Jacob Baker

Wow! That's quite a history. Are those posts from 1998+ old d...

Dec 17 '20

Looks sleek! Nice one.

Dec 17 '20

It's looking good! How are you finding Next.js to work with?

Dec 17 '20

Can't say I've had much experience with vue.js or Gridsome! A...

Dec 17 '20

Sometimes you just need the ease and simplicity of a solution...

Dec 17 '20

What attracted you to using ghost.org as a solution?

Dec 17 '20

Ooo I've not heard of Eleventy, I'll have to check it out. De...

Dec 17 '20

You can use blockchain to track the tie from raw materials to...

Dec 17 '20

Like the simplicity! I did spend longer than I care to admit ...

Dec 17 '20

Looks good! I have to say I did think the Tie Tracker project...

Dec 17 '20

10/10 best not-portfolio I've seen.

Dec 17 '20

I'll kick things off! On jacobb.uk I'm using Gatsby with Mat...

Dec 17 '20

Lead engineer here 👋 I still go through peaks and troughs of ...

May 7 '20

Depends on the language you’re using and its conventions typi...

May 6 '20

Have to say having worked from home for the past 5 years this...

Apr 30 '20

And as an added nicety you now know have an idea of how you w...

Apr 30 '20

It's a tough one! Personally I dip in and out every so often,...

Apr 27 '20

That’s a really neat idea! Just passively having a video ch...

Mar 17 '20

Take care of yourself 🙌

Mar 17 '20

Discipline is tough. I’ve also found it really easy to burnou...

Mar 17 '20

Teaching is also a great way to solidify your own learning!

Mar 17 '20

🙌

Mar 17 '20

I’m useless at exercising in the morning, always makes me f...

Mar 17 '20

Oh that’s interesting! Is it because it is difficult to con...

Mar 17 '20

Slightly off-topic, but it is way to close to dinner time f...

Mar 16 '20

I work with juniors remotely almost all the time. Usually i...

Mar 16 '20

Totally! Online can't always replace socialising in person ...

Mar 16 '20

So I totally forgot hashtag in markdown makes it a title...

Mar 16 '20

hello

Mar 16 '20

Do you find it easier to socialise online rather than in pe...

Mar 16 '20

I used to like that running app game that was based around a ...

Mar 16 '20

Yes! My dog certainly has loved having me home, she gets an...

Mar 16 '20

That looks neat, I'll give it a go!

Mar 16 '20

I quite like using pushd and popd for navigating if I'm goi...

Mar 16 '20

It's a discussion post, so I'm after just that! Do you have...

Mar 16 '20

Not gunna lie I initially thought there was a new framework...

Mar 16 '20

Doesn't seem to play on iOS, could you fallback to WebAudio...

Mar 16 '20

Considered and done. Redux Toolkit is such a nice way of wo...

Mar 12 '20

Ooo I didn’t know that existed, thanks! Looks very differen...

Mar 12 '20

Yes.

Mar 10 '20

Depends on the culture of the place you work I suppose. Cer...

Mar 10 '20

Taking a break or looking for a distraction to focus on som...

Mar 10 '20

Oh this makes me tingle

Mar 9 '20

At work I now work on one release (rather than project, so ...

Mar 5 '20

That was exactly the inspiration! My teacher had a box of s...

Mar 5 '20

I have a cold at the moment so other than “oMg dO yOu HaVe ...

Mar 2 '20

The bus factor! Documentation, knowledge sharing through co...

Mar 2 '20

Good luck with the upcoming interview bits!

Mar 2 '20

Great importance given my google analytic’s mobile to deskt...

Mar 1 '20

Literally did this earlier this afternoon because it dawned...

Mar 1 '20

Why I can’t just do a list of chores when I work from home ...

Mar 1 '20

We as a team use both story points and time based estimates...

Mar 1 '20

Yeah I've been a little lazy and so far added scales for ev...

Mar 1 '20

Just spent longer than I care to admit playing with that!

Mar 1 '20

Oh I like the idea of keeping a log of what you do to refer...

Dec 18 '19

I like it! Only thing is the image on the homepage could do...

Dec 18 '19

Are you finding React better suited to what you're after?

Dec 18 '19

Thanks!

Dec 18 '19

I think it's good to know how things work at a vanilla leve...

