Writing

Here you’ll find a list of articles I’ve written, both on this blog and around the web. If you’re looking for a quick sample of my writing style without reading my life’s work, check out The Web’s Cruft Problem or The Rise of TypeScript.

My biggest writing endeavor was a book I wrote on jQuery UI back in 2014. I wrote up an article about what the experience of writing a tech book is like, if you’re curious.

2025

The Shocking Viability of Vibecoding

Mar 17 2025

I’ll Never Build an Ugly Demo Again

Mar 05 2025

It’s Never Been Easier to Start in IoT—Because of AI

Jan 03 2025

2024

AI’s Effect on Blog Revenue—My Data

Dec 22 2024

Monitoring Home CO2 Levels with LoRaWAN

Nov 04 2024

Bringing Arduino Cloud to Every Device With Blues Notecard

Aug 23 2024

Implementing Geofences With Blues and Datacake

Jul 31 2024

How to Test a Starnote Indoors

Jul 01 2024

Get Ready for Starnote by Trying NTN Mode Today

Apr 25 2024

Using an External GPS/GNSS Module with the Notecard

Apr 04 2024

Writing Firmware That Works Across Cellular, Wi-Fi, and LoRa

Mar 12 2024

Using GPS/GNSS and Wi-Fi Triangulation Together Effectively

Feb 06 2024

Four Tips & Tricks for Becoming a Successful Firmware Developer

Jan 02 2024

2023

The Easy Way to Build Wi-Fi Products With a Cellular Fallback

Oct 31 2023

Establishing a Robust MLOps Workflow for TinyML

Sep 26 2023

Cellular, Wi-Fi, LoRa — The Next Generation of Notecards

Sep 20 2023

Get Started With Zephyr—The Easy Way

Jun 20 2023

An Environmental Monitor You Can Update Over the Air

Feb 06 2023

Open/Close Valves and Monitor Flow Rate—Remotely!

Jan 03 2023

2022

Building an Indoor Floor-Level Tracker for Response Teams

Oct 06 2022

How to Build an Asset Tracker With Geofence-Driven Alerts

Aug 02 2022

How to Build Your Own Inexpensive GPS Kid Tracker

May 05 2022

10 Examples to Help You Learn JSONata

Feb 28 2022

2021

Building Your First Image Classification Machine Learning Project

Nov 18 2021

What’s Destroying My Yard? Pest Detection With Raspberry Pi

Sep 21 2021

How to Add Randomized Avatars to Your React App

May 14 2021

The Ultimate Guide to Building a UI Component Library—Part 3: Building Robust Components

May 05 2021

Should You Care About React Server Components?

Apr 08 2021

The Ultimate Guide to Building a UI Component Library—Part 2: Establishing a Development Environment

Mar 23 2021

The Ultimate Guide to Building a UI Component Library—Part 1: Creating a Plan

Mar 05 2021

Four Things I Learned About GraphQL From Eve Porcello

Jan 19 2021

2020

What React 17 Means for Developers

Aug 20 2020

Introducing React Wednesdays

Aug 06 2020

Let’s Build a Financial Dashboard with React

Jun 17 2020

I Watched All 27 React Europe Talks So You Don’t Have To

May 21 2020

Can We Make Open Source More Sustainable?

Mar 20 2020

How to Build Forms with React the Easy Way

Feb 14 2020

9 Things I Learned Building the Same App with Angular and React

Feb 04 2020

How I Won a Dancing World Championship That One Time

Jan 20 2020

2019

How React Taught Me JavaScript

Dec 17 2019

Using SASS in NativeScript 6.0+

Aug 30 2019

My Top 5 Tech Speaking Tips

Aug 21 2019

Why ‘Sign in with Apple’ is Actually Pretty Great

Jun 20 2019

What the Apple Supreme Court Decision Means for Developers

May 16 2019

Implementing Mobile Biometric Authentication Systems

Apr 10 2019

How to Secure Front-End Code by Moving it to the Cloud

Jan 29 2019

How to Get Started With Kinvey and NativeScript—Fast

Jan 15 2019

2018

How to Build a PWA, an iOS App, and an Android App—From One Codebase

Oct 30 2018

4 Things Developers Take for Granted That Used to Be Really Hard

Aug 29 2018

Would Airbnb Have Fared Better With NativeScript Instead of React Native?

