Young Reacts #38

Inspired by my manager Lauren, I started an experiment to have 1:1 chats with aspiring Korean engineers. Super excited to learn their perspectives and share mine as well 🤩

People ❤️

React, a popular open source project that started at Facebook, is adopting a new code of conduct after several people on Twitter called out racism in the community

My first reaction was that I was tired of seeing another scandal. But I also realized that I could afford to get tired of the controversies because of my privileges. Hatred should never be tolerated.

Learning Corner with Jeffrey Pfeffer: What If You Couldn’t Easily Fire People?

The author overly simplifies the complex employer-employee relationship. While I agree that the employers’ growth mindset will benefit the employees, the stricter labor law won’t lead to the growth mindset. Korea has a far more stringent labor law, but the employers don’t nearly invest as much into their employees.

Business 💸

npm bans terminal ads

I am disappointed that npm users revolted against the terminal ads. If you don’t like their ads, don’t use the libraries. npm did come out with an intent to support the open-source ecosystem. I hope they can alleviate the problems they outlined.

Software Engineering ⚙️

GraphQL Best Practices: Nullability

I prefer the most strict configuration in Typescript. I believe it reduces the maintenance costs of massive projects. So I wondered why GraphQL chose nullability by default. This section taught me the reason.

TypeGraphQL and GraphQL Nexus — A Look at Code-First APIs ?

Juggling with type definitions between a GraphQL schema and Typescript is hard. There are three sources of truth: your schema, resolvers, and types, which makes syncing confusing. I need to evaluate the libraries in the article.

Web 🌐

Optional Chaining

Optional Chaining is the most exciting feature for me. The proposal has recently been moved to Stage 3 and Typescript also plans on supporting this feature in 3.7 (in 2 to 3 months). The linked article will refresh your memory of its behavior.

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