jdeal

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by jdeal 2y ago
Federal loan limits for the first year of undergrad are $5,500 for dependents and $9,500 for independents, so they can’t be blamed for a single year costing $100K.
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What rocket engineering can teach us about software engineering(zapier.com)
2 points by jdeal 6y ago|0 comments
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by jdeal 9y ago
The README is a lot more matter-of-fact if that's your taste: https://github.com/jdeal/qim . I tried to have a bit more fun with the blog post and avoid simply rewriting the docs.
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Qim: Select from Your Immutable JavaScript Cake and Update It Symmetrically Too(zapier.com)
12 points by jdeal 9y ago|2 comments
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by jdeal 9y ago
Personally, I find that when boilerplate gets out of control, you can do one of two things, probably in this order: 1. Write helpers. 2. Write middleware. The first is zero magic, and allows you to opt-in to abstractions as needed. The latt
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by jdeal 9y ago
MobX is really cool, and I wouldn't try to convince anybody not to use it if it works for them. I happen to be pretty religious about immutable data, having been bitten by problems with shared mutable state so many times. I know MobX h
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by jdeal 9y ago
I think it's definitely worth considering other solutions, as Dan himself has mentioned that Redux isn't for everyone. Redux forces you to apply some constraints and make some tradeoffs. I personally like those constraints and tra
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by jdeal 9y ago
Agreed, Dan's videos are great! Sometimes I've found people still thinking there's some magic going on inside Redux, so I just wanted to do my best to remove that.
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by jdeal 9y ago
Thanks again, Mark!
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Build Yourself a Redux(zapier.com)
395 points by jdeal 9y ago|155 comments
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by jdeal 12y ago
Maybe it depends on your definition of "re-render". When I say re-render, I mean getting React to run your render method, in which you're returning React elements. By default, shouldComponentUpdate always returns true, so if
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React JavaScript Tutorial and Guide to the Gotchas(zapier.com)
74 points by jdeal 12y ago|2 comments