Alexander

Hey all, I'm Alex and I've been working as a software engineer for the last 10+ years. I wanted to pass on all the "druid knowledge" I've acquired in this last decade so I wrote a book with everything I've learned about building maintainable applications. I got tired of rewriting applications again and again only for them to turn out the same as the mess we threw in the bin. I found out that...

Hey Product Hunt! I've always wanted to be a part of an online writing community, but I either found them too negative or too silent. So I decided to build a new application that is focused on participation. Every Monday, everyone in Tavern gets the same writing prompt. The only way to see what others have written about it, though, is to answer it. Once you do, you can see all the other...

Hey everyone! I'm happy to announce that my latest book - Tao of Node is out today. It's a collection of rules that will help you build better Node.js applications. There are many resources that can teach you the little pieces. No one tells you how to put them together to build real software. Most applications need to be extended, modified and supported. To work productively you need more...

Hey, I wrote this book to help people build their first React applications. There are amazing courses that can teach you the little pieces but they don't show you how to put them together. Time and time again, people have asked about a good starting path, a set of best practices when working with React. I'll show you how to structure a project in a good way and how to design your components so...