Ali Zahid

Blog

Going ham with Next.js
Going ham with Next.js
How far can you push Next.js? What can you build with it? Let's find out
December 22, 2020
Geo queries with Prisma
Geo queries with Prisma
Prisma doesn't support a lot of native types yet. So what's the workaround for PostGIS queries?
October 30, 2020
ESLint for new projects
ESLint for new projects
A reference store of my ESLint configurations for new projects
October 14, 2020
Corona times
Corona times
It's been a long time since I posted anything. Time for a catch-up
June 24, 2020
Prodo
Prodo
Prodo is a name I used for an SMS API I built years ago. But that never panned out, so I repurposed it when I built a snippet manager last weekend
September 29, 2019
PlanBear
PlanBear
I first built PlanBear with Ember and Cordova during a Hackathon. It's like Meetup for smaller and more spontaneous plans
September 18, 2019
Building a website with Stitch and Next
Building a website with Stitch and Next
I'm always trying to rebuild my blog with different tech to see what works best. This approach uses Stitch, Next.js, and React
September 16, 2019
Surviving Azure Functions
Surviving Azure Functions
My year with Azure Functions and how I survived
July 3, 2019
Bijli
Bijli
The past, present, and future of one of my oldest ideas
May 19, 2019
Last two months
Last two months
What I've been up to for the last two months and why I've abandoned all my goals
May 17, 2019
Mittens
Mittens
Mittens brings you push notifications from GitHub
March 10, 2019
Getting started with React Native
Getting started with React Native
Setting up React Native projects with CocoaPods can be tricky. Here are some of my tricks so you can avoid Xcode hell
March 2, 2019
Goodbye, Metro
Goodbye, Metro
I shut down my first app ever. A story of being outdone
February 6, 2019
Building WoWdb
Building WoWdb
WoWdb is a mobile World of Warcraft database. It's built with React, React Native, Fastify, MongoDB, and hosted on Render
January 17, 2019
Picking a location with React Native
Picking a location with React Native
A performance-oriented approach to let users pick their location on a map
January 7, 2019
Building a website with Prismic
Building a website with Prismic
How I rebuilt my website using Prismic, a headless CMS, and React
January 6, 2019