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This is me, I'm a "developer"

🐤🥇 Jasper de Jager — Tue, 18 May 2021 09:40:23 +0000

This is me

Look out 'cause here I come. I'm not scared to be seen. I make no apologies, this is me
I'm Jasper, a 33-year-old developer from the Netherlands.

Web development is my hobby, and it also happens to be the way I make a living. Learning new stuff and mostly understanding how stuff works is what makes me tick. A lot of developers are like that I guess. So why did I quote the word developer in the title?

My struggles

For a while now I have been feeling like I'm not showing my full potential and that feeling sucks. I always felt apart from the rest of the developers I've studied/worked with. Make no mistake, I can surely hold my own in a programming contest. I'm definitely a good programmer, but that's not all I am and, as I realized, not the only thing I want to be. I'm trying to break out of the standard developer role, and it is hard. Recently the company I work for was taken over by a bigger company. This can be a good thing, opportunities to grow and too finally break out of the traditional developer role. Up until now a lot changed in the company, all sorts of collaborations are starting to happen, except in the development department. I'm convinced developers can really make a difference and I think it would be a shame if they could never show their true potential because they are overlooked too easily.

The developer stigma

Companies that have a development team often recognize their potential in writing code but (some?/ most?) developers can be so much more than that! I for example would love to apply my skills in other areas than just development. Invite me to a brainstorm about whatever, and I'm certain I can wow people with my ability to think outside the box and research new stuff in any area. The only problem is that developers often get overlooked. Sure I'd make mistakes when doing something I've never done (doesn't everyone) but developers can learn, and they learn fast!

Make a change

A lot of developers showed that applying the basic skill set of a developer in other areas works and I think we'll see a lot more of this shift in mentality in the coming years. I certainly hope this article can help people see the full potential of this kind of developer. I'm still struggling to become the developer I want to be. It is not easy to break through the developer stereotype, but I try to do what I can to change it and that's all I can do right now.

You're the best

Here at dev.to I feel heard. I think most of the blogging developers are a lot like me. This is the reason why I post this story here and only here. It isn't the positive story you are used from me, but I'd like to hear from all of you if you've also experienced something like this. In the meantime I'll keep moving forward to become the developer I want to be. I want to turn this into something positive and show everyone developers can do so much more than writing code!

If you're reading this: thanks for hearing me out 😘

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✔||🤢 Commit or Vomit | nested ternary operator

🐤🥇 Jasper de Jager — Tue, 04 May 2021 13:52:52 +0000

The ternary operator

It's a delight to use them but should we use them as much as possible? what do you think about the next example? ✔||🤢

H = (C == 0 ? null :
    V == r ? (g - b) / C :
    V == g ? (b - r) / C + 2 :
             (r - g) / C + 4
    );

nested ternary operators ✔||🤢?

❤: Commit (I'd commit something like this)
🏷: Vomit (we all know unicorns don't vomit)
🦄: Like your post please continue this series!

Let's vote! 😊

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🦄 12 Iconic developer types

🐤🥇 Jasper de Jager — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:37:18 +0000

We've made it to twelve! 🎉

🧐🤠🤪🤓🦄🚫🏹🎅😳🤷‍♀️🐙🤑

Already twelve iconic developer types created 😎
I noticed a lot of types were recognized by the readers, so I came up with the following questions for you:

What developer type(s) do you relate to the most?
What developer types do you have in your team?
What developer types could you use in your team?
What is your favorite iconic developer type?

If, by thinking about this, you get some inspiration to write a new iconic developer profile please leave it in the comments!

Iconic developers 🧐🤠🤪

🐤🥇 Jasper de Jager ・ Apr 14 '21

#discuss #webdev #watercooler #programming

1) 🧐 The know-it-all
2) 🤠 The cowboy
3) 🤪 The funny one

Iconic developers | part 2 🤓🦄🚫

🐤🥇 Jasper de Jager ・ Apr 15 '21

#programming #discuss #webdev #watercooler

4) 🤓 The perfectionist
5) 🦄 The Unicorn
6) 🚫 Doctor no

Iconic developers | part 3 🏹🎅😳

🐤🥇 Jasper de Jager ・ Apr 19 '21

#discuss #webdev #watercooler #programming

7) 🏹 The Bug Buster
8) 🎅 The tools Santa
9) 😳 The branch breaker

Iconic developers | part 4 🤷‍♀️🐙🤑

🐤🥇 Jasper de Jager ・ Apr 23 '21

#webdev #discuss #programming #watercooler

10) 🤷‍♂️ The WOMM developer
11) 🐙 The unfortunate full-stack
12) 🤑 The Client's Butler

So please tell me 😎

What developer type(s) do you relate to the most?
What developer types do you have in your team?
What developer types could you use in your team?
What is your favorite iconic developer type?

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✔||🤢 Commit or Vomit | function currying 🍛

🐤🥇 Jasper de Jager — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 07:48:14 +0000

Function currying

Hard to put vomit and curry together in a title, but I had to ask 😁

I see this posted a lot on dev.to, function currying, but I find it not that readable myself TBH. What do you think?
And please tell me why 😊

// edit::
// It is about the concept of currying so changed to a 
// better way of writing
// I'll leave the first version at the bottom 
// for the comments that are already in!

const multiply = a => b => c => a*b*c
console.log(multiply(1)(2)(3)) // 6

// initial code block

function multiply(a) {
    return (b) => {
        return (c) => {
            return a * b * c
        }
    }
}
console.log(multiply(1)(2)(3)) // 6

function currying ✔||🤢?

