Alex Merced — Developer and technical writer sharing in-depth insights on data engineering, Apache Iceberg, data lakehouse architectures, Python tooling, and modern analytics platforms, with a strong focus on practical, hands-on learning.
333 articles from this blog
A comprehensive guide to free and low-cost deployment platforms for static sites, full-stack apps, VPS, and headless CMS options for developers.
A comprehensive reference guide for Django covering deployment, REST APIs, database setup, environment variables, and essential commands.
A tutorial on styling Web Components using external stylesheets, style tags, CSS parts, and slots for encapsulated UI development.
A tutorial on creating basic Web Components, covering setup, Hello World examples, and using ShadowDOM for encapsulation.
A tutorial introducing RenderBlocks, a lightweight JavaScript library for building reactive UI components using a Vue-like constructor pattern.
A tutorial on mBlocks, a frontend UI library for building reactive components without the Web Component API, covering setup, props, and state.
A tutorial on using the MercedUI library to create Web Components, covering setup, props, state, and basic features.
A beginner-friendly tutorial on Angular 9 covering setup, components, data interpolation, directives, and routing.
Introducing AMPonent, a JavaScript library for building reactive Web Components with features like state management and styled components.
A tutorial on implementing CRUD operations using plain vanilla JavaScript, manipulating the DOM to create, read, update, and delete data.
A beginner's tutorial on React, covering setup with script tags, JSX, components, props, and state using functional components.
A tutorial on building a Ruby on Rails API with JWT authentication for a user notes application.
A beginner-friendly tutorial on creating a 'Hello World' application using the Vue.js framework, covering setup and basic features.
