I'm Steven Hicks. I am a web generalist with 20 years of experience. I'm currently focused on React development.
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Automation is weird. Sometimes we automate the smallest things, and even though it might not save us that much time, it's totally worth it. Like when I didn't want to spend five minutes tweeting my new articles anymore!
Read about it!In a recent episode of Artsy Engineering Radio, we talked about styles of tech leadership. It helped me realize in hindsight that I'd tried to figure too many things out on my own.
Read about it!I'm in love with RedwoodJS. I noticed that a recent PR on a personal project nicely captured a cross-section of a Redwood app — all the bits needed to pass data from the UI to the database and back.
Read about it!I got hung up trying to set a default value for a Redwood CheckboxField. Turns out I just had the prop name wrong.
Read about it!PRs are critical for collaboration. But they're also valuable for solo personal projects!
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