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Written by #Cookielabbers. We talk about code, apps, data and things we do when we aren't eating cookies.

European Coffee Trip releases mobile app for coffee lovers

European Coffee Trip, a portal for coffee lovers and a guide to European roasters and cafés with specialty coffee, is set to launch its mobile app on September 30, 2021. Prague-based Cookielab is behind the development of the app.

September 30, 2021

Tackling recursion (not just) in TypeScript

Recursion allows for solving a certain domain of problems with clarity, conciseness and elegance. Sadly, using recursion in TypeScript (Javascript) comes at a price.

September 14, 2021

How to write your own JSON parser using functional TypeScript & fp‑ts ‑ part I

In the first post of this two part series, we lay down the basic components for building a general string parser. We will use TypeScript and the fp-ts library, and basic knowledge of functional concepts (function composition, immutability) and data types (Option, Either) is expected.

August 3, 2021

How to read config values from env using io-ts

Even in simple, smaller applications we have to deal with configuration of some kind. Since we all know that hardcoding config values sucks, we tend to pick the easy-yet-flexible and powerful method - reading values from environmental variables.

October 1, 2020

Open Source @ Cookielab

At Cookielab, we use and contribute to many open source projects (OSS). Our primary motivation is not necessarily to give back to the community (which we care about greatly). The fact is that we use open source tools to help us to be more productive, and we usually use them for client-facing work.

April 2, 2020

Best Practices aka How not to be the worst developer

Write tests, do proper code reviews, run your code before deployment, use database transactions, update dependencies, and on and on and on. Do these things - no matter your seniority - and be one of the good ones!

February 2, 2020

Authentication: The Technological-Product View

There is a big difference between authentication and authorization, and this is (pretty much) all about authentication.

December 2, 2019