Rachel ReillyHow to use Platform Specific Packages in React Native and React Native for WebAs a React Native developer in 2021, I assume React Native for Web is part of the product. Still, many older React Native packages don’t…2 min read·Aug 23, 2021----
Rachel ReillyHow to Compress Images in the Mac TerminalMy Mac takes crisp, detailed screenshots. These pngs can be >5 MB — much larger than the recommended image size <500 KB for the web.2 min read·Aug 17, 2021----
Rachel ReillyinGitStacks4 Real-World Things I Didn’t Learn About Git in BootcampI learned about Git and GitHub in the first week of bootcamp. Our curriculum had three commands: git add -A, git commit -m <commit…4 min read·Aug 2, 2021----
Rachel ReillyUsing the Children Prop for DRY UI ComponentsI’ve come to love this beautiful React pattern that uses the children prop to display slight differences in repeated UI elements.2 min read·Apr 2, 2021----
Rachel ReillyuseState vs. useReducerWhy I’m using the useReducer hook instead of useState in projects small and large.2 min read·Feb 8, 2021----
Rachel ReillyWhy I Love the Single Line Conditional Statement in JavaScriptI didn’t always love the single line conditional statement. In fact, a few months ago I had a teammate that used it regularly, and after…1 min read·Feb 4, 2021----
Rachel ReillyWhat I Wish I Knew Starting my First React Native ProjectI first used React Native for a project for the Girls Who Code Hackathon 2020. The submission had to be a mobile app, so naturally, as a…3 min read·Feb 1, 2021----
Rachel ReillyHow I Learned (Enough) Python Over the WeekendRecently, I heard that a programmer can learn the basics of Python over a weekend, and I thought to myself, challenge accepted.2 min read·Jan 25, 2021----
Rachel ReillyA Tale of Three String Parsing AlgorithmsThis is how I created an effective string parser for recipes with O(n) time complexity by iterating on my previous work.2 min read·Jan 11, 2021----
