Nick Taylor (nickytonline) is a Microsoft MVP, GitHub Star, and Developer Advocate with over 20 years in tech and a decade of open-source contributions. He shares practical insights through blogging, live streaming, and community-driven developer education.
170 articles from this blog
A developer shares their structured process for conducting effective code reviews, focusing on PR size, UI checks, and common pitfalls.
A developer shares their experience building an NFT-based game using Solidity, Hardhat, and React as part of a web3 dApp project.
A developer shares their experience building a decentralized application (dApp) using Solidity, TypeScript, and Next.js over a weekend.
A technical guide for developers on setting up and starting a live coding or tech-focused stream on Twitch using OBS.
A beginner-friendly guide to common pitfalls and best practices when writing regular expressions, with examples in JavaScript.
Developer announces a new newsletter focused on web development, programming, and tech industry news, with occasional fun content.
A recap of a live pair programming session on DEV Community, focusing on fixing a Liquid tag issue in the Forem codebase.
A developer announces their new weekly Twitch stream dedicated to JavaScript, covering katas, Q&A, and community interaction.
A recap of a live pair programming stream building a Twitch overlay with DEV mascot Sloan and ComfyJS for chat interaction.
A recap of a live coding stream discussing Jamstack, serverless functions, and using Netlify with the DEV API.
A live coding session discussing Cypress for E2E testing, covering its components, test anatomy, and custom commands.
A developer begins a series on learning the Rust programming language, sharing a Microsoft resource and inviting others to join a live stream.
A developer shares his Twitch live coding setup, covering layout creation, video/screen sharing tools, and closed captioning for viewers.
A live coding session where developers debugged an image upload spinner issue in the Forem editor using browser tools.
A developer shares insights from a talk on Storybook, a tool for building and documenting UI components in isolation, including live coding examples.
A live coding session on debugging browser tools and XSS mitigation while fixing an issue to render HTML tags as text.
A live coding session where developers tackled a CSS Flexbox gap compatibility issue in Safari by implementing CSS Grid solutions.
A recap of a live pair programming stream focused on debugging and fixing accessibility issues in a Forem/DEV onboarding process.
A technical guide on testing Preact/React Portals using Testing Library, based on real-world implementation challenges in a Rails app.
A recap of a live coding stream where developers paired with a community member to work on a Twitch liquid tag and podcast validation for the Forem platform.
