Andreas OpferkuchUnit testing frontend code that consumes an HTTP streamA while back, I had to create a test like that for a React hook (but the example below applies for anything that consumes a stream with…2 min read·Aug 22, 2023----
Andreas OpferkuchWSL is decent now for web development!At least with vscode. There might be other tools available but that’s the particular IDE that I’ve evaluated.2 min read·Mar 14, 2022----
Andreas OpferkuchHow bad is e2e test performance really? (rtl vs cypress vs playwright vs testcafe)Update 2021–11–02 Big thanks to Pavel Feldman (see comments) for pointing out that if the tests within a playwright suite don’t rely on…5 min read·Oct 29, 2021--3--3
Andreas OpferkuchHow to measure the charging speed of your iPad/iPhone (and set a charge alarm)I was recently able to confirm that a certain new charger that I tried out is able to charge my iPad Pro (2017) about twice as fast as the…4 min read·Apr 17, 2021----
Andreas OpferkuchA 15" laptop recommendation for front end engineers (as of 07/2020)Most laptops that provide decent performance (and can use 64 GB RAM) are just too damn noisy. I have recently found one that isn’t.12 min read·Jul 29, 2020----
Andreas OpferkuchImproving collections of string constants with TypeScript’s const assertionsPLEASE NOTE: This is a follow-up to my article Static type checking for collections of string constants in TypeScript.1 min read·May 8, 2019----
Andreas OpferkuchStatic type checking for collections of string constants in TypeScript… when TS’ string enums don’t quite get you there.6 min read·Apr 17, 2019--3--3