Paul Aldrich

@aldrichdev

Full Stack Developer - React, Next.js, .NET, Sitecore

Chicago, ILJoined January 2024

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I am a full-stack developer specializing in React, Next.js, TypeScript, C#, .NET and Sitecore. I love working on back-end as well as front-end, writing documentation, finding solutions to problems, and writing technical blog posts to help others. I've been Sitecore certified and Coveo for Sitecore certified twice.

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PAPaul Aldrichaldrichdev.hashnode.devMay 13 · 5 min read

Crazy Time To Be A Software Developer

It's crazy to me how we as developers are using AI today. Two years ago, using AI was opening GitHub CoPilot in Visual Studio, or maybe using ChatGPT for answers to common coding questions. Four years

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PAPaul Aldrichaldrichdev.hashnode.devMar 4 · 3 min read

Why you should avoid using the effect>setState pattern in React

Let's say you have an initialItems array that you fetch from an API and set it in state like this: const [items, setItems] = useState<T[]>(initialItems) You may instinctively realize, initialItems is

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PAPaul Aldrichaldrichdev.hashnode.devJan 30 · 2 min read

How to use Husky 9.1.7 in a Monorepo Project

Every time I’ve added Husky to a project, specifically to add some pre-commit logic, I’ve always run into an issue where the pre-commit logic doesn’t run and the commit just goes through. If you’ve dealt with this problem before, you know there’s tha...

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PAPaul Aldrichaldrichdev.hashnode.devNov 18, 2025 · 3 min read

.NET Conf 2025 - My Takeaways

Last week I attended .NET Conf virtually, and learned a lot. It was a 3-day event. I was only able to attend part of Day 1 as I had interviews happening that week, but there’s a lot of cool stuff that is new with .NET, and I wanted to share my though...

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PAPaul Aldrichaldrichdev.hashnode.devOct 27, 2025 · 3 min read

Back-End Pagination: How I Drastically Cut Load Times for a React Project

Last year, I was assigned to a large React project which was using .NET Core and SQL Server on the back-end. I was added to the team to build out a new area of the website for a specific user group. One of these areas was a new UI table that would ne...

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Crazy Time To Be A Software Developer

Why you should avoid using the effect>setState pattern in React

How to use Husky 9.1.7 in a Monorepo Project

.NET Conf 2025 - My Takeaways

Back-End Pagination: How I Drastically Cut Load Times for a React Project

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Paul Aldrich's blogs

Recently published

Crazy Time To Be A Software Developer

Why you should avoid using the effect>setState pattern in React

How to use Husky 9.1.7 in a Monorepo Project

.NET Conf 2025 - My Takeaways

Back-End Pagination: How I Drastically Cut Load Times for a React Project