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Type Guards and Type Narrowing

Apr 12 · 6 min read · In this post, we are going to cover what type guards and type narrowing are in the context of TypeScript. These are concepts you may have already been using and didn't know it or these may be totally

Hoisting in JavaScript

Feb 13 · 4 min read · Maybe you’ve heard of hoisting or maybe this is a new term in your learning journey. Either way, understanding how hoisting works will help you understand how your code works. What the heck does hoisting even mean? By definition, when something is “h...

Throttling function calls in JavaScript

Mar 2, 2025 · 4 min read · You’re at a water park in line for your favorite water slide. Only one person is allowed to go down the slide every 15 seconds. This is implemented for safety. If every person when right after the other, we would have backups in the slide or injuries...

Preventing CLS with Dynamic Images

Feb 26, 2025 · 3 min read · When adding images to our websites, it’s crucial to prevent the layout from shifting while the image loads. Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) can be described as unexpected movement while the page content is loading. For example, you go to click on a but...

Handling events on multiple items in JavaScript

Feb 16, 2025 · 3 min read · We’ve all been there. You have a list of items and each item needs to listen for an event. Maybe it’s a click event or mouseover event. Traditionally, you may have put an event listener on every item in the list, but what if I told you there was a be...