The ultimate React front-end stack for 2022 — Introduction As described in the first article, we adamantly recommend the use of SCSS modules with any new React project, especially those using NextJS and MUI5. One caveat, however, is that there isn’t a lot of information describing this approach and how one should properly setup their repo as well as…

Why it’s time to let go of CSS-in-JS — Introduction In this first article of the series, I’ll describe why I started using SCSS modules instead of the MUI CSS-in-JS styling engine, and why I think SCSS modules is a better long-term solution. In the second article, I’ll provide code-snippets on the NextJS + MUI5 + SCSS Modules setup I…

Jack of all frameworks, master of none — Introduction Recently, we’ve been using a lot of AG-Grid in React to power data-table views for a client. AG-Grid allows you to manage large data sets with a lot of plug-and-play functionality. …

Core features and pleasing UI for basic use-cases — Introduction We were recently tasked with building a simple data analytics page for a startup which included a bar chart visualizing page views over time. A charting solution providing a clean UI and support for simple chart types such as bar charts, pie charts, and line charts is a common request…

Spin up a great server stack in 15 minutes — Introduction If you’ve read my first article on GraphQL Nexus, you know we have a strong preference at Knit for building GraphQL servers with Nexus and Prisma. One of the benefits of this technology is the speed with which we can spin up a server. This is a guide to how…

Yieldly.Finance allows you to stake YLDY tokens for various rewards, with generous APY. You can learn how to start yield farming on Yieldly in a few simple steps with my other guide here. After staking your tokens, you might wonder what the best strategy is for claiming rewards. The general…

Use GraphQL Nexus with Prisma to create type-safe, scalable, maintainable GraphQL servers — Introduction When asked to choose technologies for use in a backend server in 2021, 9 times out of 10 I’m recommending GraphQL Node with Nexus typegen. Working on RESTful applications in Ruby on Rails (bad) and ExpressJS (a little better) most of my programming career, I encountered plenty of headaches creating…

Finding a balance between developer and content creator priorities — Introduction At Knit, we’re often asked by startups to create websites with distinctive UIs, custom data models, and payments processing which allow startup founders (usually non-technical) to generate and edit content on the fly. In some cases, clients have outgrown an existing Wordpress solution. In other cases, the startup is simply…

TL;DR Clone my Hardhat + NextJS Starter Repo to get started building with the most up-to-date dApp stack. *EDIT: Generated branch with upgradeable open zeppelin contracts https://docs.openzeppelin.com/contracts/4.x/upgradeable Background With the explosion of crypto interest in Q4 2021, it seems more than ever that dApp development is the next evolution in web app…