David Wells

Builder of things

Software architect
& product wrangler

Software architect & product wrangler

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Hands-on software development posts — JavaScript, Node, React, serverless, tooling, and the occasional deep dive.

The rise of embarrassingly parallel serverless compute

Cleaner async JavaScript code without the try/catch mess.

Analytics with React

Mocking chainable APIs with ES6 JavaScript Proxies

7 Serverless Auth Strategies for Protecting Gated Functions

How to Respect Visitor "Do Not Track" settings with your Analytics tools

5 Advanced npm package.json configuration tips

Speed up your Netlify deploy workflow with the CLI

Autocomplete for React Component PropTypes

Navigate GitHub projects like a Boss with the OctoTree Chrome Extension

19 Open Source React Component Libraries to use in your next project

Fixing broken use tags from inline SVG sprites [http vs. https]

Better Developer Blogging with Easy Markdown

React PropType Best Practices

Do I really need CSS modules?

React, the UI library that renders everywhere*

The Serverless Revolution

JavaScript Community 2016 Thank You Letter

How to easily keep project dependencies up to date with greenkeeper.io

Navigate Github project files & dependencies faster with Octolinker

Speed up your AVA (or Mocha) testing feedback loop using the .only flag

Create and Deploy Static Sites and Demos in Seconds

What is Electron & What can developers do with it?

Publishing flat npm packages for easier import paths & smaller consumer bundle sizes

Render Children Markup from in Parent Components in React

Using the CSS NOPE selector for ultimate specificity

What is PostCSS?

Speed up your GIT workflow with git open

How to programmatically import your external blog post links into WordPress

See for Yourself: Angular, React, & Ember Visible Render Speeds Compared

Calm.js & Form Validation for Angry, Irate, Shouting People

Future JavaScript: How React, Angular 2, and Library XYZ can live together in harmony

Fixing UX for Responsive Sites

Batch Edit Categories & Tags for specific posts in WordPress

How to Detect Specific Versions of Internet Explorer in PHP and Show Different Fallback Content