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Zack Sheppard

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I'm a freelance app and website developer. Brooklyn heart now found in London. Here to share what I learned about development and maybe also about management, acting, and bartending.

I `Promise` you won't have to `await` long to understand `async` in Javascript

Aug 17, 20219 min read

Dealing with Promises shouldn't give you `async`ing feeling. They're how you escape callback hell. · As you're poking around with modern Javascript, it...

I `Promise` you won't have to `await` long to understand `async` in Javascript

Learning Two Frameworks by Bridging Them Together (Redwood + Clerk)

Jul 26, 20216 min read

Understand 2x the platforms in 1/2 the time by duck-taping them together · Edit: Sadly, after enjoying learning and contributing to Redwood, I learned...

Learning Two Frameworks by Bridging Them Together (Redwood + Clerk)

It Shouldn't be an App

Jul 19, 20214 min read

The many other, easier ways to bring the product in your head to life. · Recently, I've run into a few big ideas that make me feel like it's 2010 all...

It Shouldn't be an App

No Regrets, Even for the Pointless Projects

Jun 14, 20213 min read

"It's the journey, not the destination" · With much fanfare and celebration Tweet Sweep launched! Well, fanfare and celebration by me, at least. Three...

No Regrets, Even for the Pointless Projects

Speedy and Stylish - How to style NextJS with Bootstrap 5, SASS, and PurgeCSS

Jun 10, 20215 min read

A quick and easy how-to for styling Next apps in 2021 · Quick how-to for you today. I'm setting up a new web app project with these parameters: I want...

Speedy and Stylish - How to style NextJS with Bootstrap 5, SASS, and PurgeCSS

How To: Deploy Next.js Apps with Docker Containers (Efficiently!)

Jun 7, 202110 min read

(or any Node app, really - these tips work across the board) · So let's say you've written an awesome app in Next.js and you want to deploy it to a nifty...

How To: Deploy Next.js Apps with Docker Containers (Efficiently!)