenticated ones to the app.
Just published my latest blog post on dynamically wrapping strings in HTML tags using ReactJS and Regex.
Check it out on hashnode below π
Whether it's adding code tags to titles or something else, wrapping strings in HTML tags can be a helpful tool. Here's how to do it in ReactJS.
Stop worrying about being a noun (developer).
And, instead focus on doing the verb (coding). π¨βπ»
Tonight, I uploaded all my freelance technical writing posts to my website. π
Read them at the link below. π
If you're interested in working with me on a post; send me a DM, reply here, or contact me through my website. π¬
Let's get writing!
π https://conermurphy.com/technical-writing
Been a productive night of coding, got my token refresh Lambda up and running for Harken π
Also, planned out a few user flows to work on next. Harken is slowly taking shape. πͺ
I just published my latest blog post! π
π‘ How to dynamically wrap strings in HTML tags using ReactJS and Regex.
Check it out π
π https://rli.to/4v1Yc
Whether it's adding code tags to titles or something else, wrapping strings in HTML tags can be a helpful tool. Here's how to do it in ReactJS with Regex.
Been a bit of a mixture today but I managed to make progress on 2 things. π
1οΈβ£ Designed 6 possible logos for Harken, just gotta pick my favourite now, what's yours? π€
2οΈβ£ Completed the test build of my upcoming AWS Contact Form tutorial in
How did your day go? π
Decided to start planning out the Harken marketing page tonight.
Nothing designed yet but got some mood board vibes going with ideas and designs I like.
Can't wait to build this and get it out in the world! π€©
You don't need another tutorial.
You don't need another tutorial.
You don't need another tutorial.
Don't buy more tutorials, instead, build a project.
I promise you'll learn more from building a real project than being stuck in tutorial hell will ever yield.
You'll never be 100% ready...
So when comes to:
πΌ Freelancing
π¬ Content Creation
π Learning new tech
Just jump in and get started. π₯
If you wait until you're 100% ready it'll never happen.
Not too much time coding tonight so decided to fix some long overdue bugs on my personal website. π
β Inline code in headers now render as code HTML tags and styles
β Linking to the contact page doesn't flash to the top of the page
β Small content updates.
Want to supercharge your progress? π
Focus on making small consistent gains everyday.
Over time they compound into large wins πͺ
What indie hacker projects/products deserve more exposure and users than they currently have? π€
Share them below and let's get exposure to them.
There are many ways to learn a new technology or concept, here are 5 favourites π
1οΈβ£ Documentation
2οΈβ£ Community Content (blogs, YouTube, social media)
3οΈβ£ Courses
4οΈβ£ Learn by doing and experimenting
5οΈβ£ Open Source and collaborating
What's your favourite? π
Been a bit of a different night tonight.
Didn't write any code but instead gave planning out my DyanmoDB instance for Harken.
Not sure if it's an optimal setup but I look forward to giving it a shot and seeing how it plays out. π
What are your goals for Q4, what do you want to achieve before Jan 23? π
How are you going to make them a reality? πͺ
A great tech stack doesn't make a great product. π©βπ»
But it sure can help, so what's your go-to tech stack right now?
Just published my latest blog post on Hashnode! π₯
Interested in learning how to automatically publish NPM packages from a GitHub repository? Then check out my latest post. π
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Publishing and maintaining NPM packages can involve manual administrative tasks but it doesn't need to. semantic-release can automate it for us, here'
Overnight successes are very rarely actually overnight...
If your success is taking a bit longer than one night that's okay. In fact, it's normal!
So, don't worry, keep working and you will succeed! πͺ
What's your favourite part of working on a project? π€
I love setting up repositories, CI/CD pipelines and dev tooling so for me it's the initial setup stage. π€©
1οΈβ£ method to up your productivity! π
Get the right amount of sleep for your body. π€
Shortchanging your sleep is the quickest way to make your productivity and health nosedive so look after yourself.
If you didn't become a developer, what would you have become?
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Took tonight a bit easier and started doing some frontend work for Harken! Here is the (initial) sign-in page redirecting to the core app. Also, set up some server-side redirects to send unauthenticated users to the sign-in page and authenticated ones to the app.
My new portfolio is very nearly there π Just got to add in the missing newsletter editions and then it's ready to go public. Not much in the way of new functionality to talk about though, it's mainly been a complete design overhaul this time. π
Added a new feature to my website today; a live view count for each blog and newsletter post page. Every time the page loads, the number is incremented by one. πΌ Built using AWS CDK with AppSync/DynamoDB & Next.js API Routes. π
Isn't it annoying when you follow a coding tutorial blog post and can't copy and paste code? π’ To make it easy for the readers of my website, I've added a copy to the clipboard button. π Check it out π
Finally moved across all 30 of my newsletter editions to my website π Interested in checking out the back catalogue or subscribing for future ones, check out the link below. π A new edition is published every Sunday π π https://conermurphy.com/newsletter
Got a small but necessary feature added to the website (pending release) π A custom 404 page so the user isn't sent to a blank page but instead has options to navigate back to other pages with content on or contact me if they think it's an error seeing the 404.
Project Release π£ π My new website is now live and ready for the world to see π Check it out at the link below, and let me know your thoughts. I'd love to hear what you think. π π https://conermurphy.com/
Personal Webiste Update π» Integrated a working contact form using Next.js serverless functions, AWS Lambdas and SES π
Personal Website Update π» Got the home hero section designed and developed. π Bit different to the original design but I think it's better now. π
Personal Website Update π οΈ Mobile Header and Navigation are now in place and working, not much to go now. π
Personal Website Update π οΈ Added in a new component to each post that links to the GitHub page for the post to allow people to contribute, correct or something else via PRs. π It's all slowly coming together now. π
Personal Website Update π οΈ The blog page is pretty much complete now, the tag/category pages are now implemented with pagination. π Just got some missing post descriptions to add in and update some images. π
Personal Website Update π¨πΌβπ» The UI of the Contact page is complete, just need to add the form submission logic to the contact form and it's complete. π P.S. Ignore the god awful header in this gif, it's an open issue to resolve π
Personal Website Update π¨πΌβπ» Added a sticky sidebar to each post to let the reader jump about the post and copy links to different headers in the post. Also, included a newsletter sign up form and social share buttons unique to each post. π
Personal Website Update π¨πΌβπ» Implemented pagination to my Nextjs blog for my posts, all rendered statically at build time π Also, sneak page of the sidebar, and the upcoming other pages I'm going to create for filtering. π