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7 Free Mac Apps to Boost Development Productivity

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Sep 22, 20203 min read

This is a list of the main apps I use as a Full-time Developer. If you enjoy lists like this, you might also enjoy my article on the 5 Chrome Extensions to Boost Development Productivity. Anyway, enough promoting and let's get on with the list... 1)...

7 Alfred Workflows to Boost Development Productivity

Feb 22, 20215 min read

Workflows are a paid feature as part of the Alfred Powerpack. I've found that the money I spent on the Powerpack has been well worth the time saved from being able to leverage these special features. Below is a list of some of the top workflows I r...

Pure Functions in JavaScript

Feb 15, 20216 min read

Functional programming is a programming paradigm that's been gaining a lot of traction in JavaScript. One of the core concepts of functional programming is pure functions and writing declarative vs. imperative code. In this article, I'll define what ...

Shortcut Search: Quickly Find a Shortcut with the Press of a Key

Jan 31, 20215 min read

As a productivity nerd, I am always looking for ways to speed up my workflow. One recommendation I've heard time and time again is to rely less on the mouse and leverage the keyboard as much as possible. Keyboard shortcuts may seem like a minuscule t...

Declarative vs. Imperative Programming

Jan 18, 20217 min read

If you've worked with functional programming at all, chances are you've heard the terms "declarative" and "imperative" at some point. These two terms are mental models, or programming paradigms, which is just fancy computer science jargon for saying ...

A Gentle Introduction to Docker

Jan 4, 20218 min read

As a front-end developer, I don't find myself having to interact with Docker too much other than to spin up the things I need for local development. It wasn't until a very annoying environment issue involving Docker occurred that I realized that I sh...