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class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">January 21, 2014</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2014/02/04/maintainable-node-js-javascript-avoid-process-exit" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Maintainable Node.js JavaScript: Avoid process.exit()</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">February 4, 2014</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2014/02/25/now-shipping-principles-of-object-oriented-javascript" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Now shipping: Principles of Object-Oriented JavaScript</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">February 25, 2014</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2014/03/04/accessing-google-spreadsheets-from-node-js" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Accessing Google Spreadsheets from Node.js</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">March 4, 2014</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2014/03/18/leanpub-one-year-later" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Leanpub: One year later</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">March 18, 2014</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2014/03/26/announcing-understanding-ecmascript-6" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Announcing Understanding ECMAScript 6</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">March 26, 2014</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2014/04/02/i-have-lyme-disease" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">I have Lyme disease</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">April 2, 2014</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2014/04/15/a-framework-for-thinking-about-work" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">The Value-Effort Matrix: A framework for thinking about work</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">April 15, 2014</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2014/04/22/creating-defensive-objects-with-es6-proxies" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Creating defensive objects with ES6 proxies</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">April 22, 2014</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2014/04/29/creating-type-safe-properties-with-ecmascript-6-proxies" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Creating type-safe properties with ECMAScript 6 proxies</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">April 29, 2014</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2014/05/06/urls-are-already-dead" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">URLs are already dead</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">May 6, 2014</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2014/05/27/an-open-letter-to-the-fcc-regarding-net-neutrality" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">An open letter to the FCC regarding net neutrality</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">May 27, 2014</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2014/06/03/my-ecmascript-7-wishlist" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">My ECMAScript 7 wishlist</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">June 3, 2014</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2014/07/15/generalists-and-specialists-thoughts-on-hiring" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Generalists and specialists: thoughts on hiring</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">July 15, 2014</i> </p> </div> </div> </main> <div 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