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I bundled these up into groups and wrote some thoughts about why I ask them!

If these helped you, I'd love to hear about it!! I'm on twitter @vcarl_ or send me an email [email protected]

Onboarding and the workplace

https://blog.vcarl.com/interview-questions-onboarding-workplace/

  • How long will it take to deploy my first change? To become productive? To understand the codebase?
  • What kind of equipment will I be provided? Will the company pay/reimburse me if I want something specific?
@jherax
jherax / configure.md
Last active July 3, 2025 12:33
VS Code: Debugging with Jest

VS Code: Debugging Jest

Sometimes, debugging with console.log is not enough to find out what is happening in the code, as console.log prints only plain objects but neither functions nor objects with circular references. Besides, it's possible you may need to know the context and flow of the code.

Read more about debugging with VS Code in VS Code: Debugging.

#!/bin/bash
set -e
# Script to setup a Next.js application with Typescript, Storybook, SCSS and Jest
# Inspired by https://medium.com/swlh/2020-complete-setup-for-storybook-nextjs-typescript-scss-and-jest-1c9ce41e6481
# After this script is executed, manually add the following lines to package.json scripts section:
# "test": "jest",
# "test:watch": "jest --watch",
# "test:coverage": "jest --coverage",
@jabbink
jabbink / Albert Heijn app API.md
Last active October 22, 2025 06:25
Interact with the Albert Heijn mobile app API to retrieve receipt data, and other things

AH API

Always use User-Agent: Appie/8.22.3 and Content-Type: application/json
Technically there is more information about your device and user ID after it, but the server does not seem to care

Token

If you have a valid access_token, add it as a header in request
Authorization: Bearer access_token