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First impressions of the Remix web framework

What I liked, what I didn’t like, and would I use it again

Jan 16, 2023

First impressions of the Remix web framework

Jan 16, 2023

Solana’s Token Program, Explained

Breaking down how fungible and non-fungible tokens work in Solana.

Oct 29, 2021

Solana’s Token Program, Explained

Oct 29, 2021

Learning Solana #3: What Is a Program Derived Address?

Oct 23, 2021

Oct 23, 2021

Learning Solana #2: What Is an Account?

An account either holds data or is an executable program. Each account has an address (usually a public key). Each account also has an…

Oct 22, 2021

Learning Solana #2: What Is an Account?

Oct 22, 2021

Learning Solana #1: What Is a Transaction?

In short, a transaction consists of an array of signatures and a message. A message consists of a header, an array of addresses…

Oct 22, 2021

Learning Solana #1: What Is a Transaction?

Oct 22, 2021

Are NFTs really decentralized?

A look into how popular NFT collections store their metadata. Depending on how this works, an NFT’s image may be changed or deleted.

Oct 14, 2021

Are NFTs really decentralized?

Oct 14, 2021

Breaking Down the Ethereum Yellow Paper

A complete overview of the Ethereum Yellow Paper, explained in an understandable way.

Oct 5, 2021

Breaking Down the Ethereum Yellow Paper

Oct 5, 2021

How to use Arweave to store and access NFT metadata, part 2

How to use arbundles to create Arweave transactions that are instantly accessible and always available.

Sep 29, 2021

How to use Arweave to store and access NFT metadata, part 2

Sep 29, 2021

How to use Arweave to store and access NFT metadata

First, let’s address a simple question: why use Arweave to store NFT metadata? The simple answer: data on Arweave cannot be deleted…

Sep 28, 2021

How to use Arweave to store and access NFT metadata

Sep 28, 2021

How Stripe Connect fees work (with currency conversion)

This took me a while to figure out, so figured I’d write an article about it.

Sep 4, 2021

How Stripe Connect fees work (with currency conversion)

Sep 4, 2021

Implementing the keyboard/typing animation with React

I’ve been seeing this animation on a bunch of landing pages:

Jul 21, 2021

Implementing the keyboard/typing animation with React

Jul 21, 2021

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JavaScript in Plain English

How to use Relay with Next.js and TypeScript

Either use dynamic imports or use the React 18 alpha

Jun 12, 2021

How to use Relay with Next.js and TypeScript

Jun 12, 2021

An Interesting Use Case for React Portal

TLDR, I used React Portal because transform: translate(-50%, -50%) was making my text blurry.

May 27, 2021

An Interesting Use Case for React Portal

May 27, 2021

What is iPerf?

Or, how fast is localhost?

Mar 11, 2021

What is iPerf?

Mar 11, 2021

Why Are Cats Calico? 😺

The answer turns out to be fairly simple. One gene for fur color lives on the X chromosome. Female cat cells have two X chromosomes —…

Jan 18, 2021

Why Are Cats Calico? 😺

Jan 18, 2021

Published in
ITNEXT

Using Firebase Analytics Server-Side

How to log to Firebase Analytics from server-side code

Jan 18, 2021

Using Firebase Analytics Server-Side

Jan 18, 2021

GraphQL.js vs. TypeGraphQL vs. GraphQL Nexus

When building a GraphQL server, one of the first decisions you must make is which GraphQL implementation to use. There are three popular…

Sep 28, 2020

GraphQL.js vs. TypeGraphQL vs. GraphQL Nexus

Sep 28, 2020

How to use adb forward

If you’ve tried to use adb forward, you might have noticed that the official documentation is missing a lot of information. adb --help is…

Sep 23, 2020

Sep 23, 2020

Published in
The Startup

Order of Execution of JavaScript Promises (With Examples)

Confused about the order in which JavaScript promises execute? I was too. Working through some examples and referencing the JavaScript…

Sep 13, 2020

Order of Execution of JavaScript Promises (With Examples)

Sep 13, 2020

Using ES modules with CommonJS modules in the browser

This is not meant to be a comprehensive overview of ES modules and CommonJS modules — I do not go into depth about what modules are and…

Aug 18, 2020

Using ES modules with CommonJS modules in the browser

Aug 18, 2020

Matt Lim

Matt Lim

Software Engineer. Tweeting @pencilflip. Mediocre boulderer, amateur tennis player, terrible at Avalon. https://www.mattlim.me/

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