There’s a saying that even the smallest drop of sewage can spoil a glass of the finest champagne, no matter how big the glass is or how much champagne you pour in it. For the past three years I’ve been trying to popularize remote work as an alternative to office-based…

Original article here: https://oprea.rocks/blog/12-things-about-javascript-business-owners-and-recruiters-must-know Don’t you just hate it when you’re totally outside the loop when you need to hire a JavaScript developer?! Here’s a short list of concepts and keywords and the simplest explanation I could muster for each. Know these things and you will be able to make…

Originally published here: https://oprea.rocks/blog/publishing-fear/ Here’s a funny story: I have around 70 unpublished articles in various stages of evolution — from only an outline and a title all the way to fully fledged articles. I also have four book ideas out of which two are almost done, five or so…

Originally published on https://oprea.rocks/blog/multiple-microservices-shared-database/ Here are some of my thoughts on microservices. It’s a small rant, but if you bare with me, you’ll also get some value from it. We’ve come to believe that some microservices rules are set in stone. The microservices cargo-cult is getting bigger and bigger. You…

Originally published at https://oprea.rocks/blog/techpreneur-productivity-dilemma/ “I want to code!” It’s the little voice in your head, constantly pestering you to get productive. Replace code with any technology-related hard skill and you have the tech person’s productivity dilemma. But what does it mean to be productive? What does it mean to be…

Originally published at https://oprea.rocks/blog/harsh-truths-junior-developer/ A lot of mixed feelings may grow on you while working as a junior developer. You have the choice of feeling powerless and less smarter than your peers or full of energy and desire to learn from people who know more than you do. You can…

Originally published at https://oprea.rocks/blog/using-one-javascript-framework/ Indeed! Why can’t we just get along and use one single JavaScript framework? Or two!? Here’s what I think about this situation that a lot of people consider a problem. I think it’s a huge opportunity, actually! This whole disagreement is actually one of the things…

Originally published at https://oprea.rocks/blog/six-things-that-tell-youre-still-a-junior/ This is a question I’ve struggled with a lot, while trying to optimise the way I interview people. I don’t want to misjudge people, or evaluate them the wrong way, so I took some time and dug through my head, scoured the Internet for resources and…

Originally published at https://oprea.rocks/blog/what-do-the-three-dots-mean-in-javascript/ The title of the article is from a question I was asked to answer on Quora. Below, is my attempt to explain what do the three dots do in JavaScript. Hopefully, this removes the fog around the concept, for people who will find this article in…