Personal blog written by Robin Cussol
I like math and I like code. Oh, and writing too.
Build Standalone Expo .apk and .ipa with Turtle CLI [deprecated]
February 07, 2023 - 17 minThis article was updated on February 7, 2023. NOTE: As of Expo SDK 47, the following method does not work any more. With the release of EAS…
Optimize your img tags with Eleventy Image and WebC
October 23, 2022 - 10 minI am very excited about WebC and couldn’t wait to try out the corresponding Eleventy plugin. The first use-case I had in mind was to use…
Year in Review: 2021
February 01, 2022 - 9 minWe’re already at the start of February 2022, but who says retrospectives need to be done on January 1st?! A lot of things happened in 202…
Python Dependencies for JavaScript Developers
July 26, 2021 - 5 minRecently, I needed to update an old Python codebase which had not been touched in 3 years! Of course, the dependencies were so outdated that…
How to Download a Brain with Pair Documenting
March 11, 2021 - 8 minWhen people leave the company, a lot of specific and ad hoc knowledge goes away with them. Unless there is already a strong documentation…
Year in Review: 2020
January 06, 2021 - 7 min2020, what a ride! I cannot believe 2020 has already finally come to an end: with the lockdowns and quarantines, time simultaneously flew by…
Docker for JavaScript Devs: How to Containerise Node.js Apps Efficiently
November 26, 2020 - 14 minDocker is a really cool technology to have applications run the in the same, predictable context, ensuring the “but it works on my machine…
TypeScript Tidbit: How to Overload an Imported Function
November 20, 2020 - 5 minThere are times when the type definitions shipped on DefinitelyTyped are not enough and this results in making the TypeScript compiler…
Wax on, Wax off
October 30, 2020 - 4 minThe reason I got into web development in the first place was the magical ✨ feeling you get when you see your code manifest in the browser…
A Successful Side-Project: Lessons from Swyx
October 19, 2020 - 5 minIf you are on Twitter, chances are you came across this tweet by Daniel Vassallo and it now seems everyone is writing a book! 😄 Shawn Wang…
The Craft of Writing Effectively, a summary
October 08, 2020 - 6 minThere is a pervasive idea about writing which was largely imparted through our education: from school essays and dissertations, all the way…
How to Test Your ESLint Config
September 28, 2020 - 6 minWe all know testing is something we should do to make our future selves happy. The continuous integration system checks all the things we…
Get Your Own Sentry Playground
September 22, 2020 - 6 minSentry is an amazing tool for error tracking and monitoring. You install the SDK in your codebase, configure it, and *tada*, all your…
5 Tips to Start Blogging (for Devs)
September 14, 2020 - 7 minHave you ever had this itch to start writing a blog? You’re a developer. You’ve just spent 2 days, 3 hours and 44 minutes (thank you time…
Tequila-powered X-Platform development with Expo
July 12, 2019 - 8 minWhat happens when you mix a bit of Tequila with Expo and Next.js? You obtain a nice Margarita, a subtle cocktail of cross-platform goodness…
The Maths Behind Bitcoin: Let's get geometrical
February 24, 2019 - 19 minThis article is part of a series exploring the maths behind Bitcoin and it will not mention any cryptography, any cryptocurrency or anything…
The Maths Behind Bitcoin: Series Announced
February 07, 2019 - 8 minYou have all heard of this new form of money, these so-called cryptocurrencies. To my surprise, after I finished my maths PhD, I realised…
How I went from PhD to JavaScript developer
January 27, 2019 - 16 minAs promised in my Hello World article and to celebrate my PhD defence anniversary, you will find below an account of my journey from PhD to…
Fathom is watching you
January 17, 2019 - 19 minAfter a very succesful launch (okay, maybe that’s a bit of an overstatement…), I realised I had no idea how many people actually visited my…
Hello World
January 09, 2019 - 3 minThis is my first post on my new blog! How exciting! I have already written this year, though: my first Medium article was released last…