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Building 3-D Web Experiences With react-three-fiber
March 18, 2021What if you could build 3-D scenes with React? You can! react-three-fiber is a library that lets you do exactly that.How to Remain A Successful Product Designer In Our Current Digital Hellscape
March 16, 2021As digital product designers, digital detaching is a tough feat to accomplish. To be successful, we need a deep understanding and plenty of practice using devices.The State of Reason in 2021
February 25, 2021The question, "Is Reason ready?" still looms large in every conversation I have about the language. In this piece, I hope to answer that question by exploring Reason's evolution over the last half-decade—how it's evolved, how it's competing with TypeScript, how it's changing JavaScript for the better, and why it may (and may not) be worth investing in now.Stores: Making State Global Without React's Context API
February 23, 2021In this article we're going to explore some drawbacks of context-based state in typical application architecture, then explore an alternative construct, Stores, which should ultimately help us write cleaner code and increase our in-app performance.A Deep Dive into Debugging Cypress, iframes, & Runtime Code Modification
February 18, 2021As software engineers, a large portion of our time is spent researching, reproducing, and fixing bugs. Being able to effectively discover, track down, and resolve bugs is one of the most important skills in our toolboxes.Getting To Know Kadi Kraman
February 12, 2021I feel so very fortunate that I found a dream career. I love working in tech, I love building things that people get to use, I love solving problems, and I love that I get to continuously learn new things.Introducing Spectacle's Enhanced Architecture
February 10, 2021Introducing Spectacle's all new architecture, which includes several under-the-hood improvements that improve the overall experience with a couple API changes based on community feedback.Building Future UIs
January 28, 2021What is it about futuristic sci-fi UIs that feel so futuristic and appealing? Can we build some of these with the web technologies we have today?Welcome Catleah!
January 26, 2021Formidable's strategic design team is growing quickly. Time to meet one of the newer members, Catleah Cunanan!Achieving Reusability With React Composition
January 13, 2021In this article, you'll learn how to use React Composition to create reusable and extendable components. This will help you identify opportunities to remove duplicate code and make your application easier to maintain.trace-pkg: Package Node.js apps for AWS Lambda and beyond
December 15, 2020Packaging Node.js applications for the cloud can be slow and tedious. We introduce trace-pkg, a general purpose tool to quickly and efficiently package up your application code and dependencies for deployment in AWS Lambda and beyond!Calibrated Code Reviews
December 10, 2020Approaching our code reviews from a place of intentionality can help us build better relationships with our teammates, inspire more thoughtful conversations, and improve the quality of the work we are putting out into the world.Conversion to TypeScript: Lessons Learned from an OSS Maintainer
December 8, 2020Formidable's Emil Hartz recently undertook the conversion of his long-maintained OSS package to TypeScript. We asked a few questions related to the conversion to shine light on any learnings for others considering the same undertaking.Say Hello to Charlie
October 30, 2020Charlie is a full-stack engineer with a broad range of experience leading large and small teams. Today he explains what he does at Formidable and why he stays.
