Sidney AlcantaraSamsung’s ViewFinity S9 27″ 5K could be a great monitor — if it had reliable software2,500 words for those as pedantic about high-density displays as I am13 min read·Sep 18, 2023--3--3
Sidney AlcantarainBetter ProgrammingHow to Add Hotlink Protection to Your Web Fonts With Netlify Edge Functions and DenoBecause the people crafting quality typefaces deserve to be paid7 min read·May 4, 2023----
Sidney AlcantarainBetter ProgrammingHow and Why You Should Store React UI State in the URLDeep linking in React, as simple as useState5 min read·Dec 9, 2021--8--8
Sidney AlcantarainBootcampUI design trends of today and how to apply them in your appsFrom outline icons to switch designs, the UIs of major OSes are all starting to look similar.16 min read·Nov 23, 2021--4--4
Sidney AlcantarainBetter ProgrammingWe Refactored 10K Lines of Code in Our Open Source React ProjectKnow the how, the when, and the why behind our refactoring6 min read·Feb 8, 2021--1--1
Sidney AlcantarainBetter ProgrammingHow to useRef to Fix React Performance IssuesAnd how we stopped our React context from re-rendering everything5 min read·Nov 23, 2020--9--9
Sidney AlcantarainThe StartupHow We Built Our Virtual Live Event Platform With Firestore and FiretableBehind the scenes from Antler’s virtual Demo Day9 min read·Sep 17, 2020----
Sidney AlcantarainThe StartupGatsby won against Next.js in this head-to-headI made the same web app in Gatsby and Next.js and found Gatsby performed better9 min read·Apr 24, 2020--3--3
Sidney AlcantaraLessons from becoming a web developer at 18Almost a year ago, I started my first proper job as a web developer at 2hats: a Sydney startup that connects work-ready university…5 min read·Jul 29, 2019----
Sidney AlcantaraHow I (accidentally) started my web developer career at 18Developing a passion, enduring an interview from hell, and finding an opportunity by luck10 min read·Jul 29, 2019----