Steven Mercatante

Steven Mercatante

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    Should You Learn Redux?

    ( In case you're unaware, Dan co-created Redux. ) Ever since React's context API became stable, and especially after the release of hooks, a boatload of posts told us that Redux was on its deathbed. Who needs Redux when we've got the context API? Who wants to write all that boilerplate code? It's… Read

    Use Custom Paths in Gatsby

    By default, Gatsby generates URLs for posts from their filename (or the directory name, depending on how you organize your posts). For example, if your post is named gatsby-custom-paths.md , its URL will be https://mysite.com/gatsby-custom-paths . But what if you want to use a different URL (say… Read

    📢 Announcing React Timeline

    I'm excited to announce the release of React Timeline , an open source library for creating responsive, customizable, and themable timelines in React apps. Originally conceived as a way for developers and designers to showcase their work and achievements (e.g. articles published, videos of… Read

    Simplify Your Redux Reducers with Immer

    The Problem I was using Redux for a project and saw that my reducers were getting kind of gnarly. The code seemed to grow exponentially whenever I needed to work with nested data. This was due to Redux's insistence on using immutable data. I'm a big fan of using immutable data, but it's definitely… Read