Some time ago, I got inspired to build an app for solving specific kinds of math problems. I discovered I had to parse the expression into… (more…)

I didn't much care for vanilla JavaScript prior to ES6. Through all of the 2000s, I chased different approaches to avoid writing too much of it. First there was RJS (Ruby-to-JavaScript). Then there was CoffeeScript. Both transpiling approaches that turned... (more…)

This article discusses the major differences between the ES5 regular functions and the ES6 arrow functions in JavaScript... (more…)

30000 lines of client-side JavaScript. No tests. Two difficult TV deployment platforms with poor tooling. Strong dependencies on poorly documented external APIs. The task: add support for a third TV platform to the two supported platforms and switch to a ... (more…)

Implementing the fast inverse square root algorithm in Go (& JS)... (more…)