Maina Wycliffe

Angular #GDE, Software Engineer, Trainer, and #Typescript aficionado (ask me anything) • Newsletter http://allthingstypescript.dev • Looking for work/opportunities

Nairobi, Kenya Joined on Jul 2, 2019 me@mainawycliffe.dev http://mainawycliffe.dev

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Technical Solutions Architect @ Unstacked Labs

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Jun 16

Genkit Tool Calling: Give AI Models (LLMs) the Tools to Get Things Done

#ai #tutorial #javascript #gemini

9 min read

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May 5

Level Up Your Testing Game with Jest Spies and Asymmetric Matchers

#javascript #typescript #testing #webdev

5 min read

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Feb 10

Exploring Routes Rendering Modes in Angular

#angular #webdev #javascript #typescript

4 min read

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Jun 17 '24

Why do we have const enums in Typescript?

#webdev #javascript #typescript #tutorial

4 min read

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Apr 30 '24

Making Generics Types Optional - Generics Fundamentals in Typescript

#typescript #webdev #javascript #tutorial

5 min read

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Apr 9 '24

Generic Constraints - A Gentle Introduction to Generics in Typescript

#webdev #javascript #tutorial #typescript

6 min read

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Apr 2 '24

Bun - The One Tool for All Your JavaScript/Typescript Project's Needs?

#javascript #webdev #bunjs #typescript

8 min read

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Mar 26 '24

A Gentle Introduction to Generics in Typescript

#typescript #javascript #webdev #tutorial

6 min read

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Mar 12 '24

A Deep Dive into the satisfies operator in Typescript

#javascript #typescript #webdev #tutorial

7 min read

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Mar 6 '24

Boost your productivity by mastering Oh My ZSH git aliases

#tooling #git #devex #productivity

5 min read

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Nov 20 '23

A deep dive into new control flow syntax for Angular (17)

#angular #webdev #typescript #javascript

6 min read

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Jun 14 '23

Looking Up React Components Props Types

#typescript #javascript #react #reactnative

2 min read

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Jun 6 '23

Organize Your Firebase Functions For Easier Deployments and Maintenance

#firebase #serverless #typescript #javascript

5 min read

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Dec 28 '22

Supercharge your Firebase App Development using NX

#javascript #firebase #tooling #typescript

4 min read

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Aug 17 '22

Understanding Excess Property Checking in Typescript

#typescript #webdev #javascript #node

2 min read

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Jul 26 '22

Why you should be using it Test Driven Development (TDD)

#tooling #testing #devops #beginners

4 min read

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Jul 18 '22

I created a VS Code Extension - NPM Imported Packages Lens

#typescript #javascript #webdev #vscode

2 min read

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Apr 20 '22

Island Architecture

#webdev #javascript #performance #typescript

6 min read

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Apr 14 '22

Performance: Choosing The Right Tools...

#webdev #javascript #typescript #performance

5 min read

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Apr 7 '22

Live Reloading in Golang using Air

#go #tutorial #beginners #tooling

3 min read

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Feb 25 '22

const assertions in Typescript

#typescript #javascript #webdev #node

3 min read

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Feb 22 '22

The Tuple Type in Typescript

#typescript #javascript #webdev #node

4 min read

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Jan 3 '22

Writing Tests for MongoDB using Dockertest in Go

#go #docker #testing #mongodb

6 min read

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Dec 30 '21

Type Assertions in TypeScript - why not?

#javascript #webdev #typescript #node

3 min read

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Nov 18 '21

Template String Types as Discriminants in Typescript 4.5

#typescript #javascript #webdev #node

3 min read

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Sep 27 '21

Better Types using Discriminated Unions in TypeScript

#typescript #javascript #webdev #node

4 min read

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Sep 16 '21

Custom Type Guards in Typescript

#typescript #javascript #webdev #node

3 min read

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Sep 2 '21

Typescript: why you should use unknown instead of any

#typescript #javascript #webdev #programming

3 min read

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Aug 26 '21

Type Narrowing in TypeScript

#typescript #webdev #javascript #programming

6 min read

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Jul 22 '21

My Impressions of Docker Development Containers

#docker #vscode #tooling #programming

3 min read

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Jun 24 '21

Template Literal Types in TypeScript

#typescript #webdev #javascript #programming

5 min read

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Jun 17 '21

Building an RSS Scully Plugin - Angular

#angular #webdev #javascript #typescript

5 min read

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Jun 9 '21

Types and Mocking - Typescript

#typescript #webdev #javascript

2 min read

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May 5 '21

Transforming Types in TypeScript with Utility Types

#typescript #webdev #javascript

5 min read

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Apr 19 '21

Speeding Up Angular Scully Builds in GitHub Actions

#github #action #angular #devops

7 min read

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Mar 29 '21

GitHub Actions Trigger Via Webhooks

#github #devops #action

4 min read

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Mar 8 '21

Angular CDK - Platform Module

#angular #webdev #javascript #typescript

4 min read

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Nov 20 '19

How to build a reusable Modal Overlay/Dialog Using Angular CDK

#angular #frontend #web #javascript

8 min read

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Nov 7 '19

Angular Newsletter Issue No #3 7th November 2019

#angular #webdev #javascript #typescript

5 min read

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Oct 3 '19

Implement Infinite Scrolling in a ListView - Flutter

#flutter #ios #android #beginners

2 min read

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Sep 16 '19

Resetting Firebase Auth Passwords in Angular (Email Based Accounts)

#angular #firebase #beginners #webdev

8 min read

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Sep 14 '19

Handling Requesting for Permissions Like a Pro in Flutter

#flutter #beginners #ios #android

4 min read

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Aug 31 '19

Lazy Loading Modules & Preloading Strategy in Angular 8

#angular #webdev #javascript

4 min read

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Aug 24 '19

I Migrated From WordPress to Hugo

#productivity #wordpress #writing #go

5 min read

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Aug 12 '19

Flutter and GraphQL - How to Upload Files

#flutter #dart #graphql #flutterio

6 min read

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Jul 21 '19

How to Add Async Validators to an Angular Reactive Form

5 min read

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Jul 10 '19

Flutter a Closer Look at How Pub Handles Dependency Versions

#flutter #dart

6 min read

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Jul 2 '19

Customizing Angular App Behavior Per Build Environment

#angular

5 min read