How to build your project with Webpack 5 in 2021 — Almost every year, I get into a situation when I need to set up a new javascript project. Projects with a modern framework like Angular already configured for us. But what about more simple apps or widgets, which should be framework agnostic? Usually, we need to have: a liver-reload, TypeScript…

How to grow your start-up doing it solo with a minimum budget — For the last couple of years, I’ve been doing a side-hustle project where remote workers can do team routines, such as task estimation, retrospectives, or online technical interviews. I did it solo, so I did programming, design, advertisement, and texts. Somewhere I made mistakes that hardly can be fixed today…

Free AI coding assistants comparison — Earlier I published a post about an AI code assistant — GitHub Copilot, where I showed how it works with animated demos. Today I want to review the most popular free code assistants and choose the best one for VS Code. Today there are three of the most popular AI…

Entrepreneurs who started their solo way not so long time ago and doing it well — Many solopreneurs started their businesses a long time ago and have already succeeded. Some of you may say that the golden days of startups are over, and now there is enormous competition. However, many people have only recently started their businesses and are already doing well. These people have the…

Are there any issues and pitfalls in the update? — We have all been waiting for so long for the iOS 16 release. And finally, before the new iPhone sales started, Apple released it to the public. Some of the features are postponed, like iCloud Shared Photo, but almost everything we were expecting is included. …

Browser comparison by performance, privacy, and features — Maybe something is wrong with me, but I like time to time compare different apps to make sure I use the best software for my needs. Browser is not an exception. I’m using two different laptops with Mac OS and Windows. Also, I use iPhone. So for me, it’s crucial…

Migration guide to the new tree-shakable API. — 💡 I made this guide to share my personal experience after upgrading the complex Firebase app from Firebase 8 to Firebase 9 modular API. It increased the performance of the app by 35% on mobile devices and 10% for desktop. Developers of Firebase JS SDK did a great job entirely…

Advanced Angular Material app based on Firebase VS PageSpeed Insight — People who follow me know I have a side hustle project. It’s an app where teams can estimate tasks using planning poker, conduct retrospectives, and check technical skills during online interviews for free. It’s an Angular application that uses Firebase under the hood. …

The biggest drawback of using VS Code compared to WebStorm has been solved. — I have been waiting for this feature for all these years! And it was probably the biggest thing that stopped people from migrating to VS Code from WebStorm. …