The skies are getting darker, the air is getting colder. It’s October! To counter the winter blues, we had a celebration of open source with Hacktoberfest.

What if I told you there is a simple technique to make your project run smoother, faster, and with fewer bugs 🤔. Better yet, it’s completely free, does not require much tooling, and any developer can learn to use it in a matter of minutes 😳. This is how good code reviews are, and why you should use them.

Most of the functionality of Draftail comes from Draft.js, and so do the bugs. One of the most problematic ones for us was the poor support for copy-paste of content between editors. Here’s me live coding my attempt at a fix.

Do you want to write extensions for Draftail? This is a good place to start. I’ll first try to discourage you from doing it (rich text is messy and unforgiving), then tell what you need to know, and how to proceed.

I’m looking for funding for Oulu’s Web Development Meetup. I’ve asked my employer, Codemate. Here’s a post explaining why, and how.