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My most impactful essay, and the personal growth philosophy I and many others follow.

Luck is random, but creating luck is a skill that can be developed.

Every 10 years there is a changing of the guard in JavaScript. A well received piece that has caught the imagination of some community leaders like Fred Schott and Rich Harris.

The 'API Economy' is a popular term for VC's and tech media, however Developers seem ironically out of the loop despite their central importance to the whole story. Here's my explanation, together with a dash of economics and social implications.

Trendspotting how Developer communities are leaving Slack (for Discord).

Talking about why and when Single File Components are slowly coming to React.js

My personal story, README , and podcast with Quincy Larson about learning to code.

My most well received technical talk, where I explain a mental model for React hooks by livecoding a React clone at JSConf Asia. Started as a tweet, then a blogpost.

My first conference talk ever was at the biggest React venue in the world, React Rally. I spent a month writing my CFP on the most interesting React question I could think of.

My first meetup talk ever was at React NYC - this was accepted on to the React docs as a guide for other contributors!

My first verbal exposition on the Learn In Public philosophy. Video is frozen at the end, sorry.

My first JSConf appearance ever, at one of the most competitive JSConfs ever. This talk is where I first started experimenting with theming talks, and it came out really well with the Moana theme.