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.
418 articles from this blog
A beginner's tutorial on building backend web servers using the KOA.js framework for Node.js, covering setup, routing, and server-side rendering.
A comprehensive 2021 list of hosted headless CMS providers offering free or developer tiers, including small-scale alternatives and self-hosted options.
A guide to deploying React, Angular, Svelte, and Vue applications to Netlify and Vercel, covering build commands and router configuration.
A beginner's guide to understanding and using Git for version control, covering basics like repositories, commits, and branching.
A guide on changing the default Git/GitHub branch name from 'master' to 'main', including steps for both GitHub settings and local Git configuration.
A comprehensive guide to essential JavaScript development tools including Node, Babel, ESLint, CSS pre-processors, TypeScript, and bundlers.
A step-by-step React tutorial for building a simple blog application using JSON data, covering components, state, props, and deployment.
A guide to five useful React techniques: spreading props, destructuring, render functions, JSX props, and custom hooks to write cleaner code.
A guide exploring career paths, learning methods, and key considerations for starting a career as a software developer in 2021.
Introducing EZComponent, an open-source frontend framework that simplifies building with Web Components, featuring a streamlined workflow and built-in reactivity.
A beginner's guide to the Ballerina programming language, covering installation, CLI usage, and creating your first project.
An explanation of the MVC (Model-View-Controller) architectural pattern, covering its components and their roles in web application development.
A beginner's guide to Go (Golang) covering installation, syntax basics, package management, and writing your first program.
A beginner's guide to Rust programming covering installation, syntax, package management, and writing your first program.
A beginner's guide to building web APIs with the FastAPI framework, covering setup, routing, and handling URL parameters and queries.
A comprehensive guide explaining the fundamentals of web deployment, covering architecture, hosting options, and key technical concepts.
Explains how to implement JavaScript's map() function recursively, detailing the logic and base case for recursion.
A guide to creating a developer portfolio website using a custom Gatsby template that includes project listings and markdown blog functionality.
An overview of essential client-side JavaScript browser APIs, including navigator, window, customElements, document, and localStorage.
A comprehensive reference guide covering CSS fundamentals, syntax, selectors, layout systems like Flexbox and Grid, and best practices for styling web pages.
