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Alex Devero @AlexDevero

I love to build & help to build and grow. I am 2x Co-Founder, 1x Founder, YC 2019, Entrepreneur, startup founder, JS/TS/React/Node.js/GraphQL dev, designer.

Joined July 2009
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React hooks changed how we write React apps. Some people like them and some don't. In this post, I wrote about some things I started to appreciate on them throughout the time. open.substack.com/pub/alexsd…

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When I first started learning React, I stumbled a lot—both through my own mistakes and by watching other junior developers face similar challenges. This post will walk you through some of the most common pitfalls, along with tips on how to avoid them. open.substack.com/pub/alexsd…
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Some thoughts on "reinventing the Wheel" in development and why it is not always a bad idea. open.substack.com/pub/alexsd…
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I have been using various AI tools in development for some time and I also heard various opinions on it. I decided to wrote a post about it and provide my opinion on these tools, what are some good use cases and what are not. open.substack.com/pub/alexsd…
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5 Quick Advice for Junior Developers Programming is tough at first. There’s a lot to learn, and some lessons come the hard way. In this post, I will share five of the lessons or pieces of advice I have learned throughout the years I have been programming open.substack.com/pub/alexsd…
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I’m thrilled to announce launch of my Substack, where I’ll be sharing insights, tutorials, and tips on TypeScript, React, Next.js, and all things engineering. I’ve published my first post: React 19 Forms Simplified: Optimistic Updates, Validation, and More open.substack.com/pub/alexsd…
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When you are too lazy to use website ui, but not as lazy to write your own custom API for that website 😅 (still wip). github.com/alexdevero/poc-az… #nodejs #javascript #typescript

GitHub - alexdevero/poc-az-quotes-crawler-api: POC: AZ Quotes crawler api

POC: AZ Quotes crawler api. Contribute to alexdevero/poc-az-quotes-crawler-api development by creating an account on GitHub.

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6 Factors Driving Changes to Today’s Corporate Strategies hbr.org/2022/06/6-factors-dr… #business #strategy #leadership

6 Factors Driving Changes to Today’s Corporate Strategies

Strategy is a competitive game, which always evolves in response to competition. But the magnitude of the changes in the technological, social, and natural environment are such that corporate...

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10 Red Flags to Watch Out for in a Job Interview hbr.org/2022/06/10-red-flags… #business #hr #hiring

10 Red Flags to Watch Out for in a Job Interview

While no one can perfectly predict how a new job will turn out, staying alert to potential red flags during the interview process can help weed out sub-optimal employment options. Being observant in...

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Using Emojis to Connect with Your Team hbr.org/2022/05/using-emojis… #business #teams #leadership

Using Emojis to Connect with Your Team

Employees don’t check their emotions at the office door — or Zoom room. But it can be harder to read how your team is feeling when you’re working remotely or in a hybrid office. Managers can use...

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Don’t Confuse Strategy with Lofty Goals hbr.org/2022/06/dont-confuse… #business #strategy #leadership

Don’t Confuse Strategy with Lofty Goals

Most companies communicate strategy as a set of aspirations and platitudes. But aspirations aren’t strategy, and that mode of communication leaves employees in the dark. Strategy is a set of hard-t...

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How the Best Teams Keep Good Ideas Alive hbr.org/2022/05/how-the-best… #business #team #leadership

How the Best Teams Keep Good Ideas Alive

Many leaders feel stuck. They know that employee perspectives are crucial for retention and innovation, but they struggle to single-handedly create a culture where employees are empowered both to...

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3 Strategies for Leading Through Difficult Times hbr.org/2022/05/3-strategies… #business #strategy #leadership

3 Strategies for Leading Through Difficult Times

Leaders have had a very tough two years, trying to reassure and focus employees in the face of constant uncertainty, often struggling with their own stress and burnout as they address the rising...

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Stop Tinkering with Your Corporate Strategy hbr.org/2022/06/stop-tinkeri… #business #strategy #leadership

Stop Tinkering with Your Corporate Strategy

In a fast-evolving competitive environment, businesses can be tempted to routinely update their strategy. This is a mistake. Strategy setting should occur once a decade. Despite management folklore,...

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How censoring China’s open-source coders might backfire technologyreview.com/2022/05… #dev #opensource #software
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Fastify v4 GA medium.com/@fastifyjs/fastif… #javascript #webdev #dev

Fastify v4 GA

After two years we are excited to announce the GA release of the fourth major version of Fastify! This release has been more than a year…

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Should you use Framer Motion or Motion One? motion.dev/blog/should-you-u… #javascript #webdev #dev

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Ultrasonic payments with JS charliegerard.dev/blog/ultra… #javascript #webdev #dev

Ultrasonic payments | Charlie Gerard | Senior research engineer & Creative Technologist

Experimenting with ultrasonic data transmission in JavaScript as a payment method.

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Contrary to the common belief, a company is not a family. When you run a company, you can choose people you want to work with and hire them. You can also select those who are not the right fit and fire them. None of this works in a family.
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Where it does work are teams. Hence, a company is more like a team … a team where you can treat everyone as a family, but still a team.
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