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Have we decided that JavaScript is bad?

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In category Programming with tags JavaScript, Retrospective, TypeScript, Web

833 words | 3 minutes to read

Most JavaScript tooling is being rewritten in non-JS languages. Is this a sign that JavaScript is bad, or is it a sign that we’re finally taking it seriously and forcing it to mature?

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The JavaScript Ecosystem: What to watch in 2026

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In category Programming with tags JavaScript, React, Retrospective, TypeScript, Web

903 words | 3 minutes to read

Last year I wrote an article about what I was going to keep an eye on in 2025 in the JS ecosystem. It was fun and introspective to write, so here’s the 2026 edition.

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The Performance Overhead of JavaScript Promises and Async Await

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In category Programming with tags JavaScript, Performance, TypeScript

1142 words | 4 minutes to read

JavaScript as a language is heavily asynchronous, with promises being deeply integrated. While this is sometimes the best solution, can the overhead of promises pose a problem for hot code?

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The JavaScript Ecosystem: What to watch in 2025

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In category Programming with tags JavaScript, React, Retrospective, TypeScript, Web

1318 words | 5 minutes to read

2024 has been an interesting year for JavaScript. These are the projects I'll be watching, as well as the projects that I'm leaving behind.

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Moving from Gatsby to Vike

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In category Programming with tags JavaScript, React, Retrospective, Web

1320 words | 5 minutes to read

My site has used Gatsby since 2019, but that framework is abandoned. I've moved to Vike, a framework built on top of Vite, and I'm loving it.

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Using Knip to find dead code in a high-traffic git repo

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In category Programming with tags JavaScript, Performance, TypeScript

830 words | 3 minutes to read

Knip is a great tool for identifying and cleaning up unused code, and you can make it even more powerful using their preprocessor feature.

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Everything you can do to reduce bundle size for webapps

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In category Programming with tags JavaScript, Performance, Tutorial, TypeScript

2243 words | 8 minutes to read

Web bundlers such as Webpack are a great tool to deploy web apps, but for more complex programs, bundle size can quickly become an issue.

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Optimizing data-heavy JavaScript code

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In category Programming with tags JavaScript, Performance, Tutorial, TypeScript

1601 words | 6 minutes to read

JavaScript may not seem to be the ideal language to manipulate large amounts of data. This post goes over a few key problem areas and how you can avoid them.

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