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10 Signs it is Time to Move on From Your Developer Job cover image
Programming · January 01, 2024

10 Signs it is Time to Move on From Your Developer Job

Do you find yourself staring off into space wishing you were somewhere else? Or putting on a fake smile to take part in another pointless…

  • David Nowak
    David Nowak
10 min read
Is AI Coming After my Frontend Developer Job? cover image
Programming · May 29, 2023

Is AI Coming After my Frontend Developer Job?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about ChatGPT, Bard, Bing or other similar AI tools. With the release of…

  • David Nowak
    David Nowak
7 min read
My detailed experience, tips and advice from attending HackZurich 2021 (my first hackathon) cover image
Programming · November 07, 2021

My detailed experience, tips and advice from attending HackZurich 2021 (my first hackathon)

Close to the end of September 2021, I had attended (virtually) my first ever hackathon! This was a 40 hour hybrid event held over the…

  • David Nowak
    David Nowak
14 min read
My 1 Year Reflection on Working as a Frontend Developer cover image
Programming · June 28, 2021

My 1 Year Reflection on Working as a Frontend Developer

Looking back… it’s crazy to believe that I accomplished my programming related goal and just how quickly the time has gone by! It doesn’t…

  • David Nowak
    David Nowak
13 min read
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Programming · June 17, 2021

How to Convert a NodeList to an Array in JavaScript

This article will show you how you can convert a NodeList into an Array, so you can use array methods like map. As a bonus, it will also…

  • David Nowak
    David Nowak
6 min read
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Entrepreneurship · June 13, 2021

The coolest and best startup / hackathon events in the world

As someone who is massively interested in entrepreneurship, business and the whole startup ecosystem, you would think that I’m very active…

  • David Nowak
    David Nowak
4 min read
3 actionable tips on how to become better at solving programming bugs cover image
Programming · June 05, 2021

3 actionable tips on how to become better at solving programming bugs

I’m assuming you are here because you want to improve your skills at solving programming bugs. The short version of accomplishing that is to…

  • David Nowak
    David Nowak
8 min read
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Programming · May 27, 2021

The 5 most useful skills to have as a developer

Are you curious to know what kind of skills are needed to be a good developer? Or if you personally are the “right fit” to be one? Then you…

  • David Nowak
    David Nowak
8 min read
The Long Story of How I FINALLYYYY Got my First Developer Job cover image
Programming · May 15, 2021

The Long Story of How I FINALLYYYY Got my First Developer Job

Are you considering switching careers into tech? Or struggling to get your first developer job? This article will show you what the process…

  • David Nowak
    David Nowak
48 min read
Introduction to using React useCallback Hook cover image
React · April 20, 2021

Introduction to using React useCallback Hook

In React, there is a hook called useCallback. It wraps itself around your function and can be written like the following… As the name…

  • David Nowak
    David Nowak
7 min read
How to use React Refs and React Forward Refs - including hooks cover image
React · April 11, 2021

How to use React Refs and React Forward Refs - including hooks

Are you not exactly sure what a React Ref (or Forward Ref) is? Or how to use it in a project? Then this article will explain the basics to…

  • David Nowak
    David Nowak
13 min read
What does a typical day look like for a front end developer? cover image
Programming · March 16, 2021

What does a typical day look like for a front end developer?

Do you want to get a good understanding for the many things that you would be expected to do working as a future front end developer? I’ll…

  • David Nowak
    David Nowak
11 min read
A Gentle Introduction Into GraphQL - Part 1: Overall Overview cover image
GraphQL · March 07, 2021

A Gentle Introduction Into GraphQL - Part 1: Overall Overview

In this article you will learn more about the entire GraphQL ecosystem, what GraphQL is, what it is used for and how to use it in a React…

  • David Nowak
    David Nowak
16 min read
How I went from failure to success in programming and what got me there cover image
Inspiration · April 30, 2018

How I went from failure to success in programming and what got me there

This is David’s story of how he kept coming back to programming over the course of his life and eventually found success in it! In the past…

  • David Nowak
    David Nowak
12 min read