Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In my last post, I highlighted some reasons Next.js is so popular right now. While it is a performant, easy-to-use framework, it may not always be appropriate for you project. Our team is building a web app for city planners to view their city’s emergency services coverage areas on a map. While I initially believed…

React is a popular JavaScript library for building responsive user interfaces. It has become the industry standard for frontend development and since its initial release, there have been many frameworks built or inspired by React. Next.js is one of those frameworks that has become popular recently due to its emphasis on performance. In this post,…

Many software engineers today took the “traditional” route into the field: studied Computer Science/STEM in college, completed a software engineering internship before graduation, then landed a job before or shortly after graduation. The rest of us are either: self-taught, code school graduates, or late bloomers to the “traditional” route. Of these options, I took the…

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