Jack TaylorinPleo EngineeringLearning to Be a Great Mentor: 3 Lessons from the Pleo Mentorship ProgrammeOver the last few months, I’ve been taking part in an engineering mentorship programme at Pleo as a mentor. The mentor/mentee relationship…3 min read·Apr 14, 2023----
Jack TaylorSpot the Bug: To Do, ConditionallyIn this instalment of Spot the Bug, we have a ToDoList component which takes an array of items and renders them in a list. However, there’s…·2 min read·Jun 22, 2022----
Jack TaylorSpot the Bug: Function CurryIn this instalment of ‘Spot the Bug’, we have a simple React toggle component which switches between active and inactive when clicked…·2 min read·Jun 20, 2022----
Jack TaylorinBetter ProgrammingCan Owning a Puppy Make You a Better Developer?OK, bear with me on this one…·3 min read·Jul 13, 2021--2--2
Jack TaylorinBetter ProgrammingWant to Write Readable Code? Remember These 5 RulesMake your code the best version of itself·4 min read·May 12, 2021--2--2
Jack TaylorinBetter ProgrammingUp Your React Game With Compound ComponentsBuild awesome UIs in your React apps·4 min read·Apr 20, 2021--3--3
Jack TaylorinBetter ProgrammingTwo ES2020 Features You Should Know AboutA deep dive into optional chaining and the nullish coalescing operator·3 min read·Apr 14, 2021----
Jack TaylorinBetter ProgrammingDon’t Use If-Else and Switch in JavaScript, Use Object LiteralsWrite better conditionals in JavaScript with object literals·3 min read·Apr 12, 2021--79--79
Jack TaylorinBetter ProgrammingStop Lying to React About Missing DependenciesKnow how useEffect works to avoid lint warnings and infinite loops·7 min read·Feb 19, 2021--12--12
Jack TaylorinJavaScript in Plain English6 Things I’ve Learnt as a Tech LeadSharing some insights from the past 9 months·3 min read·Feb 9, 2021--2--2