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Request Contexts for Serverless Functions

Let’s explore request scoped contexts within Firebase functions

5 min readOct 13, 2020

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Request Contexts for Serverless Functions

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Leaning Into a Technical Lead Position

What I’ve learned so far from my first position as a tech lead

5 min readOct 1, 2020

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Use JavaScript to Make Your Browser Speak

Let’s take a look at a built-in API, available on most browsers, to make them speak!

4 min readMay 4, 2020

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Use JavaScript to Make Your Browser Speak

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Why You Should Use Enumerations in JavaScript

Enumeration has many benefits that are often overlooked

4 min readApr 22, 2020

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How to Use .reduce() in JavaScript

An overview and quick guide to using some native JavaScript array functionality

4 min readApr 22, 2020

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How to Use .reduce() in JavaScript

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Manipulation of JavaScript Strings

JavaScript has some pretty neat native functions that can assist, in a rather fast manner, to manipulate your data!

5 min readApr 17, 2020

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Manipulation of JavaScript Strings

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Mocking Dates in JavaScript Unit Tests

Timestamps are frequently used in code but how do we test for a variable that always changes? Introducing mockdate!

4 min readApr 14, 2020

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Mocking Dates in JavaScript Unit Tests

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Why is object immutability important?

What is immutability and why can it be an important concept to utilize in your code?

7 min readApr 8, 2020

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Why is object immutability important?

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Optional Chaining with JavaScript and TypeScript

Learn how to access nested properties within JavaScript and TypeScript in a safe manner. Including functions or just text and numbers!

5 min readApr 7, 2020

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Optional Chaining with JavaScript and TypeScript

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Centralised logging with Loggly and Bunyan

Learn how to integrate your logs quickly and effectively with Loggly for centralised logging in TypeScript!

5 min readMar 13, 2020

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Centralised logging with Loggly and Bunyan

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Alex Pickering

Alex Pickering

Lead software engineer, predominantly working with TypeScript, Node and deploying into GCP or AWS with experience in the FinTech industry as well.

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