Josh Branchaud

I'm a developer and consultant focused primarily on the web, specializing in React, Ruby on Rails, and PostgreSQL. Newsletter: https://crafty-builder-6996.ck.page/e169c61186

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Josh Branchaud

Mar 24 '20

How I Built a Learning Machine

#todayilearned #learninpublic #writing

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Josh Branchaud

May 5

Speeding Up An Expensive PostgreSQL Query: B-Tree vs. BRIN

#postgres #performance #webdev #devops

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Reinstall PostgreSQL with OpenSSL using asdf

I proactively used the flags detailed in this post to install...

Sep 27 '21

Beware The Missing Foreign Key Index: A Postgres Performance Gotcha

Thanks, Ian! Unfortunately, the query plan does not expose th...

May 27 '21

Use an XState Machine with React

Are there certain situations where you shouldn't use a state ...

May 10 '21

Use an XState Machine with React

What are some applications of state machines that you've foun...

May 10 '21

How to configure Jest on a Next.js project

Without Step 4, I got a pretty obscure error about needing to...

Aug 21 '20

Good Commit Messages

Absolutely! I tried to touch on that a bit in this Cleanup ...

Mar 13 '20

How I learned to Learn in Public

GitHub -- with its built-in support for markdown and code b...

Mar 1 '20

A Little Bit of JavaScript: classnames

I've picked up the habit from my current team to use void 0...

Dec 24 '19

Josh Branchaud

Aug 31 '21

Strong Confirmation Modal with XState

#xstate #react #typescript #javascript

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Josh Branchaud

Jul 6 '21

1/7 GUI Tasks with React and XState: Counter

#xstate #react #webdev #tutorial

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Josh Branchaud

Jun 29 '21

Test ActionMailer `deliver_later` in RSpec Controller Tests

#rails #ruby #testing #webdev

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Josh Branchaud

Jun 10 '21

Give your Postgres Queries More Memory to Work With

#postgres #database #performance #devops

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jun 4 '21

Tackle that Big Task

#advice

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Josh Branchaud

Jun 1 '21

There is no triple-quote multi-line string syntax in Ruby

#ruby

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

May 30 '21

Upgrade a Rails app from the Heroku-16 to the Heroku-18 Stack

#rails #ruby #heroku #devops

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

May 27 '21

Beware The Missing Foreign Key Index: A Postgres Performance Gotcha

#sql #postgres #database #performance

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Josh Branchaud

May 8 '21

Use an XState Machine with React

#react #xstate #javascript #ux

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4 min read

Josh Branchaud

Apr 12 '21

My Annotated Vim CoC Config

#vim

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 21 '21

Build a Custom RSpec Matcher for Comparing DateTimes

#rails #rspec #testing #ruby

4 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 15 '21

4 Months in to a 3 Month Experiment

#career #journey

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4 min read

Josh Branchaud

Feb 27 '21

Reinstall PostgreSQL with OpenSSL using asdf

#postgres

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4 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jan 22 '21

Add Tailwind CSS to a Rails app

#rails #tailwindcss #css

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jan 19 '21

A Few Methods for Returning Default Values when Creating ActiveRecord Objects

#rails #database #activerecord

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Josh Branchaud

Jan 3 '21

The Modes of tmux

#todayilearned #tmux #terminal

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Josh Branchaud

Jul 31 '20

Test Timing-Based JS Functions with Jest

#javascript #testing #jest

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jul 22 '20

Reapply the Previous Visual Selection in Vim

#vim #tutorial

1 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jul 19 '20

Interactively Browse Large Lists of Data with FZF

#commandline #fzf #tutorial

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Josh Branchaud

Jun 3 '20

Referencing the global namespace with Ruby's Scope Resolution Operator

#ruby #rails

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Apr 7 '20

Introducing Vim Un-Alphabet

#vim #screencast #learninpublic

1 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 28 '20

Living Notes on Working Effectively with Legacy Code

7 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 26 '20

"30 Days of X" Strategies

#writing #habits #goals #learninpublic

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 26 '20

Next-Gen Blogging

#blogging #writing #learninpublic

5 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 24 '20

Fullstory Study Hall

#usability #productdevelopment #learninpublic

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Josh Branchaud

Mar 22 '20

Save The Title For Last

#writing #learninpublic #notetaking

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 21 '20

Code Decay

#softwardevelopment #learninpublic

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 21 '20

Practicing Well

#practice #learninpublic #professionaldevelopment

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 19 '20

Culture of Collaboration

#softwaredevelopment #collaboration #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 18 '20

Deliberate Note-Taking

#writing #reading #learninpublic #notetaking

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2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 18 '20

Crafting Commits

#softwaredevelopment #learninpublic #collaboration

1 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 16 '20

Fight Focus with Atomic Work

#productivity #learninpublic

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 15 '20

Software Side-Quests

#softwaredevelopment #learninpublic #refactoring

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 14 '20

Atomic Commits

#softwaredevelopment #collaboration #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 13 '20

Slower Debugging

#softwaredevelopment #debugging #writing #learninpublic

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 12 '20

Good Commit Messages

#softwaredevelopment #collaboration #learninpublic

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2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 11 '20

Conversation Mitigators

#collaboration #softwaredevelopment #learninpublic

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 10 '20

Cleanup Commits

#softwaredevelopment #collaboration #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 9 '20

Whiteboards as a Shared Resource

#collaboration #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 8 '20

Adjust the Audience Knob

#writing #learninpublic

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 7 '20

Stepping back from the developer mindset

#learninpublic #softwaredevelopment #problemsolving

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 7 '20

Give pair programming another chance

#pairprogramming #learninpublic #softwaredevelopment #agile

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 6 '20

Don't Leave Your Empty States Empty

#learninpublic #productdesign #ux

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 5 '20

New features are a liability

#softwaredevelopment #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 4 '20

Writing without Publishing

#writing #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 3 '20

A Little Peppermint

#productdesign #ux #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 1 '20

How I learned to Learn in Public

#todayilearned #learninpublic #writing

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3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Feb 29 '20

Into the Flywheel

#writing #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Feb 28 '20

A Time without a Zone

#communication #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Feb 28 '20

The Digital Garden

#writing #digitalgarden #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Feb 27 '20

Write More, Write Small

#writing

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Josh Branchaud

Dec 24 '19

A Little Bit of JavaScript: classnames

#javascript #react

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