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Personal collection of articles to study

Updated at August 31, 2025

Blog posts
Studies
Collection of articles

Articles for study and learning. Publications I came across through newsletters that I read and recommend. Blog posts since 2020.

Format of the articles:

mm/dd/yyyy (The day that I’ve read the article):

A link with Date that the post was made - Title of the article
  • Brief description of what is written in the article;

Contents

Self Learn

12/21/2020:

Stop Memorizing!: The #1 Advice I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me:
  • Focus on learning problems-solving skills and practice algorithms and data structures;
  • Do not fear google + copy and paste and learn to use keywords to find what you are looking for faster;
  • Make your studying notes easy to go back when needed.

07/21/2024:

May 01, 2024, You need to understand the business to design a good engineering strategy
  • How to understand where you work to make decisions.

JavaScript

12/22/2020:

JavaScript Cheatsheets Series’ Articles:
  • JS Array Cheatsheet -> length; concat; join; slice; indexOf; lastIndexOf; map; sort; reverse; forEach; every; some; filter; shift; unshift; pop; push; splice;
  • JS Math Cheatsheet -> abs; round; ceil; floor; max; min; pow; random; sqrt.

01/07/2020:

Fastest Way of Passing State to JavaScript, Re-visited
  • How and why parsing objects with <script type="mime/invalid"> can be faster than plain parse and JSON.parse

11/30/2024:

Sep 20, 2024 - JavaScript Generators Explained, But On A Senior-Level
  • Import JavaScript files from a script tag;
  • Import libraries from CDNs;
  • Installing external libraries locally;
  • More about managing dependencies and other libraries/tools that might break.

01/19/2024:

Nov 27, 2024 - Writing Modern JavaScript without a Bundler
  • Streams - push and pull;
  • Lazy and eager evaluation;
  • Generators and its use cases.

Tutorials

Introduction to Videogames and Emulators:
  • 9 Consoles Generations;
  • Understanding Emulators;
  • 16 to 32-bits and Assembly to C;
  • GPUs.

Open Source

12/25/2020:

Don’t be scared, get started with Open Source as soon as possible
  • Cool open source projects such as -> Kubernetes, TensorFlow and others;
  • Helpful links to start contributing with OS projects.

Tools

12/28/2020:

Tools and Resources Series’ Articles:
  • Tools and resources to help developers;
  • Twitter threads to help find jobs.

React

11/26/2023:

Building a drawer component - Emil Kowalski
  • Development of BottomSheet component on top of Radix.

12/09/2023:

Sep 15, 2023 - How to create a React components ESM+CJS library
  • How to create a component lib using typescript, react, and rollup. Builds for cjs, mjs, iife and umd.

01/14/2024:

Nov, 2023 - Solid Principles in React / React Native
  • How to use SOLID with React Native examples.

01/14/2024:

Jan, 2024 - React Tricks: Fast, Fit and Fun
  • Good ways to use React.cloneElement - Component composition;
  • Good examples of how react re-renders and ways to avoid it;
  • Uses for React.useState initializer function;
  • useEvent hook, similar to React.useCallback but stables the callback;
  • Uses for React.useSyncExternalStore, subscribing to external state.

07/20/2024:

May 17, 2020 - A (Mostly) Complete Guide to React Rendering Behavior
  • Details of how React renders;
  • Rules of React render;
  • Reconciliation;
  • Async render, Closures;
  • Performance;
  • Context.

08/01/2024:

Jul 23, 2024 - How Airbnb Smoothly Upgrades React
  • Upgrading react 16 to 18;
  • Challenges doing it;
  • Their system to migrate;
  • How they test it;
  • How they manage to make progressive releases.

01/01/2025:

Aug 21, 2024 - Example of Using useSyncExternalStore with LocalStorage
  • Example of how to synchronize a state between tabs.

01/05/2025:

Dec 2, 2024 - How To Improve INP: React
  • Examples of INP improvements on React apps, mainly with React 18 features:
  • Concurrent React (startTransition, Suspense);
  • Event handling;
  • Abortable transitions;
  • Portals.

Front End

12/01/2023:

Nov 5, 2023 - Building modern Web Applications: 5 Essential Frontend Architecture Principles
  • Principle 1: Async or defer load, consider the critical path;
  • Principle 2: Tree-shake, consciously bundle and eliminate dead code;
  • Principle 3: Define and respect a performance budget;
  • Principle 4: Stick to the web platform APIs and web standards;
  • Principle 5: Use new generation frontend frameworks.

12/02/2023:

Nov 22, 2023 - An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid
  • Teaches everything about CSS grid with embed code examples.

12/06/2023:

Oct 24, 2023 - From Idea to Design for Non-Designers
  • Goals;
  • Inspiration;
  • Layout;
  • Colors;
  • Typography;
  • Buttons;
  • Links;
  • Putting It All Together.

04/26/2024:

Mar 15, 2023 - 6 CSS snippets every front-end developer should know in 2023
  • A container query;
  • Scroll snap;
  • Grid pile;
  • Quick circle;
  • Control variants with @layer;
  • Memorize less and reach more with logical properties.

04/26/2024:

Oct 24, 2023 - 5 CSS snippets every front-end developer should know in 2024
  • CSS:has(.potential-beyond-being-a-parent-selector);
  • Create a subgrid;
  • Nest the CSS way;
  • Let the browser balance headlines;
  • Use container query units.

05/10/2024:

Jan 21, 2024 - What is CSS Motion Path?
  • How to elements with css using path;
  • Animating svg paths;
  • Animating texts along a path;
  • Animating and moving an icon based on scroll.

