David Walsh

5 Essential git Commands and Utilities
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JavaScript waitFor Polling As more of the JavaScript developers write becomes asynchronous, it's only natural to need to wait for conditions to be met. This is especially true in a

Async polling for conditions is easy, and very little code!

JavaScript waitFor Polling
https://davidwalsh.name/waitfor

queryLocalFonts One of the larger downloads when requesting a webpage are custom fonts. There are many great techniques for lazy loading fonts to improve performance for

Did you know you could query the user's machine to determine what fonts are available?!

queryLocalFonts https://davidwalsh.name/querylocalfonts

XHR breakpoints are super useful! Take the time to learn about them and use them!
https://davidwalsh.name/xhr-fetch-breakpoints

URL.canParse -- new API for ensuring a URL can be parsed before actually doing it. Saves a try/catch block!
https://davidwalsh.name/url-canparse

JavaScript closest
https://davidwalsh.name/element-closest

Look up an element's ancestry chain to find a selector match!

Conquering Impostor Syndrome Two years ago I documented my struggles with Imposter Syndrome and the response was immense.  I received messages of support and commiseration from new

Impostor Syndrome can be brutal. Don't let it keep you down though!

https://davidwalsh.name/conquering-impostor-syndrome

I'm an Impostor Impostor syndrome is a terrible feeling. I share my experience and thoughts on this topic.

I’m an Impostor

https://davidwalsh.name/impostor-syndrome

Always a good read and reminder that you belong here!

Confessions of a Web Developer XX It's been quite a while since I've gotten a few things off of my chest and since I'm always full of peeves and annoyances I thought it was time to

Confessions of a Web Developer XX
https://davidwalsh.name/confessions-xx

Enjoy a look at my office! https://davidwalsh.name/new-office

How to Use Your Domain on Bluesky
https://davidwalsh.name/bluesky-use-domain

How to Blur Faces in a Video from Command Line
https://davidwalsh.name/video-blur-faces

Shout out to earlier this year when I was quoted in the New York times. Cool accomplishment! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/business/uber-engineer-bloggers.html

Changed my username to @davidwalsh.name ! DNS setup was easy! Wooooooo!

Screenshot of Bluesky web app

Fyi, Bluesky has a web app! It's https://staging.bsky.app. For an MVP it works great and is pretty functional.

Kudos to the Bluesky team!

I’m in the cool kids club! Yessssssss!