❤: Commit (I'd commit something like this)
🏷: Vomit (we all know unicorns don't vomit)
🦄: Like your post please continue this series!

Let's vote! 😊

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Iconic developers | part 4 🤷‍♀️🐙🤑

🐤🥇 Jasper de Jager — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 08:08:57 +0000

Almost weekend!😎

But first another iconic developers 😊

Special thanks: @theowlsden and @technoglot 🦄

Feel free to join and show your creativity!

Let's make the next one a monkey edition (🙈🙉🙊). 😎

🤷‍♂️ The WOMM developer

Works On My Machine is their go to answer. While this is true (mostly) they usually forgot to commit the changes in their package.json (or something else that breaks the code outside their own machine...).

Habitat

Their own machine. The rest of the machines are not good enough for them. 😲

Best to ask for

What dependencies you're missing when his code doesn't work, again. 😅

Needs work on

Own up to their mistakes, keep calm when installing something new and do it the proper way. 😊

🐙 The unfortunate full-stack

They know the whole stack of a company. Not because they want to work as a full-stack, but because they have a small team.

Habitat

You find them mostly in start-ups and scaleups. But you can also find them in specific departments of a mid-size company.

Best to ask for

Advice on how you can implement a piece of logic. They most probably did something similar once upon a time. Oh, and about the frontend, ask them the basics.

Needs works on

Delegating tasks. If they have a small team, they need to share the responsibilities, not take everything on themselves.

https://dev.to/theowlsden/comment/1dicj

🤑 The Client's Butler

That person in the team, (sometimes a team lead) who's motto is: "The client is KING!". They tend to be very client-centric and say NO to whatever brings no value to the client. All else be damned, including the developer experience. 😢

Habitat

This kind of developer is mostly found lurking around stakeholders and clients to obtain their wishes.

Best to ask for

What the client wants, they now every single wish by heart.

Needs work on

Accepting developer experience is king in getting the client what they wish for in time and with joy! 😍

https://dev.to/technoglot/comment/1denl

Soooo that's three again 😁

Looking forward to your input

## 💻 [name]

#### Habitat

#### Best to ask for

#### Needs works on

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✔||🤢 Commit or Vomit | checks.some()

🐤🥇 Jasper de Jager — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 09:13:41 +0000

It's Tuesday!

Time for a new ✔||🤢 Commit or Vomit! This time it is about using [].some(check ⇒ !check). What do you think of the following code?

const checks = [
    data.age > 18,
    data.username.length > 6    
];
if(data.isNewUser) {
    checks.push(data.email !== undefined)
} else {
    checks.push(data.deleted === false)
}

const isInvalid = checks.some(check => !check);

[].some(true) ✔||🤢?

❤: Commit (I'd commit something like this)
🏷: Vomit (we all know unicorns don't vomit)
🦄: Like your post please continue this series!

Let's vote! 😊

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Iconic developers | part 3 🏹🎅😳

🐤🥇 Jasper de Jager — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:09:26 +0000

The new iconic developers is here!

Thanks @technoglot , @theowlsden and @nefomemes
Keep it up!

Admitting their mistakes instead of (trying to) cover them up.

Based on this comment

Leave yours in the comments!

New friend

🐤🥇 Jasper de Jager — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 21:00:38 +0000

I came across this post whilst scrolling through my new followers (very rewarding thing to do btw)

new friend

lawson peter ・ Apr 16 ・ 1 min read

It triggered me😊 Let's help a comedian out and give this post some love, and perhaps some funny comments 😅 I'm sure a comedian can appreciate something like that.

Iconic developers | part 2 🤓🦄🚫

🐤🥇 Jasper de Jager — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 11:52:38 +0000

🤓🦄🚫

Three more developer types! Thnx
@annervisser and @keyboardsamurai
Please keep it going and make it even longer! 😁

Leave your iconic developer type in the comments!

## 💻 [name]

#### Habitat

#### Best to ask for

#### Needs works on

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<some-component class="complicated div"
  [title]="'test'"
  subtitle="test div"
  [color]="divColor"
>
  <ul>
    <li *ngFor="let item of list"
      class="list-item"
    >
      <span i18n>list item</span>
      {{item}}
    </li>
  </ul>
</some-component>

What do you think of the presented code style?

❤: Commit (something I could commit)
🏷: Vomit (I'd never commit this)
🦄: I like your post please continue this series!

Let's vote! 😊

✔||🤢 Commit or Vomit | + cast

🐤🥇 Jasper de Jager — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 18:29:46 +0000

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Another ✔||🤢, casting to number with +;

Actually found this one in the angular documentation at some point.


// example: numberInputField.value = "3"
const startValue: number = +numberInputField.value;

casting to number with + ✔||🤢

❤: Commit (something I could commit)
🏷: Vomit (I'd never commit this)
🦄: I like your post please continue this series!

Let's vote! 😊