--- title: "Skay (@skay) | Hashnode" description: "I love to build cool things on the web... Read the latest articles by Skay on Hashnode." url: "https://hashnode.com/@skay" --- @skay # Skay @skay · Kitchener, Canada · Joined August 2020 I love to build cool things on the web... [Website](https://skay.dev/) ### [What is Technical Debt?](https://blog.skay.dev/what-is-technical-debt?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) What is Technical Debt? I would like to simply define Technical debt as the actions taken by the engineering team to expedite delivery for a piece of functionality that often needs to be refactored at a later point in time. However, there's no one si... 8 min read · [blog.skay.dev](https://blog.skay.dev/what-is-technical-debt?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [3](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-is-technical-debt/5fc1931f2cae9c5b190b6e84) [Nov 28, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-is-technical-debt/5fc1931f2cae9c5b190b6e84) ### [How to provide estimates as a Junior Developer?](https://blog.skay.dev/how-to-provide-estimates-as-a-junior-developer?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Introduction I recently interacted with a friend who had just started out as a developer and she told me that she found it really hard to provide estimates against the user stories assigned to her. We had an interesting conversation following that an... 7 min read · [blog.skay.dev](https://blog.skay.dev/how-to-provide-estimates-as-a-junior-developer?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [3](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-provide-estimates-as-a-junior-developer/5fae2293fa438d6532c7ec93) [Nov 13, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-provide-estimates-as-a-junior-developer/5fae2293fa438d6532c7ec93) ### [Why work at a Startup and What to expect?](https://blog.skay.dev/why-work-at-a-startup-and-what-to-expect?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Introduction This is an article based on my experience working with startups for 4+ years. I have previously worked with enterprises and product companies, but with startups, the kind of unique experience of having both creative freedom and increased... 10 min read · [blog.skay.dev](https://blog.skay.dev/why-work-at-a-startup-and-what-to-expect?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Nov 5, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-work-at-a-startup-and-what-to-expect/5fa3d5003e634314b5178d66) ### [A Detailed overview of NPM, Registry, CLI & it's related Components](https://blog.skay.dev/overview-of-npm-node-package-manager?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Introduction In this article, we will look at an overview of what NPM is. When we usually run 'npm install', we know that certain packages are being created inside the 'node\_modules' folder. Let us look at what they mean and what role they play in or... 15 min read · [blog.skay.dev](https://blog.skay.dev/overview-of-npm-node-package-manager?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [4](https://hashnode.com/posts/overview-of-npm-node-package-manager/5f9f9ab5de85d46a77d5ee87) [Nov 2, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/overview-of-npm-node-package-manager/5f9f9ab5de85d46a77d5ee87) ### [The React Ecosystem](https://blog.skay.dev/the-react-ecosystem?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Introduction When I started learning React, there was a huge debate on whether React is a library or a framework. While I assumed React to be a framework, since, it was always compared with the likes of Vue or Angular, it is actually a JavaScript lib... 8 min read · [blog.skay.dev](https://blog.skay.dev/the-react-ecosystem?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Oct 30, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-react-ecosystem/5f9c0e94ff730d5cb8dedf8c)