dopefly.com Techblog https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/ From the fine fingers of Nathan Strutz, it's chatter about technical topics, programming, the industry, and whatnot. en-us Every Application Needs A Wiki https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/2026_every_application_needs_a_wiki/ https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/2026_every_application_needs_a_wiki/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 01:07:00 GMT The age-old, faithfully-recurring documentation conversation. Yes every application should have a wiki. Even those little ones. Your Software Users Hate Templating https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/2026_your_software_users_hate_templating/ https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/2026_your_software_users_hate_templating/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:04:00 GMT In-application templating is among the most powerful things you can do. So why does everybody hate it? You Should Write Your Own Higher-Order Functions https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/2026_you_should_write_your_own_higher_order_functions/ https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/2026_you_should_write_your_own_higher_order_functions/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:48:00 GMT Let's code our own Map, Filter, and Reduce functions to learn how they work Presentations need a bad guy https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/2026_presentations_need_a_bad_guy/ https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/2026_presentations_need_a_bad_guy/ Sun, 31 May 2026 22:01:00 GMT The best tip I've ever heard to make a really terrific presentation Dopefly 2026 on Eleventy https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/2026_dopefly_on_eleventy/ https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/2026_dopefly_on_eleventy/ Fri, 29 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT Website finally gets the redesign it always wanted React is Harmful - 25 Reasons Why https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/410_React-is-Harmful---25-Reasons-Why/ https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/410_React-is-Harmful---25-Reasons-Why/ Wed, 04 Jan 2023 09:23:29 GMT Twenty-five reasons why you should use anything but React 4 Reasons why you should write your own feature flag system https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/409_4-Reasons-why-you-should-write-your-own-feature-flag-system/ https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/409_4-Reasons-why-you-should-write-your-own-feature-flag-system/ Tue, 03 Jan 2023 19:23:43 GMT Don't let someone else's code keep you from greatness. I Wrote My Own Feature Flag System https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/408_I-Wrote-My-Own-Feature-Flag-System/ https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/408_I-Wrote-My-Own-Feature-Flag-System/ Thu, 29 Dec 2022 16:24:29 GMT Feature flags are just conditional statements over strings. I Wrote My Own Dapper, a .NET Micro-ORM https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/407_I-Wrote-My-Own-Dapper--a--NET-Micro-ORM/ https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/407_I-Wrote-My-Own-Dapper--a--NET-Micro-ORM/ Sat, 30 Oct 2021 19:06:55 GMT This time, I really should have asked around before I started coding. I Wrote My Own Axios https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/406_I-Wrote-My-Own-Axios/ https://www.dopefly.com/techblog/406_I-Wrote-My-Own-Axios/ Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:03:31 GMT And you should, too! Maybe.