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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.Is the Future of Web Design Polymorphic?
September 24, 2020In this article, we will be looking at how layout on the web went from fixed to fluid, and fluid to responsive, asking ourselves: What's next? We will examine if APIs like ResizeObserver can be used in combination with front-end frameworks to help us emulate the legendary element query. Finally, we will create some *self-aware* UI.Best Practices for Making (super duper) Useful Dashboards
September 3, 2020Dashboards are a tool to support decision making, monitoring, or solving a problem. Each component of the dashboard needs to have a clear reason why it’s there and how it helps the user perform a task or do a job. Here are some of our tips for making supremely useful dashboards.How to urql, Part 3: The Normalized Cache
August 11, 2020In our first blog post we talked about exchanges and how by default we're using a document-based cache. This is the cache that comes out of the box with urql and solves a lot of common cases, but what if this cache isn't sufficient for you?Adapting Team Dynamics in Response to Change
July 31, 2020Team dynamics are definitively more of an art than a science, however they are crucial to collaborative and organisational success. In this post I look at **adapting a team’s dynamic in a direct response to change**: specifically a change in personnel, or a change in working styles in light of the new remote-first lifestyles lots of us have undertaken.Distributed Locking in DynamoDB
June 30, 2020This article will discuss transactions in DynamoDB, their limitations, and a proposed solution involving distributing locking, replete with details.An Open Source Maintainer's Guide to Publishing npm Packages
June 18, 2020This how-to guide covers many pitfalls and gotchas people encounter when they want to publish npm packages.Getting a Browser Extension Through Review
June 16, 2020Whether you're publishing your first browser extension or already have one listed, it's worth making sure your submissions are prepared for a rigorous review. Here's a quick run-through for how you can lock down your browser extension and increase your chance of getting your extension approved swiftly.Introducing VictoryHistogram
May 26, 2020We've recently released VictoryHistogram, a new charting component we've added to our Victory library, that allows you to create histogram charts in React.Building a Feature-Rich CMS with Open Source Software
May 20, 2020We recently created a feature-rich CMS that allows users to create new pages from scratch and preview their changes in real time using the same components that render our live site. Best of all, we did it with entirely free, open source software.Retail in the Time of Coronavirus: Today and Beyond Quarantine
May 18, 2020Current pandemic conditions have rapidly accelerated the rate of adoption of digital products in the retail industry. What happens when the shops reopen? We have a few projections.Introducing the New Formidable Brand
April 29, 2020Formidable has experienced extraordinary growth in the past few years. Yet, our overall brand was not able to keep up with the increasing burden of our growing footprint. So we set out to fix it.
