#typescript#javascript#webdev#beginners
API Calls Done Right: From Messy Fetch to Clean Data Layer
I've seen this file in almost every frontend project I've ever touched. It's usually called api.js...
Gavin Cettolo10 min read
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Gavin Cettolo10 min read
#webdev#productivity#career#softwareengineering
The Hidden Cost of "It Works": Why Quick Fixes Kill Long-Term Speed
It was a Thursday afternoon when the Teams message came in. A bug in production. A date formatting...
Gavin Cettolo9 min read
#react#javascript#webdev#beginners
Stop Using useEffect Like This: 5 Patterns That Are Silently Breaking Your React App
I was doing a code review for a colleague when I found it. The component had five useEffect...
Gavin Cettolo9 min read
#ai#webdev#productivity#career
The AI-Augmented Developer: How AI Is Changing the Way We Write Code
A few months ago, I found myself doing something I hadn’t done before. Not Googling. Not digging...
Gavin Cettolo4 min read
#career#webdev#cleancode#softwareengineering
Corporate Amnesia: What Happens When Your Team Forgets How Its Own Code Works
A few months ago, we had to change a small piece of logic. It sounded simple. A minor...
Gavin Cettolo5 min read
#webdev#javascript#beginners#tutorial
The Strategy Pattern in JavaScript: Replace Messy If-Else Logic With Clean Code
A while ago, I opened a file and immediately knew something was off. Not because it was broken. Not...
Gavin Cettolo4 min read
#career#codereview#softwareengineering#programming
Code Reviews Without Drama: How Great Teams Give Feedback That Actually Helps
A few years ago, I left a code review feeling… weird. The code worked. Tests were passing. But the...
Gavin Cettolo4 min read
#webdev#programming#productivity#discuss
Bad Code Is a High-Interest Loan: How Technical Debt Slowly Kills Team Velocity
We were moving fast. Features shipped every week. Stakeholders were happy. The backlog was finally...
Gavin Cettolo5 min read
#webdev#react#javascript#cleancode
React Components vs Spaghetti: 5 Signs Your UI Is Becoming Unmaintainable
Last week I opened a React component… and immediately closed it. Not because it was complex. But...
Gavin Cettolo6 min read
#webdev#beginners#nextjs#react
Next.js Folder Zen: Padroneggiare la Directory app/
Se hai iniziato da poco a usare Next.js 13+, probabilmente hai aperto un progetto e hai...
Gavin Cettolo5 min read
#nextjs#webdev#beginners#react
Next.js Folder Zen: Mastering the app/ Directory
If you’ve recently started using Next.js 13+, you’ve probably opened a project and thought: “Why...
Gavin Cettolo5 min read
#cleancode#softwareengineering#carriera#techleadership
Il codice non si licenzia, ma le persone sì: Clean Code, Debito Tecnico e Bus Factor
TL;DR Il debito tecnico non è solo un fastidio per gli sviluppatori: è un rischio aziendale con...
Gavin Cettolo4 min read
#cleancode#softwareengineering#productivity#webdev
Code doesn’t quit, but people do: Clean Code, Technical Debt, and the Bus Factor
TL;DR Technical debt isn’t just a developer inconvenience, it’s a business risk with compound...
Gavin Cettolo5 min read
#react#nextjs#cleancode#career
Hellooo devs 👋
I'm Gavin Cettolo, a full-stack developer since 2017. I work with React and Next.js, believe in Clean Code, use AI thoughtfully, and recently completed an MBA with honors to better understand the business side of software.
Gavin Cettolo3 min read
#react#nextjs#cleancode#career
Buuuongiorno devs 👋
Sono Gavin Cettolo, sviluppatore full stack dal 2017. Lavoro con React e Next.js, credo nel Clean Code, uso l'AI con criterio e ho concluso un MBA con il massimo dei voti per capire meglio il lato business del software.
Gavin Cettolo3 min read