https://www.gregroz.me/ Articles about stuff I find interesting. Mostly frontend and tech-related. en-us https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/git-revert-after-code-moved-to-another-file How to do `git revert` after the code has been moved to another file Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/git-revert-after-code-moved-to-another-file https://www.gregroz.me/article/jsworld-conf-2024-impressions Here is how JSWorld Conference 2024 in Amsterdam looked like from my perspective. Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/jsworld-conf-2024-impressions https://www.gregroz.me/article/use-fp-ts-hooks Using fp-ts containers in React hook dependency arrays is tricky since their references are not stable. Wed, 10 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/use-fp-ts-hooks https://www.gregroz.me/article/type-safe-nullability-without-strictNullChecks Lack of strictNullChecks makes it hard to express nullability of values. [fp-ts's `Option`](https://gcanti.github.io/fp-ts/modules/Option.ts.html) comes to the type-safe rescue. Wed, 10 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/type-safe-nullability-without-strictNullChecks https://www.gregroz.me/article/figma-font-helper-ubuntu Figma does not officially support local filesystem fonts on Linux. However, there is an open-source tool that makes it possible. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/figma-font-helper-ubuntu https://www.gregroz.me/article/yarn-up-scoped yarn up '*' does not upgrade scoped packages by default. This article describes how to upgrade scoped packages. Tue, 11 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/yarn-up-scoped https://www.gregroz.me/article/nextjs-getServerSideProps-interception Next.js can seem stuck fetching `getServerSideProps` result on client-side navigations. The approach outlined in the article bypasses making that network request, resulting in snappier UI, suitable for highly-interactive web applications. Sun, 29 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/nextjs-getServerSideProps-interception https://www.gregroz.me/article/awaiting-problems-in-javascript Does `await` solve [the problems of `Promise.prototype.then`](/article/javascript-promised-convenience)? Not really. Mon, 24 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/awaiting-problems-in-javascript https://www.gregroz.me/article/catch-rejections-in-every-promise-chain In Node.js, omitting catching a rejection in at least one Promise chain leads to an `unhandledRejection` event and the process being usually killed. Wed, 19 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/catch-rejections-in-every-promise-chain https://www.gregroz.me/article/javascript-promised-convenience JavaScript `Promise`'s `then` function offers extra convenience. Is it harmful, though? Tue, 18 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/javascript-promised-convenience https://www.gregroz.me/article/representing-wizard-state-in-typescript My solution to describing the state of a multi-step wizard in TypeScript. Fri, 09 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/representing-wizard-state-in-typescript https://www.gregroz.me/article/fixing-accidental-git-submodule-changes How to fix unintentionally changing a git submodule hash to leave no trace of a mistake on your branch. Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/fixing-accidental-git-submodule-changes https://www.gregroz.me/article/neovim-highlights-are-extmarks While trying to contribute to [nvim-ts-rainbow](https://github.com/p00f/nvim-ts-rainbow) I discovered that _highlights_ in Neovim are implemented using _extmarks_. Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/neovim-highlights-are-extmarks https://www.gregroz.me/article/options-based-on-ts-generic-parameters Two approaches in TypeScript to changing the type of an `options` parameter based on a generic function parameter. Sun, 03 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/options-based-on-ts-generic-parameters https://www.gregroz.me/article/i3-hidpi My journey to using HiDPI in i3 and finally getting the full benefits of having a 4k monitor. Sun, 03 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/i3-hidpi https://www.gregroz.me/article/collecting-multiple-errors-fp-ts The [fp-ts](https://github.com/gcanti/fp-ts) library puts errors to the forefront and helps write type-safe code that correctly reports errors. Collecting errors from multiple operations can sometimes lead to boilerplate code. Let's see if there is a way to make that code shorter. Sat, 02 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/collecting-multiple-errors-fp-ts https://www.gregroz.me/article/indexing-blog-articles How to avoid duplicate work when serving pages for my blog? Building up indexes that summarize the articles in a concise format is one solution to this problem. Sat, 18 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gregroz.me/article/indexing-blog-articles