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5 articles by Bryan Robinson.

Frontend — Crafting Strong DX With Astro Components and TypeScript

Crafting Strong DX With Astro Components and TypeScript

One thing we can do to help teams code consistently is provide type-checking so that all of the configurable options for a specific component are available while coding. Bryan demonstrates how he does this with TypeScript when working with Astro components.

BRBryan RobinsonBryan Robinson·April 1, 2025Frontend
Engineering — Building A Static-First MadLib Generator With Portable Text And Netlify On-Demand Builder Functions — Smashing Magazine

Building A Static-First MadLib Generator With Portable Text And Netlify On-Demand Builder Functions — Smashing Magazine

Creating an interactive experience with fiction can be a chore with traditional content management tools. Let’s make it the domain of just one content creator in which the user will fill out a form before reading the story. In this article, Bryan Robinson will be building an interactive fiction experience in which a user can insert words that match parts of speech given by the content creator. Let

BRBryan RobinsonBryan Robinson·October 8, 2021Engineering
Engineering — Simplify Your Stack With A Custom-Made Static Site Generator — Smashing Magazine

Simplify Your Stack With A Custom-Made Static Site Generator — Smashing Magazine

In modern development, there are so many great tools for developing websites, but often they are more than what’s necessary for a given project. Because these tools are built for diverse use cases, they have to have a lot of features. Those features make them powerful. They also make them quite complex and opaque for new developers. In this article, Bryan Robinson will explore how to take a humble

BRBryan RobinsonBryan Robinson·September 23, 2020Engineering
Engineering — From Static Sites To End User Jamstack Apps With FaunaDB — Smashing Magazine

From Static Sites To End User Jamstack Apps With FaunaDB — Smashing Magazine

To make the move from “site” to app, we’ll need to dive into the world of “app-generated” content. In this article, Bryan Robinson will get you started in this world with the power of serverless data. He’ll start with a simple demo by ingesting and posting data to FaunaDB and then extend that functionality in a full-fledged application using Auth0, FaunaDB’s Token system and User-Defined Functions

BRBryan RobinsonBryan Robinson·June 9, 2020Engineering