Why React?
React is an outstanding compromise between pure, functional, declarative principals and the loose, dynamic reality we work within.
Brandon Konkle
Opinion
My latest opinion posts, sharing my perspective on work style, methodology, best practices, and everything else not directly related to code.
Brandon Konkle
Overcoming the Challenges of Remote Work
As I make my transition from working in the office back to working remotely I've been thinking a lot about what makes remote teams successful and what challenges they face, especially in blended teams where some are still in the office. I took some time and wrote down my thoughts on how to overcome…
Brandon Konkle
Learning from the Design Community
Last month I attended Mountain West JS and learned a lot from some excellent speakers. Several of the talks introduced me to new concepts or perspectives, and one in particular inspired me to think about what we do in a whole new way. Whitney Williams gave a talk entitled 6 Design Skills Devs Need t…
Brandon Konkle
Recreational Coding
I've been struggling for a little while now with a distinct lack of enthusiasm for programming. Some of it is certainly due to a measure of chaos in my family as we work through a move and some health issues, but that definitely doesn't account for all of it. I've been spending some time reflecting…
Brandon Konkle
Packagers don't know best
This was a really interesting read, and it reminded me of discussions we've had at Lincoln Loop recently about whether to check requirements into the repository or install them separately (with pip/virtualenv or npm or bower or whatever). I've always been in the install separately and add to gitigno…
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