Hi, I'm Ali
I make websites and stuff.
I'm currently a full-stack developer at top.gg. I enjoy design and writing on the side. I'm not really sure what to write here which is worrying considering this is a blog.
Learning
RabbitMQ
Rust
Kubernetes
Loving
Docker
Elixir
GraphQL
Haskell
React
Typescript
PostgreSQL
Wanting
Idris
11 min read
🖼️ Optimizing images with WebP in Node.js
Use ffmpeg to improve your images but watch out for one thing...
Guide
Bug
4 min read
☄️ Integrating Typescript with Next.js
Get easy type inference from HTTP API responses
Guide
Typescript
9 min read
💬 Whatsapp Doesn't Deserve Your Business
Or at least not mine.
Rant
6 min read
🎥 A Night Out at the Theater
A real life-ish example to help explain how Javascript promises work and why they're necessary.
Javascript
Help
8 min read
🤡 Every Technology Deserves to be Memed
Angular sucks but so does every other tool, it's ok to be a carrot farmer.
Hot Take
Response
7 min read
💀 The Terrible Fate of Reduce
And why Javascript programmers hate it.
Javascript
Functional Programming
6 min read
🧠 Learning for Fun and Profit
Your journey through becoming a teacher before becoming a student.
Personal
4 min read
🔎 Asking Good Questions
If you think it's easy you're probably doing it wrong.
Help