Rolando Rolando-Barbella

What Hiring Should Look Like

This is definitely not the first time I've written about this topic, but I haven't written formally about it in quite awhile. So I want to revisit why I think technical-position interviewing is so poorly designed, and lay out what I think would be a better process.

I'm just one guy, with a bunch of strong opinions and a bunch of flaws. So take these suggestions with a grain of salt. I'm sure there's a lot of talented, passionate folks with other thoughts, and some are probably a lot more interesting and useful than my own.

But at the same time, I hope you'll set aside the assumptions and status quo of how interviewing is always done. Just because you were hired a certain way, and even if you liked it, doesn't mean that it's a good interview process to repeat.

If you're happy with the way technical interviewing currently works at your company, fine. Just stop, don't read any further. I'm not going to spend any effort trying to convince you otherwise.

Array Iteration

https://gist.github.com/ljharb/58faf1cfcb4e6808f74aae4ef7944cff

While attempting to explain JavaScript's reduce method on arrays, conceptually, I came up with the following - hopefully it's helpful; happy to tweak it if anyone has suggestions.

Intro

JavaScript Arrays have lots of built in methods on their prototype. Some of them mutate - ie, they change the underlying array in-place. Luckily, most of them do not - they instead return an entirely distinct array. Since arrays are conceptually a contiguous list of items, it helps code clarity and maintainability a lot to be able to operate on them in a "functional" way. (I'll also insist on referring to an array as a "list" - although in some languages, List is a native data type, in JS and this post, I'm referring to the concept. Everywhere I use the word "list" you can assume I'm talking about a JS Array) This means, to perform a single operation on the list as a whole ("atomically"), and to return a new list - thus making it mu

A top-level App component returns <Button /> from its render() method.

What is the relationship between <Button /> and this in that Button’s render()?
Does rendering <Button><Icon /></Button> guarantee that an Icon mounts?
Can the App change anything in the Button output? What and how?

CSS Layout Debugger

A tweet-sized debugger for visualizing your CSS layouts. Outlines every DOM element on your page a random (valid) CSS hex color.

One-line version to paste in your DevTools

Use $$ if your browser aliases it:

~ 108 byte version

	import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
	import { Storage } from 'aws-amplify'

	function App() {
	const [images, setImages] = useState([])
	useEffect(() => {
	fetchImages()
	}, [])
	async function fetchImages() {
	let imageKeys = await Storage.list('')

	const duplicates = filesAndHashes.filter((file1, index1, array) => {
	return array.some(
	(file2, index2) => index1 !== index2 && file1.hash === file2.hash,
	)
	})

	const groups = duplicates.reduce((groups, {filepath, hash}) => {
	groups[hash] = groups[hash] \|\| []
	groups[hash].push(filepath)
	return groups

	'use strict'
	import React, {
	Component,
	StyleSheet,
	View,
	Text
	} from 'react-native'
	import { padding } from './styles/mixins'

	export default class MixinExample extends Component {

	// Media Queries in Sass 3.2
	//
	// These mixins make media queries a breeze with Sass.
	// The media queries from mobile up until desktop all
	// trigger at different points along the way
	//
	// And important point to remember is that and width
	// over the portrait width is considered to be part of the
	// landscape width. This allows us to capture widths of devices
	// that might not fit the dimensions exactly. This means the break

	/*
	Gulpfile.js file for the tutorial:
	Using Gulp, SASS and Browser-Sync for your front end web development - DESIGNfromWITHIN
	http://designfromwithin.com/blog/gulp-sass-browser-sync-front-end-dev

	Steps:

	1. Install gulp globally:
	npm install --global gulp

	{
	"directory": "vendor/bower_components"
	}