PinnedInBetter ProgrammingbyAmy Blankenship·Sep 14, 2023Case Study: A SOLID Refactor in ReactWith TDD, Context, and HooksA response icon6A response icon6
Amy Blankenship·Feb 20Could Jackson, MS be the Next Tech Hub?I came home from Silicon Valley to find a budding tech ecosystem.A response icon4A response icon4
InCode Like A GirlbyAmy Blankenship·Nov 12, 2025Confessions of an AI SkepticLearning to trust the machine (just enough to keep my career future-proof).A response icon6A response icon6
Amy Blankenship·Aug 23, 2025Can We Play Chess with a Dragon and Win?Years ago, I read a book called Chess With a Dragon by David Gerrold. I had largely forgotten this book until I started to feel besieged by…A response icon8A response icon8
Amy Blankenship·Nov 3, 2024Everything You Know About Functional Components is Wrong Comes to React SummitYou might have read my post
Amy Blankenship·Jun 30, 2024Those Scary Stories About Polyfill.io? They’re Just the BeginningThe polyfill.io code started changing over four months ago.A response icon8A response icon8
Amy Blankenship·Feb 17, 2024Getting the Most From JetBrains’ File TemplatesSure, you can use AI to help you generate your code. But it’s so much nicer to have complete control over the output.
InJavaScript in Plain EnglishbyAmy Blankenship·Jan 23, 2024Spawning Multiple Actions from a Response in Redux Observables/RxJsIt took me months to find this information, so I’m sharing it with you.A response icon1A response icon1
InJavaScript in Plain EnglishbyAmy Blankenship·Dec 18, 2023Why You’re not Being Allowed to RefactorAnd what you can do to change that.A response icon2A response icon2
InJavaScript in Plain EnglishbyAmy Blankenship·Oct 31, 2023Should You Use useCallback in ReactPrevent extra renders, stale values, and more.A response icon1A response icon1