Here are my thoughts on what front-end developers should focus on when learning React. There are a lot of resources on there – this is more about identifying what exactly you should spend time on, and in what order, for people who are already well versed in building UIs with HTML, CSS, and a sprinkle of JavaScript.

Updating a codebase from one ESLint config to another can be daunting, especially if switching to something more strict. This post proposes a methodology to do those config overhauls step by step, and get the benefits of a new config without putting in all of the effort upfront.

A few years ago, with the release of Pyre from Facebook, I got really excited about the potential of type annotations and type checkers for Python codebases. Having spent a lot of time with Flow, also from Facebook, I was full of hope. Now, let’s see how well static type checking actually works in modern Python.

Have you ever wondered how to test your library against multiple versions of a project like React? Well, there is a way – and it’s not even that complex!

Time for a new release! Draftail v1.3.0 is out, and this is the first release to solely focus on improvements or fixes requested by users of Draftail outside of Wagtail, its first large-scale implementation.