Track a Virus: Open Source COVID-19 Dashboard
We live in desperate times. And more than ever we need to make decisions based on hard data and collaborate with each other. So in the spirit of that, I've released an open source [COVID-19 Dashboard](https://www.trackavirus.app/).
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11 April 2020
Move from Redux to MobX - reduce boilerplate
MobX is a statement management library. Unlike Redux it doesn't require a lot of boilerplate code. In this post we'll talk how you can benefit from using MobX vs Redux.
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2 April 2020
Shallow rendering & React Hooks. And why shallow rendering is good
Now you can use shallow rendering for testing React components with hooks. And a few words on why shallow rendering is good.
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5 March 2020
Gradual move to TypeScript. Running JavaScript and TypeScript side-by-side
TypeScript has a lot of advantages. However, it's not often that you are starting a brand new project. More often though you are working on an existing codebase and simply don't have luxury of rewriting everything from scratch. After all, we need to deliver new features and fix annoying bugs. But we shouldn't despair - it's possible to gradually move your projects to TypeScript - one module at a time - and run TypeScript and JavaScript side-by-side.
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2 November 2019
Product Management in the Open - Testing MVP of B2C Product? You Need a Lot of Users
You have an idea for a B2C product, for a mobile app even. But you're worried about bugs & bad reviews on app store. So, you only release it for a very limited audience. That's probably wrong...
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30 October 2018
Product Management in the Open - Value Hypothesis and KPIs
This post talks about setting a value hypothesis and related KPIs. It’s part of the ‘Product Management in the Open’ series. The goal of the series is describe the process of product managing a mobile app - Best in Town / Best in Edinburgh. This post describes my thinking back in the beginning of 2017. Not everything I did at that time was correct and I also try to reflect on some of the mistakes here.
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16 October 2018
Product Management in the Open - App Idea
An idea for the app that is part of the 'Product Management in the Open' series.
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15 October 2018
Product Management in the Open - Lean Startup and Inspiration
This is the first article in the series about working on a mobile application - Best in Town / Best in Edinburgh - and applying the Lean Startup methodology and other good product management techniques.
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14 October 2018
Split User Stories Ruthlessly - And Get Value Earlier
Why do you need to split user stories? Often, you hear that it is important to split user stories. You read articles that say it should be possible to complete a user story within a single sprint, ideally within a few days. That’s entirely accurate. But the main benefit of splitting user stories is that you will deliver value faster!
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1 January 2017
Writing a JavaScript Public Library? Validate Your Arguments
How many times have seen an obscure JavaScript error when using one 3rd party library or another? More likely than not, you’ve come across a message like: TypeError: Cannot call method 'someMethod' of undefined Your browser or the Node.js interpreter will tell you in which file and on which line that error has occurred. Then, you’ll start a very mundane task of examining the code of a 3rd party library, if it’s has not been minimised, of course. Eventually, you will find out that you have forgotten to provide one of the arguments required by a function. You may even see a more obscure error.
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31 March 2015

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