Jakub Holy

Jakub is an experienced Java[EE] developer working for a lean & agile consultancy in Norway. He is interested in code quality, developer productivity, testing, and in how to make projects succeed.

Node.js
Jakub HolyNovember 2nd, 2018
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Beware the performance cost of async_hooks (Node 8)
I was excited about async_hooks having finally landed in Node.js 8, as it would enable me to share important troubleshooting…
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JavaScript
Jakub HolyNovember 7th, 2017
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WTF code, defects, and the principle of least astonishment
We have recently introduced two defects, while trying to improve old, obscure code. Of course we are to blame for not…
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JavaScript
Jakub HolyApril 10th, 2015
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Declarative Beats Imperative: Transforming Data In JavaScript
The product I am working on is a fairly typical web application, based on React.js and Node.js. Its main task…
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JavaScript
Jakub HolyFebruary 6th, 2015
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Let the API Do the Hard Work: Promises in JavaScript with Q
Today’s lesson: Delegate the hard work orthogonal to your business logic – concurrency, asynchronicity, state maintenance during iteration etc. –…
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Beware the performance cost of async_hooks (Node 8)

WTF code, defects, and the principle of least astonishment

Declarative Beats Imperative: Transforming Data In JavaScript

Let the API Do the Hard Work: Promises in JavaScript with Q

Thank you!