Gerard Hynes

Writing

I write about the things I'm learning in the hope that explaining these topics will help me remember them, and maybe help other learners too.

Tutorials I've published for freeCodeCamp.org.

2/3/2023

Apache Kafka is an open-source event streaming platform that can transport huge volumes of data at very low latency.

1/4/2023

The JavaScript Internationalization API lets you format numbers compactly, such as 123K for 123,000.

9/6/2022

Eleventy is a static site generator that uses JavaScript to transform data and templates into HTML pages.

6/7/2022

Now is a great time to learn relational databases and SQL. From web development to data science, they are used everywhere.

4/7/2022

Learning Scala can be challenging but there are resources for beginners. Here are a few I found helpful.

9/1/2021

Get rid of that dreaded CORS message using serverless functions with Netlify.

7/28/2021

Figure out where you went wrong and how you're going to fix it.

3/27/2021

A quick guide to getting your Node app talking to a cloud-based MongoDB database.

10/30/2020

How I rebuilt my personal site to better communicate my abilities.