Harbor Patrol
I'm building Harbor Patrol, a desktop app that checks for security vulnerabilities in your local web projects.
Hidden History of Big Pine Lakes
On a hot day in June, I was standing at the waters edge of a majestic glacial blue lake in the Eastern Sierra known as Big Pine Lakes. Only, this season, the waters edge was nowhere near where it was supposed to be. The unusually dry season didn't provide enough snow melt to fill this lake.
Security Zero to Security Hero
If terms like SQL injection, Content Security Policy, and cross-site scripting make you feel like a foreign language, you're not alone. Building secure applications doesn't have to be overwhelming. You just need to know where to look for guidance.
Breaking Out of Margins: The Full-width Background Image CSS Trick
Learn how to create full-width background images that break out of page margins using a clever CSS calc() and viewport units technique. No HTML restructuring required!
Stop reinventing the wheel
You can stop copying that clipboard logic off of StackOverflow and no I'm not telling you to use an LLM.
So many awesome things on the internet
One of the hardest things about web development is knowing what's available in the ecosystem because there are so many awesome things on the internet
3 Hotkeys That Will Make You a Faster Developer
These are my three favorite hotkeys while coding. They make me faster, more productive, and improve my code quality. On top of that, they reduce my cognitive load and make my code easier to read.
How to rename a widely used model in Laravel
Code is messy, language is messy, and sometimes you want to rename a model in a codebase that a team has sunk years into...for consistency's sake. Doing a quick find and replace isn't enough in this case...
Into the Dust Cloud
Pack the car. Fill up on gas. Grab ice from the store. And hit the road. The getting away part of getaways is the hardest part. We were headed to Sequoia National Park from Los Angeles. It should be an uneventful drive through California's Central Valley.
NFTs beyond art — 3 uses with real utility
Nifty art has little utility beyond being able to display it in somewhat obscure virtual worlds. Some say to buy them for bragging rights, because owning things feels good, or to start a collection.
Box-Shadows
I've become mildly obsessed with box-shadows. When they are done well, they're magic. They provide depth, contrast, and clarity to the page. When done poorly, they're distracting. Let's dive into box-shadows.
My secret to putting my email on my website without getting spammed
I got an email from Ugohow the other day. Ugohar also sent me one. The Ugos send me a lot of emails, they write to me in Russian with links to buy prescription drugs. Thanks, Ugos.
A Los Feliz Day in the Rain
Rain offers scenery we don't get to appreciate most days. During a recent rain storm my girlfriend and I decided to get out and explore.
Building LA Street Sweeping App
We are building an app to help the people of LA navigate street sweeping. Follow along as we document the journey here.
Snakebites and Fear-Setting
As I hiked through the desert, observing all of the holes in the ground that are surely home to a feast of rodents, there was one question I couldn't get out of my head.
Laravel + React
This tutorial will show you how to use React with Laravel in a way that lets you sprinkle React into a legacy Laravel codebase and blade templates. We will not be creating an SPA or using Create React App.
I'm wearing a hat
I don't always consider myself a developer. Some would classify this thinking as imposter syndrome. To me, it's something else.
Bridging CMS content and react components via shortcodes
I thought it would be nice to create my own implementation of shortcodes for my blog so I can include my custom react components into my post by adding a simple shortcode. This creates the bridge between CMS and code that I was missing.
Joe's APIs
I'm providing free APIs for anyone to use at data.joeczubiak.com. Our first API serves important public data about COVID-19. The idea is to provide a way to give myself and others useful tools to build interesting things with.
Finding Flour During the Pandemic
I started making sourdough a few months ago, finding my way to it though my journey into all things fermentation. Sourdough is yet another fermented product after all.
Netlify Contact Form with React Ant Design Form Components
We're building a simple contact form with three fields — name, email, message. It will be a React component that uses the Ant Design components to display a Netlify form.
Masks - The New Norm
The new norm in the US will be to wear a mask when you're sick. This is a cultural hurdle that has taken a pandemic to finally get over. It's not something that we treat as normal or American.
Patient Tracker V
Patient Tracker V brings project management tools to dentists to help organize and track complex cases.
