• A Case For Kebab-Casing

  Jun 18, 2025 architecture react javascript

  

  Let's talk about naming files and directories in JavaScript. If you do a search for official naming conventions in JavaScript, you'll notice a few things:

  1. There aren't any official naming conventions.
  2. So many opinions.

  This has led to a lot of confusion in the industry where the only conventions that seem to stick tend to be from whichever's library or code base gets the most traction and makes the most noise. I'm going to add to that noise (just a little bit 😜).

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• 2025 Podcasts Update

  Jun 08, 2025 podcasts

  Can you believe it's been nearly 10 years since I updated my podcasts list 😳? Only a small handful remain from that set with many more added. I'll try to update it more frequently. You can find them via my About Me page, which has also been updated 😃.

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• Cake

  Mar 15, 2025 hobbies baking

  

  It's an end of an era for me and my family. I make the cake for my kids' birthdays until their tenth birthday and my youngest finally turned ten. I normally try to keep this blog mostly techy but in the spirit of "owning my content", I thought I'd do a post to showcase some of the cakes I've made over the years. Read more >>

• Utah Front End Conferences 2023 Edition - Part 2

  Dec 05, 2023 conferences react javascript

  

  Did you know that Utah has a vibrant JavaScript community? We even have a few local “tech celebrities” such as Tanner Linsley, Kent C Dodds, & Ryan Florence of Remix & React Router fame. With that community comes some great conferences, two of which include React Rally and the super local UtahJS Conf that I was able to attend this year! See Part 1 for insights around React Rally, this time let’s talk about UtahJS Conf!

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• Utah Front End Conferences 2023 Edition - Part 1

  Nov 24, 2023 conferences react javascript

  

  Did you know that Utah has a vibrant JavaScript community? We even have a few local “tech celebrities” such as Tanner Linsley, Kent C Dodds, & Ryan Florence of Remix & React Router fame. With that community comes some great conferences, two of which include React Rally and the super local UtahJS Conf that I was able to attend this year! There’s a lot to talk about so let’s start with React Rally.

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More posts can be found in the archive.