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When we work on a new project, we document what we learn along the way. This blog is our way to share what we’ve found valuable in designing and building software over the years.
The Echobind Blog
Open Source
Articles about contributing to the open source community.
Our Approach to Fonts
Lexi Namer
March 3, 2023
Echobind Ships Expo TypeScript Template 2.0.0
Jenn Robison
August 23, 2022
Bison Release 1.12.0
Kishan Gajera
August 9, 2022
Custom React Hook Guide: Build a Kanye Quote app with React Native
Mickey Martinez
May 19, 2022
TypeScript - Generic Types
Dominic Sherman
March 30, 2022
Safely Alter Postgres Columns with USING
Cully Larson
March 25, 2022
Creating Custom Icon Fonts in React Native and Expo
Alex Silcox
January 17, 2022
SectionedFetchRequest, sweet, sweet automagic goodness!
Echobind Team
January 7, 2022
Swift Concurrency
David Barkman
August 12, 2021
Alexa Skills
Deloris Thompson
July 16, 2021
SwiftUI, is it ready?
Echobind Team
June 10, 2021
NextAuth.js Intro [3 of 3]: Adding Access Control
Mike Cavaliere
May 20, 2021
Learning Rails after Bison’s JAMstack
Kim Wilkes
May 6, 2021
Why Should I Write Clean Code?
Mariah Grey
April 29, 2021
Docker Compose DB
Matt Thompson
April 15, 2021
Revelio: Defer and Lazy-Load with the Intersection Observer API
Deloris Thompson
April 8, 2021
NextAuth.js Intro [2 of 3]: Magic Link Email Authentication
Mike Cavaliere
March 25, 2021
Measure Twice Code Once
Isaac Myman
March 17, 2021
NextAuth.js Intro [1 of 3]: One-Click Signup
Mike Cavaliere
March 11, 2021
Creating Your Own JAMStack Blog in No Time with Next.js and Bison
Mike Cavaliere
October 19, 2020
A Guide for RESTful APIs with Node, Sequelize & Postgres
Mickey Martinez
September 1, 2020
Next-Level Mobile App Debugging with a Network Proxy
Ryan Atkinson
May 21, 2020
Feature Flipping with Rails and Rollout
Gabriel Martin
March 24, 2020
React Native Fix: Jumping Screens in the React-Navigation TabNavigator
Ryan Atkinson
February 17, 2020
How to Run React Native Apps on a Specific Device in the iOS Simulator
Josh Buchea
February 10, 2020
React Native iOS Splash Screen with Storyboard
Jenn Robison
February 5, 2020
Optimizing your Android Build for React Native
Jenn Robison
January 21, 2020
Ruby on Rails — Importing Data from an Excel File
Gabriel Martin
January 13, 2020
Zero to Dark Mode in React Native
Josh Buchea
December 13, 2019
React with TypeScript: Components as Function Declarations vs. Function Expressions
Joe Previte
December 13, 2019
Reducing Costly Renders During Gesture Animations in React Native
Isaiah Grey
December 9, 2019
Tides of the Tailwind
Kory Tegman
December 5, 2019
Advantages Of Dark Theme User Interfaces
Michael Dang
December 4, 2019
Up and Running: ZEIT Now Environments
Matt Thompson
December 1, 2019
The Business Value of (& Precautions for) React Native
Mike Cavaliere
November 26, 2019
A Comparison of Three Methods for Styling Components in React Native
Ryan Atkinson
November 19, 2019
AllThingsOpen 2019 Recap
Joe Previte
November 12, 2019
This Month We Learned - September 2019
Anne Tolmie
October 19, 2019
How to Mock Using Jest.spyOn (Part 2)
Jeffrey Zhen
October 16, 2019
8 Business Reasons to Adopt GraphQL and Apollo Server
Mike Cavaliere
October 15, 2019
A Reflection: Building a GraphQL API with Nest.js
Joe Previte
October 8, 2019
GraphQL — the Dev Edition
Matt Thompson
September 26, 2019
This Month We Learned - August 2019
Anne Tolmie
September 6, 2019
Becoming More Proficient on the Back-End (Part 3)
Joe Previte
August 16, 2019
Becoming More Proficient on the Back-End (Part 2)
Joe Previte
August 15, 2019
A Common Conditional Rendering Bug in React Native
Ryan Atkinson
January 22, 2019
Lazy Loading Components in React
Jeffrey Zhen
January 22, 2019
What is this type?!
Alvin Crespo
October 25, 2018
Automating CodePush deploys with Fastlane
Chris Ball
August 27, 2018
A 12-Factor Approach to Environment-Specific Builds in React Native
Chris Ball
August 7, 2018
Productive Performance for Engineers
Jeffrey Zhen
June 18, 2018
Essential Customizations for VSCode
Jeffrey Zhen
June 13, 2018
Improve Developer Productivity with Generators and Team Conventions
Chris Ball
May 8, 2018
Thanks for 2017!
Chris Ball
January 9, 2018
How to Engage a Community
Robert Beene
December 29, 2017
The Graphcool Framework: A path to instant GraphQL greatness
Chris Ball
November 8, 2017
Headless Browser testing with CircleCI 2.0
Alvin Crespo
September 25, 2017
Betting on React Native
Chris Ball
February 16, 2017
How to Easily Create Custom Skills for Alexa
Chris Power
January 14, 2017
Why Your Company Should Contribute to Open Source
Robert Beene
January 9, 2017
Thanks for 2016!
Chris Ball
January 2, 2017
What Is JWT and Why Does It Matter
Robert Beene
November 30, 2016
Leveling Up With Echobind
Robert Beene
May 5, 2016
Recap of Ruby on Ales 2016
Michael Yared
April 10, 2016
The Real Costs of Not Keeping Software Current
Michael Yared
December 13, 2015