07/07/2024:

November 21, 2023 - The Perfect Theme Switch Component
  • Simple way to change themes with minimal js.

07/07/2024:

January 17, 2024 - A Practical Introduction to Scroll-Driven Animations with CSS scroll() and view()
  • Lots of examples;
  • How to use scroll and animation css props;
  • Creating an carousel with minimal js.

07/16/2024:

February 21, 2024 - View transitions: Handling aspect ratio changes
  • Animating text with view transitions.

07/20/2024:

May 2, 2024 - Combining CSS :has() And HTML select For Greater Conditional Styling
  • Uses of :has on forms;
  • Example for required select;
  • Example for entire page font size changes;
  • Example for a theme picker.

07/25/2024:

Jul 16, 2024 - Understanding SSR with Hydration: Pros, Cons, and Scenarios for Software Architects
  • Explaining hydration;
  • Shows use cases and project examples.

07/28/2024:

July 16, 2024 - How to make complex Chrome extensions: a zero gravity guide
  • How playbook developed their extension (chrome);
  • Implementing auth, reading cookies;
  • Interactive with web page;
  • Publishing it.

08/04/2024:

Aug 21, 2023 - Patterns for Reactivity with Modern Vanilla JavaScript
  • PubSub Pattern (Publish Subscriber);
  • Observer Pattern (Proxies, Signals, and others);
  • Reactive Rendering of UI (String literals, MutationObserver, Web Components, Animations and Reactive css).

08/04/2024:

Jul 29, 2024 - Patterns for Memory Efficient DOM Manipulation with Modern Vanilla JavaScript
  • Tips for More Efficient DOM Manipulation (Hiding/Showing over creating/deleting elements, textContent over innerText, insertAdjacentHTML over innerHTML);
  • Examples of these approaches;
  • Associating data to DOM with WeakMap to avoid memory leak (data garbage collected if the element is removed);
  • Event delegation;
  • AbortController API to remove multiple events;
  • Profiling and Debugging.

08/04/2024:

Jul 25, 2024 - The User Location is a Lie
  • Ways to get user location;
  • What not to do (i.e asking for location right when the content loads);
  • Examples and strategies for some scenarios (Translation, Weather, etc).

10/23/2024:

Jul 30, 2024 - Frontend Security Checklist
  • Practical (React/Express) examples of how to secure frontend applications;
  • XRSS: Sanitizing user input;
  • CSP: Content Security Policy - Headers;
  • CSRF: Using tokens generated by the server;
  • IDOR: Insecure Direct Object Reference - Checking permissions on the server;
  • Environment variables: Avoid hardcoding secrets.

03/07/2024:

Nov 29, 2024 - If Not React, Then What?
  • The Rule Of Least Client-Side Complexity;
  • Know your user before choosing how to render and deliver content;
  • Examples of type of applications and how to choose a rendering strategy;
  • Refuting common arguments in favour of React;
  • Also speaks a lot about common misconceptions about choosing React.

06/19/2025:

Dec 31, 2024 - Breaking Up with Long Tasks or: how I learned to group loops and wield the yield
  • How to break up synchronous array processing into smaller chunks to prevent long tasks;
  • Comparison between forEach, map, for..of loops and their async behavior;
  • Yielding strategies using scheduler.yield() vs setTimeout();
  • Batching techniques to optimize performance and responsiveness;
  • Balancing total processing time vs frame rate for smooth user experience.

Blog/Docs

Webkit newest blog posts
  • Useful to keep up with safari updates;
  • Blog posts very well written with lots of details and explanations;
  • Safari features, Announcements, etc.

Accessibility

02/03/2024:

Dec 7, 2020 - aria-label, aria-labelledby, and aria-describedby: What’s the Difference?
  • How to use accessibility attributes, with practical examples.
Apr 13, 2017 - Content Structure
  • Web pages content structure: Articles, Sections, Lists, Quotes and Tables.
Oct 19, 2021 - Alternative Text
  • Useful practical examples of how to use alt texts.
Dec 21, 2023 - The Top Accessibility Errors Found in 2023
  • Some of the most common accessibility errors found in 2023;
  • How to fix them.

06/23/2025:

Jan 7, 2025 - Automated Accessibility Testing at Slack
  • How Slack implemented automated accessibility testing using Axe with Playwright;
  • Challenges with integrating into Jest and React Testing Library;
  • Custom solutions for filtering violations, managing duplicates, and reporting;
  • Workflow setup for developers including environment flags and CI integration;
  • Triage process and collaboration with internal accessibility teams.

06/24/2025:

Jan 13, 2025 - Testing Accessibility with Screen Readers
  • How to test web applications using screen readers;
  • Setup and basic usage of popular screen readers;
  • Practical techniques for identifying accessibility issues;
  • Manual testing strategies to complement automated tests.

08/31/2025:

Jun 16, 2025 - What I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was Getting Into ARIA
  • A comprehensive guide to ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications);
  • Explains ARIA’s history, taxonomy, and rules for use;
  • Highlights common misconceptions and best practices;
  • Discusses the importance of manual testing with assistive technologies;
  • Provides practical examples for improving accessibility with ARIA.

Interview

02/05/2024:

Sep 10, 2023 - Questions to ask your interviewer
  • Coding;
  • System Design;
  • Behavioral;
  • Lots of links and tips.

07/20/2024:

Jan 18, 2016 - How to pass the interview for software engineering roles in Big Tech

05/12/2024:

Jan 27, 2024 - How to hire low experience, high potential people
  • Hiring new people;
  • What to do on interviews.