LeetCode: The 'Trapping Rain Water' Problem with Two‑Pointer Approach
How to solve Trapping Rain Water with the two‑pointer approach, and the simple invariant that makes the O(n) solution click under interview pressure.
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Development, page 8 of 25
Development is the broadest category in my writing, so it works as the main archive rather than a narrow subject label. It brings together implementation notes and technical decisions, with delivery lessons from across the rest of the site.
LeetCode: The 'Trapping Rain Water' Problem with Two‑Pointer Approach. 
Lazy Loading in Angular: Optimising Performance. Lazy Loading in Angular: Optimising Performance
How lazy loading in Angular improves performance, where route‑level splitting helps most, and how to avoid messy boundaries and loading states in larger apps.
A Brief Look at JavaScript’s Temporal Dates and Times API. A Brief Look at JavaScript's
TemporalDates and Times APIA practical look at JavaScript Temporal, why Date is awkward, and how clearer date, time, time zone, duration, and parsing APIs improve modern code.
Next.js vs. Remix: Understanding the Key Differences. Next.js vs. Remix: Understanding the Key Differences
Next.js vs. Remix compared properly, across routing, data loading, mutations, caching, and the architectural trade‑offs teams actually feel in production.
Horizontal & Vertical Scanning: The Longest Common Prefix Problem. Horizontal & Vertical Scanning: The Longest Common Prefix Problem
Compare horizontal and vertical scanning for Longest Common Prefix in TypeScript, including complexity, edge cases and when each method is clearer.
Intervals in Practice: Solving the 'Merge Intervals' Problem. Intervals in Practice: Solving the 'Merge Intervals' Problem
Solve Merge Intervals in TypeScript by sorting ranges, merging overlaps, handling touching intervals, preserving inputs, and avoiding common mistakes.
Understanding Signals in Angular: The Future of Reactivity. Understanding Signals in Angular: The Future of Reactivity
Angular signals explained properly, from computed values and effects to where they simplify state, templates, and change detection without replacing RxJS.
Using Vue's Suspense for Asynchronous Components. Using Vue's Suspense for Asynchronous Components
How Vue Suspense handles async components and loading states, where it helps, where it falls short, and what still needs extra care in production.
Declarative vs. Imperative Programming. Declarative vs. Imperative Programming
A technical discussion about the key differences between declarative and imperative programming, focusing on development with JavaScript, ES6, and React.
Prefix and Suffix Products: Solving 'Product of Array Except Self'. Prefix and Suffix Products: Solving 'Product of Array Except Self'
How to solve Product of Array Except Self without division, using prefix and suffix products to keep the logic linear and interview‑safe in TypeScript.
Currying in JavaScript Explained. Currying in JavaScript Explained
Currying transforms functions into a sequence of single‑argument calls. An exploration into implementation, benefits, and comparison to partial application.
LeetCode: Removing the nth Node from the End of a List. LeetCode: Removing the
nthNode from the End of a ListHow to remove the Nth node from the end of a linked list in TypeScript. Here we break down and explore a simple double‑pass and an efficient single‑pass method.
Building Custom Directives in Angular. Building Custom Directives in Angular
How to build custom directives in Angular when DOM behaviour belongs outside a component, and how to keep selectors and scope readable in larger templates.
Gatsby and Contentful: Why the Pair Worked. Gatsby and Contentful: Why the Pair Worked
Why Gatsby and Contentful worked well together for static sites, what made the model productive, and why teams later reassessed build time and fit.
Owasp Top Ten: What Web Engineers Should Know. Owasp Top Ten: What Web Engineers Should Know
A candid look at the OWASP Top Ten for web engineers, covering the 2021 risks, front‑end boundaries, platform decisions, and practical next steps.
The Palindrome Number Problem: Strings vs. Maths in JavaScript. The Palindrome Number Problem: Strings vs. Maths in JavaScript
Distinguishing two approaches to detect palindrome numbers: the intuitive string method vs. the optimised mathematical technique, highlighting their merits.
Building Design Systems for Web Applications with Figma, Storybook, and npm. Building Design Systems for Web Applications with Figma, Storybook, and npm
Build design systems for web apps with Figma tokens, Storybook components, npm packages, release discipline, supply‑chain care, and team adoption.
Caching Strategies for Data Fetching in Next.js. Caching Strategies for Data Fetching in Next.js
Caching strategies for data fetching in Next.js, including force‑cache, revalidation, stale data trade‑offs, and the debugging traps teams hit in production.