@simonmakesstuff

Amateur tennis player, Novice cyclist Terrible surfer, Software engineer @thethinkmill

 Sydney, New South Wales
medium.com/@simon.schwartz0
Joined July 2014
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In 1975 @NASA released their graphics standards manual. The design thinking was decades ahead of its time. I loved it so much I decided to rebuild it for the web. github.com/simonschwartz/nas… nasa-1975.surge.sh
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Come work with me and be part of a team building a great product used by millions of Australians every day careers.abc.net.au/en/job/50…
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Nanosh@fullStackNanosh5 Apr 2020
Everyone likes curry right? Get spicy and learn how to use currying in your code! Why the fudge should I use currying? by @simonmakesstuff link.medium.com/lNvphb6km5

Why the fudge should I use currying?

Every idea needs a Medium

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A bug is an indication of a missing test. When a bug surfaces, your first response should be to create a failing test that will pass once the bug is fixed.
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@thethinkmill21 Oct 2019
“A major part of writing good software is the art of keeping the complexity of our code to a minimum” - a blogpost by #Thinkmill developer @simonmakesstuff on pure functions.👨‍💻 medium.com/dailyjs/pure-func…

Pure functions, immutability and other software superpowers

Pure functions are without a doubt the most important technique for writing software that I have learnt thus far in my career.

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Joe Ingeno@JoeIngeno30 Oct 2019
Pure functions, immutability and other software superpowers buff.ly/2Wslngt @simonmakesstuff @JavaScriptDaily
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Functional programming has helped me write safer and more predictable code. I wrote about some of the best parts medium.com/dailyjs/pure-func…

Pure functions, immutability and other software superpowers

Pure functions are without a doubt the most important technique for writing software that I have learnt thus far in my career.

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Is there a single reason to ever use ES6 classes in JavaScript? Closures feel so much more lightweight and simpler. If I never see `this` again, it will be too late. #NotRhetorical
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Replying to @rnschiehll
This isn't a software problem. The issue is that our industry acts as though UI design isn't a technical exercise.
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@thethinkmill13 Aug 2019
Thinkmill engineer @simonmakesstuff on how to use factory functions to create video game characters. #Orcs + #code = winning combo! medium.com/dailyjs/building-…

Building and composing factory functions

How to build a video game character creator service using factory functions.

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@dailydotdev31 Jul 2019
Using pipe and compose to improve procedural code via @JavaScriptDaily by @simonmakesstuff #development #functionalprogramming #javascript #software app.dailynow.co/r/52cc221669…
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Most engineers need to satisfy regulations and codes when building houses, aircrafts etc. I wish we had something similar for building software that impacts peoples lives. Things like the digital service standard are a start dta.gov.au/help-and-advice/a…
Charles Worthington@cew82113 Jul 2019
I wonder how different federal IT would look if entities like IGs, GAO, and Congress asked questions like: - How do you do deployments? - Did you consider a REST API? - What do you do for version control? - do you practice TDD? - What APM tool do you use?
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@thethinkmill9 Jul 2019
Hey developers 👋 You might like this piece by our software engineer @simonmakesstuff on using pipe 👨‍🏭 and compose 🎵to improve procedural code. medium.com/@simon.schwartz0/…

Using pipe and compose to improve procedural code

This article is about using pipe and compose to improve the way we write procedural code.

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Micro refactors with Simon - object destructuring
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What is currying - with real world examples. A short article I wrote for @JavaScriptDaily medium.com/dailyjs/why-the-f…

Why the fudge should I use currying?

I first learnt about currying 2 years ago. My initial impression was ‘oh, that seems pretty dumb’ and I never used it in any code I wrote…

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Does anyone else feel that they basically lucked into a high paying career because their interests randomly aligned with scarcity and a rapidly growing field, and that it's nowhere near as hard, or as societally valuable as what teachers, medical professionals and care-givers do?
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A short piece I wrote on some techniques for better loading UI experiences medium.com/@simon.schwartz0/…

Rethinking loading states for the modern web

This blog is about 2 simple guidelines you can use to improve the user experience of loading states in your apps. It includes…

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Jed@JedWatson1 Apr 2019
🎉🎉🎉 Announcement 🎉🎉🎉 We’re putting on React Conf AU in Sydney early 2020!! Join our mailing list for more news as it breaks: reactconf.com.au
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