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Felix Gerschau

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Felix Gerschau's personal blog at felixgerschau.com covers web and programming. Since 2020, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.

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22mentions?
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2020–2023first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 19 in 2020

Felix Gerschau is a web developer specializing in front-end development.

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  1. Why write inefficient code when it's just as easy to do it right? I also wrote an article about this, if you can write efficient code without sacrificing readability I think it's worth the (small) effort. https://felixgerschau.com/premature-optimization-javascript

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    on “When does React re-render? Explaining rerenders and how to optimize performance”
  2. Submitted When does React re-render? Explaining rerenders and how to optimize performance as a story · 99 points

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  3. Submitted How to Create Web Push Notifications – Full Tutorial as a story · 5 points

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  4. Submitted Service Workers Explained – Introduction to the JavaScript API as a story · 3 points

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  5. Submitted Measuring the Performance of JavaScript Functions – APIs and how to use them as a story · 3 points

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  6. Submitted My 9 favorite topics of “The Pragmatic Programmer” as a story · 2 points

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  7. Submitted How to Make Your React App a Progressive Web App – Full Tutorial with TypeScript as a story · 2 points

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  8. Submitted Top Web Developer Blogs in 2020 as a story · 2 points

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  9. Submitted How to communicate with Service Workers |MessageChannel Broadcast and Client API as a story · 2 points

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  10. Submitted JavaScript Event Loop and Call Stack Explained as a story · 1 points

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  11. Submitted Separation of Concerns with React Hooks as a story · 1 points

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  12. Submitted TypeScript helps you build better React apps as a story · 1 points

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  13. Submitted JavaScript's Memory Management Explained as a story · 1 points

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  14. Submitted Unit testing React – What you need to know as a story · 1 points

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  15. Submitted Premature Optimization in JavaScript as a story · 1 points

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  16. Submitted Periodic Background Sync – Explaining the JavaScript API and How to Use It as a story · 1 points

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  17. Submitted High Performance Mobile Web by Maximiliano Firtman – Review and Personal Notes as a story · 1 points

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  18. Submitted Service Worker Lifecycle and Updates Explained as a story · 1 points

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  19. Submitted Make Your React App a Progressive Web App-Comprehensive Intro to PWAs+Tutorial as a story · 1 points

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  20. Submitted Getting into Performance Budgets as a story · 1 points

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  21. Submitted Custom Metrics with WebPageTest and TravisCI as a story · 1 points

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  22. Submitted How To – Create a PWA Update Notification with Create React App as a story · 1 points

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