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Extensible Blade Components
Photo of Marcus Moore Marcus Moore
18 minute read
HTML is wonderful, right? What would we do without it? But anyone who's written HTML without a templating system knows how much of it is just chunks of code copied and pasted from file to file. Modern templating systems, like Laravel's Blade...
The Tighten Manifesto
Photo of Dan Sheetz Photo of Matt Stauffer Photo of Dave Hicking
1 hour 15 minute podcast
Dan Sheetz & Matt Stauffer (Tighten's Managing Director & Technical Director, respectively) join us this week for the last episode of season 3 to talk all about the Tighten Manifesto - how it was created, what it aims to achieve, how to live...
You Aren’t Gonna Need It (YAGNI)
Photo of Sara Bine Photo of Dave Hicking
23 minute podcast
Sara Bine (a Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk all about YAGNI aka ‘You Aren’t Gonna Need It’: what it is, why it’s so important for anybody who’s building software, and...
You Are Not Your Job
Photo of Marje Holmstrom-Sabo Photo of Dave Hicking
36 minute podcast
Marje Holmstrom-Sabo, Operations & Content Manager at Tighten, returns to the show this week to talk about why you are not your job, the difference between your work and your job, and a lot...
Why You Should Speak at Conferences
Photo of Kristin Collins Photo of Dave Hicking
26 minute podcast
Kristin Collins (a Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us for her second time on the show, and this time she’s talking about conference talks: why you should consider doing them, how to get started, and a lot...
React Hooks for Beginners: Managing State
Photo of Daniel Coulbourne Photo of Cenitoria Melton
6 minute read
We’ve been using React at Tighten for almost as long as we’ve been using Vue. In fact, one of our most-read blog post series is an extensive React tutorial by former...
Self Care for Programmers
Photo of Tammy Robinson Photo of Dave Hicking
25 minute podcast
Tammy Robinson (a Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk about self care: what it is, why it’s important for developers, and how to take the first step towards a better self care practice. Transcript Dave...
Train Your Keyboard
Photo of Andrew Morgan Photo of Dave Hicking
44 minute podcast
Andrew Morgan (Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to tell us all about why you should be training your keyboard, how to get started, and a lot...
How to Train Your Keyboard
Photo of Andrew Morgan Andrew Morgan
34 minute read
If you’re reading this, odds are you work on a computer. You likely use a combination of your mouse and keyboard to interact with your computer throughout the day. But you're probably also aware that most of the apps you use on a daily basis provide...
My Favorite Dev Tools
Photo of Kristin Collins Photo of Dave Hicking
30 minute podcast
Kristin Collins (Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk about some of her favorite tools & apps to use as a developer, from the everyday favorites to the surprise ones you might not have known you ever needed. Links for...
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