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Shimin's Separate Concerns

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Shimin's Separate Concerns
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Is it Bad for Junior Devs to ask for help too often? 4 Signs for when Junior Developers should Ask for Help.

By Shimin Zhang in Programming Career on 24 Dec 2021

By the end of the post, you'll have a 4 step checklist to help you determine whether now is the right time to get help, follow these signs and the senior devs on your team will be more than happy to help you every time you ask for help.…

Your software engineering career in 5 degrees of DRYness.

By Shimin Zhang in Code Review on 17 Dec 2021

Personally, I wish someone gave me a 'Software Development and You' handbook when I first started containing a roadmap of how I can improve as a programmer. Not just improvements in the next 1 or 2 years, but a decade into the future.…

Code Reviews crippling your Delivery Process? How MR comment hierarchy can speed things up.

By Shimin Zhang in Programming Tips on 10 Dec 2021

Are your pull requests stuck in the code review stage, going through multiple iterations while your initial estimates date are long in the rearview window? In general, code review comments fall into a hierarchy of the following categories, from least to most severe:…

4 Ways to Make Your Front-End Documentation Actually Useful

By Shimin Zhang in Documentation on 04 Dec 2021

Here are the 4 tips that emerged during my research for better Front End documentation. They could be especially helpful for those who are not working closely with UX/UI designers.…

Getting Pushback From Your Code Review Comments? How to Prevent your Comments from Being Mischaracterized.

By Shimin Zhang in Programming Tips on 19 Nov 2021

Have you ever worked with a developer that gets defensive whenever their merge requests get code reviewed? Reframe the code review process away from an 'instructor correcting student' dynamic and into a 'colleagues working together' mindset.…

Hitting Roadblocks All Too Often at Work? How to Effectively Ask for Help as a Junior Software Developer.

By Shimin Zhang in Programming Tips on 14 Nov 2021

Here's a simple method for requesting assistance from other developers that have worked for me in the past. Not only does it solve the problem at hand but also teaches you to become a better programmer. I call it the PADD method..…

Why does React's Effect Hook ( useEffect ) Cause an Infinite Loop?

By Shimin Zhang in React on 27 Apr 2021

you used an Effect Hook to fetch some API data... and now your component is stuck in an infinite loop that continuously fetches the data without end... why is it happening??…

A Step by Step Guide to Headless WordPress, Gatsby, and Tailwind CSS Setup and Netlify Deployment (Part 2 of 3)

By Shimin Zhang in Gatsby on 20 Apr 2021

...we now have a local WordPress installation, a newly created Gatsby app capable of pulling data from WordPress in a headless CMS setup. We also installed Tailwind CSS and used it to style our new blogging app.…

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