Josh Branchaud

I'm a developer and consultant focused primarily on the web, specializing in Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, TypeScript, and React. Newsletter: https://visualmode.kit.com/newsletter

Chicago Joined on Dec 24, 2019 https://visualmode.dev

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Independent Software Dev @ VisualMode.dev

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Josh Branchaud

Mar 24 '20

How I Built a Learning Machine

#todayilearned #learninpublic #writing

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5 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jan 10 '23

Reduce a JSON Object to just Entries of a Specific Type with jq

#productivity #ai #programming #learning

2 min read

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Josh Branchaud

May 29 '22

Breaking Down a Complex Mapped Type

#typescript #tutorial #webdev

4 min read

Josh Branchaud

May 5 '22

Speeding Up An Expensive PostgreSQL Query: B-Tree vs. BRIN

#postgres #performance #webdev #devops

6 min read

Josh Branchaud

Aug 31 '21

Strong Confirmation Modal with XState

#xstate #react #typescript #javascript

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jul 6 '21

1/7 GUI Tasks with React and XState: Counter

#xstate #react #webdev #tutorial

6 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jun 29 '21

Test ActionMailer `deliver_later` in RSpec Controller Tests

#rails #ruby #testing #webdev

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jun 10 '21

Give your Postgres Queries More Memory to Work With

#postgres #database #performance #devops

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jun 4 '21

Tackle that Big Task

#advice

1 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jun 1 '21

There is no triple-quote multi-line string syntax in Ruby

#ruby

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

May 30 '21

Upgrade a Rails app from the Heroku-16 to the Heroku-18 Stack

#rails #ruby #heroku #devops

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

May 27 '21

Beware The Missing Foreign Key Index: A Postgres Performance Gotcha

#sql #postgres #database #performance

102

12 min read

Josh Branchaud

May 8 '21

Use an XState Machine with React

#react #xstate #javascript #ux

4 min read

Josh Branchaud

Apr 12 '21

My Annotated Vim CoC Config

#vim

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 21 '21

Build a Custom RSpec Matcher for Comparing DateTimes

#rails #rspec #testing #ruby

4 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 15 '21

4 Months in to a 3 Month Experiment

#career #journey

4 min read

Josh Branchaud

Feb 27 '21

Reinstall PostgreSQL with OpenSSL using asdf

#postgres

4 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jan 22 '21

Add Tailwind CSS to a Rails app

#rails #tailwindcss #css

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jan 19 '21

A Few Methods for Returning Default Values when Creating ActiveRecord Objects

#rails #database #activerecord

7 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jan 3 '21

The Modes of tmux

#todayilearned #tmux #terminal

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jul 31 '20

Test Timing-Based JS Functions with Jest

#javascript #testing #jest

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jul 22 '20

Reapply the Previous Visual Selection in Vim

#vim #tutorial

1 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jul 19 '20

Interactively Browse Large Lists of Data with FZF

#commandline #fzf #tutorial

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Jun 3 '20

Referencing the global namespace with Ruby's Scope Resolution Operator

#ruby #rails

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Apr 7 '20

Introducing Vim Un-Alphabet

#vim #screencast #learninpublic

1 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 28 '20

Living Notes on Working Effectively with Legacy Code

7 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 26 '20

"30 Days of X" Strategies

#writing #habits #goals #learninpublic

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 26 '20

Next-Gen Blogging

#blogging #writing #learninpublic

5 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 24 '20

Fullstory Study Hall

#usability #productdevelopment #learninpublic

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 22 '20

Save The Title For Last

#writing #learninpublic #notetaking

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 21 '20

Code Decay

#softwardevelopment #learninpublic

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 21 '20

Practicing Well

#practice #learninpublic #professionaldevelopment

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 19 '20

Culture of Collaboration

#softwaredevelopment #collaboration #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 18 '20

Deliberate Note-Taking

#writing #reading #learninpublic #notetaking

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 18 '20

Crafting Commits

#softwaredevelopment #learninpublic #collaboration

1 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 16 '20

Fight Focus with Atomic Work

#productivity #learninpublic

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 15 '20

Software Side-Quests

#softwaredevelopment #learninpublic #refactoring

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 14 '20

Atomic Commits

#softwaredevelopment #collaboration #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 13 '20

Slower Debugging

#softwaredevelopment #debugging #writing #learninpublic

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 12 '20

Good Commit Messages

#softwaredevelopment #collaboration #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 11 '20

Conversation Mitigators

#collaboration #softwaredevelopment #learninpublic

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 10 '20

Cleanup Commits

#softwaredevelopment #collaboration #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 9 '20

Whiteboards as a Shared Resource

#collaboration #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 8 '20

Adjust the Audience Knob

#writing #learninpublic

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 7 '20

Stepping back from the developer mindset

#learninpublic #softwaredevelopment #problemsolving

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 7 '20

Give pair programming another chance

#pairprogramming #learninpublic #softwaredevelopment #agile

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 6 '20

Don't Leave Your Empty States Empty

#learninpublic #productdesign #ux

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 5 '20

New features are a liability

#softwaredevelopment #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 4 '20

Writing without Publishing

#writing #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 3 '20

A Little Peppermint

#productdesign #ux #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Mar 1 '20

How I learned to Learn in Public

#todayilearned #learninpublic #writing

3 min read

Josh Branchaud

Feb 29 '20

Into the Flywheel

#writing #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Feb 28 '20

A Time without a Zone

#communication #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Feb 28 '20

The Digital Garden

#writing #digitalgarden #learninpublic

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Feb 27 '20

Write More, Write Small

#writing

2 min read

Josh Branchaud

Dec 24 '19

A Little Bit of JavaScript: classnames

#javascript #react

3 min read