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Gadget junkie, shutterbug, runs on green tea, beer and chocolate.

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Binge Watch Time is live!
react

Binge Watch Time is live!

Over the years, I've used many TV show tracking apps but was never fully happy with them. To change that, I've decided to make one myself. Without further ado, let me present you

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Parse URLs  in browser without extra dependencies
javascript

Parse URLs in browser without extra dependencies

Or how to win without extra bundle bloat 😉 Parsing URLs in Node.js is easy - just use the built-in URL module. On the front-end things get more interesting as it seems that,

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    Vanja
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Integrate Stylelint into Create React App without ejecting
react

Integrate Stylelint into Create React App without ejecting

This posts explains how to integrate Stylelint into Create React App without having to eject. On a larger scale, this approach allows for heavy modification of the Create React App built-in configuration usually not accessible without ejecting.

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    Vanja
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Configure Create React App to consume ENV variables during run-time
react

Configure Create React App to consume ENV variables during run-time

Or how to speed up the deployments by avoiding building your application for every environment separately In one of my posts, I described how to Configure Nuxt.js to consume ENV variables during

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    Vanja
4 min read
Integrate Google Analytics with React Router v4
react

Integrate Google Analytics with React Router v4

How to integrate Google Analytics with React Router v4 using a Route component explained.

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    Vanja
4 min read
How to perform force refresh in iOS 11 Safari
ios11

How to perform force refresh in iOS 11 Safari

Or how to perform real-device testing without having to clear the cache globally. Lately, I found myself testing on real devices often and noticed that the cache in iOS 11 is quite stubborn.

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    Vanja
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Check if an array contains numbers succinctly
functional programming

Check if an array contains numbers succinctly

Or how to write a one-liner and still keep your code expressive. Here's that one-liner. const containsNumbers = !someArr.some(isNaN) What's going on here? First, our array uses the some method. This method

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    Vanja
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How to auto-format your code effortlessly
javascript

How to auto-format your code effortlessly

Or how to be lazy and still win. Is Prettier really prettier? How do you format your code - JS, CSS, HTML,...? And before you answer "manually", please don't do that.

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    Vanja
2 min read
Configure Nuxt.js to consume ENV variables during run-time
nuxt

Configure Nuxt.js to consume ENV variables during run-time

Or how to go against the well-established patterns and still win. In my team, we started re-writing the platform that was long in the tooth with a lot of technical debt. It is

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    Vanja
5 min read
Welcome to my blog!

Welcome to my blog!

After several years of postponing the "project blog", I finally decided to do it! Back in my college days, for about 60-70% of all my courses, I was a TA and

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    Vanja
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