Kinda silly sounding, isn’t it? CSS database queries. But, hey, CSS is capable of talking to other languages in the sense that it can set the values of things that they can read. Plus, CSS can request other files, and …
Serverless, GraphQL, and DynamoDB are a powerful combination for building websites. The first two are well-loved, but DynamoDB is often misunderstood or actively avoided. It’s often dismissed by folks who consider it only worth the effort “at scale.”…
localStorage is…
localStorage.setItem('name', 'Chris'); let name = localStorage.getItem('name');…
localStorageis a synchronous API that blocks the main thread, and any time you access it you potentially prevent
A spreadsheet has always been a strong (if fairly literal) analogy for a database. A database has tables, which is like a single spreadsheet. Imagine a spreadsheet for tracking RSVPs for a wedding. Across the top, column titles like …
I vividly remember my first encounter with a content management system: It was 2002 with a platform called PHP-Nuke. It offered a control panel where site administrators could publish new content that would be immediately available to readers, without …
I came across Airtable at a recent hackathon-esque event, when a fellow developer suggested we use it as a way to store and use our data. I was super into it. For the first time, I felt like: “This is …
