Dan VanderkamAdvent of Code 2020 (this time in Rust)My notes on 2020’s Advent of Code, and my experience of learning Rust while doing it.19 min read·Mar 24, 2021----
Dan VanderkamGitHub Stars and the h-index: A JourneyStarring a repo on GitHub is an easy way to tell its author that you appreciate their work. It only takes one click!6 min read·Feb 10, 2020--1--1
Dan VanderkamPython Tips & Tricks for the Advent of Code 2019I signed up for the Advent of Code after a coworker of mine mentioned that he was doing it. I was instantly hooked on collecting gold…10 min read·Jan 4, 2020--1--1
Dan VanderkaminHackerNoon.comTesting Types: An Introduction to dtslintDoes something look odd about this unit test?4 min read·Jun 7, 2018--3--3
Dan VanderkaminSidewalk TalkExplore Toronto through historical photos — one block at a timeThe open-source, open-data Old Toronto map tool can help locals discover things they didn’t know about the city’s past.5 min read·Mar 20, 2018----
Dan VanderkaminNetscapeAsync Iterators: These Promises Are Killing My Performance!Update from 2023: Node’s performance with async iterators has improved considerably since this post was written in 2017. See the…5 min read·Aug 22, 2017--11--11
Dan VanderkamA typed chain: exploring the limits of TypeScriptUpdate (2020): it is now possible to correctly type _.chain by overloading the type of this on the wrapper interface. This is how the…7 min read·Mar 30, 2017--4--4
Dan VanderkaminSidewalk TalkNew map demo: How the L train shutdown will impact your commuteOur NYC Transit Explorer shows how long it takes to get anywhere in the city by bus or subway. Even during L-mageddon.6 min read·Feb 23, 2017----
Dan VanderkamA Typed pluck: exploring TypeScript 2.1’s mapped typesOne of underscore.js’s most useful methods is _.pluck. It takes an array of objects and "plucks" one property out of each, returning an…6 min read·Dec 26, 2016----