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Written content to help you along your web development journey, without forgetting to have some fun along the way.
How to Use Netlify Forms in a Gatsby Project
Netlify form handling is an extremely powerful feature that enables you to collect dynamic data from your users on your static sites. But it's a little tricky to get it working right within a Gatsby project. Here's a detailed look at a couple different ways of approaching Netlify forms for a Gatsby site.
4 Reasons to Work on Side Projects
To get the most out of the side projects you work on, every project should provide you with at least one of four key benefits.
What You Need to Know When Using Netlify Forms
Netlify forms are an incredibly powerful feature. They enable you to accept dynamically-driven user data on your static site. But you must understand a few key concepts about Netlify forms if you're going to have success working with them.
Time and Balance: How We Manage Our Most Valuable Asset
Time is a force within which we all live, and the decisions we make with that time are what make us who we are. So how do we ensure we're making the right decisions? Balance.
Side Projects Will Make You a Better Developer
There is often a substantial difference between a new developer who works on side projects and one who doesn't. But how do you make sure you're working on the right side project?
Solving Problems with a Wedding Ring
It took me years to solve a problem that, in the end, was as simple as taking a ring off my finger. Learn what I learned from that problem-solving process.
A Puzzle Without a Box
Just as a jigsaw puzzle needs a box, a solution needs the thing that will focus and guide it to success.
Is Your Project the Right Project?
Use the 5 Whys exercise to determine if a project continues to support its root motivations.
Find the Root Cause by Asking Why
Using the practice of 5 Whys can help you create more effective solutions to problems, including where you should go on your next vacation.
Cleaning Up Nested Conditionals
Flattening the logic of if/else conditionals can go a long way toward cleaning up your code.