PinnedHow to create a Featured extension for ChromeContent About Chrome Web Store badges What I built that earned the Featured badge How I approached developing it The Chrome Web Store grants 2 types of badges to extensions: one is a Established Publisher badge, and the other is the Featured badge. The publisher badge looks like this:Chrome Extension4 min readChrome Extension4 min read
PinnedHow to Implement Deferred Image Loading in ReactHow I implemented deferred image loading to serve images more efficiently on Bethesda.net Note: this is part one in a two-part series where we’ll conceptualize and then implement a deferred image loading solution. Millions of gamers around the world visit bethesda.net to learn about some of the most beloved franchises…Software Development6 min readSoftware Development6 min read
Jul 7Failing safely: are TDD and Unit Tests worth it?Seemingly every engineering team must eventually have the conversation around what to test and how to test it. For every team I’ve managed, the framework has been this: Are there parts of the app that cannot be allowed to fail? Enumerate them. For bugs we have that are not about…Software Development3 min readSoftware Development3 min read
Dec 20, 2022A checklist for good re-usable functions and APIsA checklist for evaluating whether you’re creating good, usable abstractions in your programs. Does your API operate at a consistent level of abstraction — do you avoid having some methods that require users to pass you SQL statements and others that encapsulate this detail, for example? Do your methods generally…Software Engineering2 min readSoftware Engineering2 min read
May 3, 2021How to create a Chrome New Tab Page extensionChrome’s Extension API allows you to customize a broad surface area of browser behaviors: the look and feel of web pages, modifications to the behavior of sites, and augmentation of browser features. One of the browser features you can augment are certain browser-provided pages: bookmarks, history, and the New Tab…Programming6 min readProgramming6 min read
Aug 2, 2018Member-onlyWriting Maintainable SCSSSome tips and tricks for writing styles that won’t make you tear out your hair later — Some of these tips are things I’ve found on the web over years and put into practice, and found that they were as helpful as advertised (happy to include links whenever I come across a source). Others are things I noticed during my own development. All are subject to opinion…CSS5 min readCSS5 min read
Mar 17, 2015If You’re Raising Money Outside The Valley, You Need to Read This3 really important mistakes to avoid making — It’s not impossible to raise money in Cleveland (above), but it’s nothing like what you’ve read about Silicon Valley startups. As seen on Huffington Post, Mattermark Daily, and Mattermark Weekend Edition: Top Featured Posts Last week, I jumped at the opportunity to download Mike Belsito’s book Startup Seed Funding For…Tech10 min readTech10 min read
Feb 23, 2015What a Google Wireless Plan Might Look LikeThis post originally appeared on HuffPost Tech. It’s been edited and added to here. Recently, several outlets reported that Google is planning on launching a wireless carrier service and will start signing up customers this year. Most people don’t like their carrier because of a combination of poor network quality…Disrupt4 min readDisrupt4 min read
