Sam Jacobs

Web developer, 90's Hip-hop aficionado, Retro gaming addict, Craft beer connoisseur, Fantasy Football fanatic, Pro wrestling mark.

[Cory House @housecor]

I often see web apps with separate frontend and backend dev teams.

This front/back developer split leads to a common problem: Frontend devs become victims of backend problems that they can't fix.

Common backend problems:
🚩Instability
🚩Performance
🚩Clunky API design
🚩Poorly structured JSON

A frontend team can't fix these issues alone. They can only try to mitigate them via client-side caching, optimistic UI, etc.

The backend team holds the political power in this relationship, because the frontend team relies upon the backend.

Three solutions I've seen work:
1. If the backend is for a single frontend, consider merging the teams.
2. Consider a monorepo to foster collaboration. This also allows the frontend devs to open PRs for simple backend changes.
3. A single manager over the frontend and backend can assure the backend team is responsive to frontend concerns.

[Michael Hladky @Michael_Hladky]

In new releases not only BMW but also Porsche, VW and Bentley will run their UI on #RxAngular 😍😊💪

[CSS Weekly @CSSWeekly]

🔥 VS Code Tip 🔥

Did you know you can add section headers to the minimap of @code?

Use "MARK:" in the comment, and the designation will be clearly visible in the minimap, which will help you quickly scan and navigate your files.

[Alex Inkin @Waterplea]

Did you know `color-mix` is already available in all browsers? We can finally use #CSS variables and add transparency to them when we need to, without introducing extra variable or jumping through hoops of using separate variables for RGB channels:
https://t.co/QGusmTj2nP

[Igor Katsuba @katsuba_igor]

🧐 the most common cases when I reviewed #Angular code

Combine the Input and HostBinding decorators to set the value of an input parameter as a class to the component's host element.

#AngularCodeReview

[Marc Grabanski @1Marc]

Here it is! Patterns for Reactivity (~18 of them!) with Modern Vanilla JavaScript https://t.co/UxSFCdiOux

[Visual Studio Magazine @VSMdev]

Can You Read the Code You Wrote Last Week? How to Do Better

@John_Papa: The positive impact of readable code on your career can be huge as devs spend far more time reading code than writing.

#softwaredevelopment #readablecode #codereadability #coding

https://t.co/F6QNQZio87

[Speckyboy @speckyboy]

The ideal viewport doesn’t exist https://t.co/nXBwWVfK7b

[Sam Jacobs @thischarmingsam]

@joshuamorony Ah I see thanks, I just set up an NX workspace for the first time and I see library tsconfig paths are by src/index.ts not dist/*, which is what I'm working with currently.

Thanks for your help :)

[Sam Jacobs @thischarmingsam]

@joshuamorony Hi Josh, when you are working on multiple libraries at the same time within a workspace, do you 'ng watch' each of them in sequence or is there a better way?

[Sam Jacobs @thischarmingsam]

@joshuamorony Do you build the libs after each edit or does nx serve watch those files for you? I'm trying to migrate from a custom local dev webserver to nx serve, currently I watch the apps and any libraries I'm editing, think I've misconfigured something somewhere

[Sam Jacobs @thischarmingsam]

@joshuamorony Ok thanks for replying :)

[Sam Jacobs @thischarmingsam]

@ZebonCopse Was a fun day out :) Could you tell me the name of the dog agility team please?

[Sam Jacobs @thischarmingsam]

@SundayBrunchC4 #sundaybrunch #cheerstimcheerssimon

[Armen Vardanyan @Armandotrue]

#Angular dependency injection is way more powerful than one might think. We can, for example, use it to choose which implementation of a service to use. Here is an example of using a `console.log` logger in development and another one in production:

[matt swanson 😈 @_swanson]

I strongly identify as a Product Engineer.

Not as:
- Developer (I only like building user-facing things)
- Full stack (I want to help with shaping, roll-out, strategy)
- Entrepreneur (not interested in company building)
- Indie hacker (like working with team, not into quick and dirty stuff)
- Design/Dev unicorn (my design taste > my skill)

I really like going from a customer problem into "potential solution mode" and then taking it all the way to code on production.

I'm having trouble finding (...and hiring) people like me. Who should I be talking to?

[Decoded Frontend (Dmytro Mezhenskyi) 🇺🇦 @DecodedFrontend]

#FrontendSnack 18💡You can reduce the amount of Change Detection cycles in #Angular with the ngZone property called ngZoneEventCoalescing. Note! It might have some side effects, so test it well. Also...👇

💁🏼‍♂️ I publish advanced Angular video tutorials here https://t.co/SKNyeL1bkB

[Alex Inkin @Waterplea]

#AngularTip of the day! Make a very simple #Angular component for ticker/running text to show full overflown text upon hover/tap.

Live demo:
https://t.co/bzV6gb9gC9

[Sam Jacobs @thischarmingsam]

@WhatCultureWWE @adamwilborn97 @andyhmurray Hello legends! Here's a pic for funtime Friday: Drew FlatInTyre

[Sam Jacobs @thischarmingsam]

@virginmedia is your prime video connection down? Not getting past the loading screen on my TiVo