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Blog posts by RP

The Better Ask

The Better Ask

How to better your ask to get more helpful responses Do you ever struggle getting help or even more, simply getting a response sometimes? I have lost way too much sleep boiling over the lack of response to an ask with all kinds of crazy thoughts racing through my head.

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Climbing the Redux Thunk learning curve

Climbing the Redux Thunk learning curve

Preface: I am not an expert. I am just learning React and wanted to learn Thunk and Redux. This is me documenting my learning journey and circling back to try and help others doing the same thing with (hopefully) relevant stuff.

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Static Site Generators Pros, Cons, & Surprises

Static Site Generators Pros, Cons, & Surprises

Photo by George Coletrain on Unsplash What are ‘Static Site Generators’ (SSG’s), what are the pros and cons, and when should we use them? When building my own personal portfolio website, I chose to lean into static site generators and learn something new.

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Using Mapbox GL JS API with React

Using Mapbox GL JS API with React

Photo by Thor Alvis on Unsplash For our first React map/routing project, my team decided to use the Mapbox GL API to display locations on a map of that a dispatcher needed to interact with to assign and plan work.

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