In this post, I'll explain how to use and how I implemented useDbDatum / useDbData, two hooks for generically loading data from Firebase RTDB. (more…)

Using SVG icons instead of PNG or JPG has a few performance benefits, but they're not always straightforward to use. Here's how you do it. (more…)

We sat at a long chest-high table on the top floor of 543 Sansome st in San Francisco. The top two floors had been renovated and decked out by Mitch Kapor to house several of his non-profit… (more…)

I’ve been writing mobile apps at Whitesmith for a while now and, for the majority of the journey, I kept a pretty skeptical attitude towards hybrid mobile development platforms. I cultivated this biased view of things fo... (more…)

mdxc - A tool to convert Markdown files into React components. (more…)