Jun 27 2018

Showing an Activity Indicator During Processing in NativeScript Apps

May 22 2018

Customizing the iOS Keyboard in Your NativeScript Apps

Apr 12 2018

Setting Up a Robust NativeScript-Vue Development Environment

Mar 28 2018

Enterprise Authentication Made Easier with NativeScript

Mar 19 2018

Choosing Between Progressive Web Apps, React Native & NativeScript in 2018

Mar 05 2018

Using Plugins in NativeScript Playground

Mar 02 2018

Announcing NativeScript-Vue 1.0

Feb 19 2018

Building an Awesome Login Screen with NativeScript

Feb 13 2018

Getting Started with Augmented Reality in NativeScript

Jan 11 2018

2017

My NativeScript Development Workflow

Nov 30 2017

NativeScript UI is Now Free—Here’s How to Get Started

Oct 03 2017

Life Pro Tip: Use Emoji in Calendar Events

Sep 28 2017

Protecting Your Source Code with Jscrambler

Aug 17 2017

Building Native iOS and Android Apps With Vue and NativeScript

Jul 17 2017

Tips for Writing Good Technical Content

Jun 02 2017

A Love Letter to CSS

May 30 2017

8 Steps to Publish Your NativeScript App to the App Stores

Apr 20 2017

A Step-By-Step Guide for Building Master-Detail User Interfaces with Angular

Mar 02 2017

JavaScript in 2017 – Beyond the Browser

Feb 15 2017

In Defense of Large Native Apps

Feb 08 2017

What is Angular?

Jan 18 2017

Including External Articles in Your Jekyll Post List

Jan 02 2017

2016

Cross-Browser HTML5 Form Validation is Finally Here! Now What?

Dec 13 2016

The Diminishing Use Case of Hybrid Apps

Nov 14 2016

Is jQuery Still Relevant?

Oct 12 2016

How to Write NativeScript Plugins and Why They’re Easier Than Cordova Plugins

Aug 18 2016

How to Successfully Contribute to Large Open Source Projects

Aug 09 2016

Some Advice for Companies Fighting Ad Blockers

Jul 06 2016

Will Angular 2 Take Off?

Jun 23 2016

Why Do My Emoji Look Black and White and Boring on Windows?

Jun 15 2016

How Emoji Can Improve Your Code—Seriously

Jun 10 2016

How I Build For Proprietary Platforms and Sleep at Night

Apr 14 2016

Building Polished Mobile Apps with Telerik UI for NativeScript

Mar 30 2016

Starting NativeScript Apps From Templates

Feb 22 2016

Using CocoaPods in NativeScript Versus React Native

Feb 15 2016

What To Expect From JavaScript In 2016 – Beyond the Browser

Feb 02 2016

2015

What the Hell Does console.error.bind(console) Do?

Dec 29 2015

Technical Blogs’ Line Length Problem

Dec 21 2015

What Progressive Web Apps Mean for the Web

Dec 14 2015

Building Mobile Apps with Angular 2 and NativeScript

Dec 09 2015

Stop OS X From Formatting Command-Line Flags

Nov 13 2015

Fixing Stupid Mistakes in Git Pull Requests

Oct 29 2015

Defining a New Breed of Cross-Platform Mobile Apps

Oct 27 2015

Preview NativeScript Apps in a Browser with Appetize

Oct 03 2015

Handling Failed HTTP Responses With fetch()

Sep 13 2015

You Might Not Need an Apple Watch App

Sep 02 2015

Safari is Not the New IE, But...

Aug 19 2015

My Gif Creation Workflow

Aug 16 2015

Mobile Safari's Performance is Not the Problem

Jul 27 2015

The Web's Cruft Problem

Jul 07 2015

NativeScript Quick Tip: Showing and Hiding Elements

Jun 05 2015

Linting JavaScript in NativeScript Apps

May 22 2015

The Rise of TypeScript?

Mar 30 2015

Building Your Own NativeScript Modules for npm

Mar 23 2015

NativeScript Quick Tip: Managing iOS Navigation Bars

Mar 19 2015

How NativeScript Works

Feb 16 2015

Building Robust Cordova Apps with AppBuilder and Grunt

Feb 11 2015

A reportValidity() Use Case and Polyfill

Jan 28 2015

How I Built an iOS & Android App in a Week

Jan 27 2015

Speed Up Your Cordova App with the WKWebView Plugin

Jan 26 2015

Getting Started with Kendo UI Core

Jan 18 2015

Updating Google Play and iOS App Store Version Numbers with the AppBuilder CLI

Jan 09 2015

The 300 ms Click Delay and iOS 8

Jan 06 2015

2014

So You Want to Write a Tech Book

Dec 29 2014

What Android 5.0’s Auto-Updating WebView Means for Mobile Apps

Nov 04 2014

Adding Native Touches to Your Hybrid App

Oct 27 2014

Building HTML5 Form Validation Bubble Replacements

Oct 09 2014

Why the Scroll Event Change in iOS 8 is a Big Deal

Sep 24 2014

Supercharge Your App Development with Ionic and AppBuilder

Sep 09 2014

A Comprehensive Guide to Styling File Inputs

Aug 19 2014

The Problem With Using HTML Imports For Dependency Management

Aug 12 2014

Why Web Components Are Ready for Production

Aug 07 2014

Building a PhoneGap App in 10 Seconds Using Nothing But a CLI

Jul 25 2014

An Addendum to Why Web Components Aren't Ready for Production Yet

Jul 18 2014

Why Web Components Aren’t Ready for Production… Yet

Jul 17 2014

The Cordova Plugin Ecosystem Is a Mess — This Is What We’re Doing About It

Jul 14 2014

A jQuery UI Vertical Tabs Extension

Jul 04 2014

Trimming Down jQuery With Grunt

Jul 01 2014

jQuery: Using Only What You Need

Jun 05 2014

Mobile And Accessibility: Why You Should Care And What You Can Do About It

May 21 2014

The State of Hybrid Mobile Development

May 05 2014

Using Semantic HTML to Drive Display Logic

May 01 2014

Using UI Libraries Without the Bloat

Apr 17 2014

A Concise Guide to Remote Debugging on iOS, Android, and Windows Phone

Apr 14 2014

Effect of iOS 7.1's minimal-ui Viewport Property

Mar 11 2014

Is jQuery Too Big For Mobile?

