Eric Yancey Dauenhauer
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Musings from my desk

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Eric Yancey Dauenhauer

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I still have full control over all ten fingers and I use them to slap the same 40 keys over and over and over, every day

Hello from the crypto future!

Mar 26, 20225 min read

Hello! ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป I am writing to you from the future ๐Ÿš€, where crypto reins supreme ๐Ÿค‘. I wanted to share how its going (spoiler alert: it's absolutely...

Hello from the crypto future!

Conditionally define TypeScript types using data

Dec 16, 20218 min read

TypeScript Conditional Types only support conditions based on other types, but what if you want to use data to conditionally define a type? ยท...

Conditionally define TypeScript types using data

Write clean database tests with Jest

May 20, 20214 min read

Wrapping integration tests in a database transaction eliminates data bleed and improves test encapsulation, resulting in cleaner, less flaky tests. ยท...

Write clean database tests with Jest

The Quin tech stack

Apr 23, 20218 min read

Quin is building a financial safety net for everybody. Take a look inside the tech stack to find out how we're building a next-gen financial app! ยท Here...

The Quin tech stack

Make clean PRs with git merge --squash

Mar 6, 20216 min read

In an ideal world, every commit you make would be intentional, clean, and precise. In the real world, every commit you make is incremental progress...

Make clean PRs with git merge --squash

If you can code, then make art. Else, return false

Jan 23, 202112 min read

Generative art is an amazing way for programmers to play with code, explore new concepts, and add beauty to the world. It is my humble opinion that...

If you can code, then make art. Else, return false