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Rich Werden

Web Developer & Software Engineer


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  1. Public APIs Galore

    Here is a completely non-authoritative non-official not-necessarily-most-up-to-date-but-I-try list of Public API endpoints I have found over the years that are good for learning, experimenting, and testing… Most of them do...…


  2. curl-ing

    As devs we often need to quickly check a server ala “Is this thing on?”, or “What does that API’s response look like?”. For most folks these days, an application...…


  3. TypeScript API Error Handler

    I want to share this code that I’ve been using as a generic Error-handler with TypeScript. The code is really a slight tweak on a post by the mighty Kent...…


  4. Physical Device Debugging With Chrome

    Did you know that you can easily connect a physical Android device to do your laptop for frontend debugging? …


  5. console() Things Other Than log

    We all know the basics of debugging values, that console.log(someVar) will print the current value of someVar. It is the core of “CDD” [Console Driven Development <rimshot>🤣]. I thought I’d...…


  6. #TIL: CSS Input-Placeholder Trick

    Here’s a neat little CSS trick I found. …


  7. ES6 Object Destructuring

    The thing to remember here is this: The less code you have to write, the fewer places you can make misteaks mistakes. …