Mar 10 2014

Connecting AppBuilder Projects to Facebook

Feb 06 2014

Head-to-Head: HTML5 Controls vs jQuery UI

Feb 01 2014

Only the gzip Size Matters

Jan 27 2014

Speaking Tip: Use the iPad's Clock App as a Timer

Jan 23 2014

2013

Why Is Styling Form Elements So Damn Hard?

Dec 06 2013

What Exactly Is..... The 300ms Click Delay

Nov 21 2013

Everything Hybrid Web Apps Need to Know About the Status Bar in iOS7

Nov 07 2013

Hey Developers - You Should Spell Check Your Documentation

Sep 18 2013

Building Custom Text Strikethroughs with CSS

Sep 12 2013

Bugs with document.activeElement in Internet Explorer

Aug 30 2013

New Beginnings

Aug 14 2013

Creating a jQuery UI Dialog with a Submit Button

Jul 10 2013

Internet Explorer, Attribute Selectors, and Really Long Attribute Values

Jun 21 2013

Using Semantic Class Names to Show and Hide Elements

Jun 19 2013

Showing a Resize Icon on a jQuery UI Dialog

May 28 2013

Why are Enter Keypresses Clicking My Buttons in IE?

May 22 2013

Using Ternary Operators for More Maintainable Templates

Apr 26 2013

Showing a CSS-Based Loading Animation While Your Site Loads

Apr 24 2013

HTML5 Datalists: What They Are They and When to Use Them

Apr 16 2013

List of Pseudo-Elements to Style Form Controls

Apr 15 2013

Shorthand for Preventing Default Event Actions with jQuery

Mar 28 2013

Better Ways of Comparing a JavaScript String to Multiple Values

Mar 14 2013

Creating Custom Tooltips with jQuery UI

Mar 06 2013

Using jQuery UI Tabs with the <base> Tag

Feb 17 2013

Opera Moves to WebKit - Why We Should Care

Feb 14 2013

Stop Messing with the Browser's Default Focus outline

Jan 28 2013

Keyboard Shortcuts for OS X Web Developers

Jan 18 2013

Detecting Internet Explorer without jQuery

Jan 11 2013

HTML 5 hidden Attribute Browser Support

Jan 09 2013

Using the body Element as a Top Level Container - Is it Safe Yet?

Jan 05 2013

The Enter Key should Submit Forms, Stop Suppressing it

Jan 01 2013

2012

Debugging Print Stylesheets: Now Significantly Easier in Chrome

Dec 12 2012

Creating Cross-Browser Scrollable <tbody>s—A CSS-Only Approach

Nov 10 2012

Creating a Polished Vertical Tabs Interaction with jQuery UI

Nov 08 2012

Adding Pointers to jQuery UI Tooltips

Oct 24 2012

Front End Efficiency - The Top Ten

Oct 23 2012

maxlength Constraint Validation Oddities in Major Browsers

Oct 17 2012

Constraint Validation: Native Client Side Validation for Web Forms

Oct 17 2012

Using the Attribute Selector with Numeric Values

Sep 19 2012

Using jQuery UI's Slider to Polyfill HTML5's input[type=range]

Sep 14 2012

HTML5 Form Validation - Start Using it in Production Applications

Aug 30 2012

Google Analytics - Excluding Your Own Visits in Development and Production

Aug 28 2012

Logging Test Failures in a PhantomJS QUnit Runner

Aug 22 2012

onscroll Event Issues on Mobile Browsers

Aug 19 2012

Subpixel Animation Issues in IE < 9

Aug 16 2012

LESS 101 - The Basics of the CSS Preprocessor

Aug 10 2012

HTML5 Form Validation - Showing All Error Messages

Aug 05 2012

DOM Element References as Global Variables

Jul 19 2012

Native HTML5 Number Picker and jQuery UI's Spinner - Which to Use?

Jul 15 2012

Default Browser Handling of the CSS text-transform Property

Jul 10 2012

The Ideal LESS Workflow with git

Jul 07 2012

Creating a Native HTML 5 Datepicker with a Fallback to jQuery UI

Jun 30 2012

Detecting Print Requests with JavaScript

Jun 15 2012

Browser CSS Parsing Discrepancies

Jun 10 2012

window.showModalDialog: What It is and Why You Should Never Use It

May 02 2012

Styling Disabled Form Fields

Mar 17 2012

IE7 Attribute Selector Bugs

Mar 08 2012

Making a 3D Picture Cube with CSS3

Feb 27 2012

CSS3 Color Animations

Feb 20 2012