Dec 18 '19

Cheers to 2019! 🥂

Dec 17 '19

I always thought it was named JavaScript to ride on the coa...

Dec 17 '19

Do you think there is a benefit to using one over the other...

Dec 17 '19

Thanks for that! As an aside, definitely going to keep yo...

Dec 17 '19

Nice! I do like the bold colour palette.

Dec 17 '19

That's really cool, good job! Really is looking like the Ga...

Dec 17 '19

No judgement here! My long-standing website is currently Wo...

Dec 17 '19

Having all the resources available at your fingertips keeps...

Dec 17 '19

Sometimes simple works best, no need to overcomplicate!

Dec 17 '19

I like it! Sometimes it is easier to just keep it simple.

Dec 17 '19

Hemmingway App is interesting; haven't seen that one before...

Dec 17 '19

🙌🙌

Dec 17 '19

Oh god, yes. I mentioned in another comment I always have t...

Dec 17 '19

Turn off the computer and go for a walk.

Dec 17 '19

Seems that quantifying the value and showing the added bene...

Dec 17 '19

I really need to give Netlify a go, it seems to be used eve...

Dec 17 '19

Doesn't always need to use obscure/fancy tech; looks really...

Dec 17 '19

Namecheap are my preferred domain registrar (not spon)!

Dec 17 '19

That sounds quite useful actually. I've a project due to be...

Dec 17 '19

Really like that. Would you mind if I showed it to my stude...

Dec 17 '19

Seems to be a popular tech stack at the moment!

Dec 17 '19

How do find using headless WordPress? I did a fair number o...

Dec 17 '19

I've not come across AsciiDoc before, why are you thinking ...

Dec 17 '19

Looking like that's the path I'm going to go down. Do enjoy...

Dec 17 '19

Ah, I’ve been looking at possible CMS solutions this mornin...

Dec 17 '19

How are you finding using Gatsby? It’s something I was cons...

Dec 17 '19

I’ll kick this off with my favourite: Traversing Around the...

Dec 15 '19

Outside of the other comments (which are fantastic advice),...

Dec 15 '19

Someone I work with is subscribed to an accountant’s newsle...

Dec 15 '19

Sadly self-doubt isn’t always something that shifts as time...

Dec 15 '19

Typo, fixed, cheers boss (:

Dec 14 '19

Thanks for pointing that out, both fixed :)

Dec 14 '19

Then switch to Python, type out what should be a switch sta...

Dec 14 '19

Oh jeez, date format strings is another one I don’t think I...

Dec 14 '19

Yeah I would second that; JS tops it out of all the languag...

Dec 14 '19

I will also never remember the right flags for tar...

Dec 13 '19

That genuinely is a fun fact!

Dec 13 '19

That's brilliant, thanks!

Dec 13 '19

Interesting! I've yet to have a client give carte blanche t...

Dec 12 '19

It is true to say that we've one project where we don't use...

Dec 12 '19

I think my thoughts echo a couple of other comments; have y...

Dec 12 '19

A nice selection— I’ll take a listen, thanks!

Dec 12 '19

Perfect, thanks!

Dec 12 '19

Just to throw one I do listen to out there to kick things o...

Dec 11 '19

^ this. Security through obscurity does not work!

Dec 11 '19

ls is the most reliable piece of software I use daily!

Dec 11 '19

I have to confess I have a telescope collecting dust in my ...

Dec 11 '19

Ah yes, I fell down the Web MIDI rabbit hole not too long a...

Dec 10 '19

I can’t stand the word ‘just’. “It’s just a quick fix” “It...

Dec 10 '19

The guilt is real. Quite often I feel that I should be doin...

Dec 9 '19

Potentially have a native Android app project coming up so ...

Dec 9 '19

Yeah I can get that. The nice part is when a side project i...

Dec 9 '19

We ask graduates/interns/students something similar, but mo...

Dec 9 '19

Interestingly before going to University and moving on to d...

Dec 9 '19

It's honesty amazing the difference a quality header image ...

Dec 9 '19

It's an interesting one. I'm not a fan of asking question...

Dec 9 '19

Whatever I pick will undoubtedly be out of fashion by the e...

Dec 9 '19

This is something amplified by online communities where you...

Dec 9 '19

Hi, I'm Jake and I've no idea what to write about o/ I'm a...

Dec 9 '19