Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Picking the Stack for uses.tech - Gatsby, React, Context, Styled Components
Jan 20, 2020
Scott and Wes explore the creation of uses.tech, an innovative website aimed at aggregating developers' favorite tools. They discuss the tech stack, including Gatsby and React, for building fast and functional sites. The conversation dives into APIs, showcasing Clearbit and Unavatar, while highlighting state management in React. They also tackle the technical challenge of creating an animated favicon with React Hooks and styled components. Finally, they touch on streamlining project management with GitHub actions and the benefits of Netlify deployment.
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Genesis of uses.tech
- Wes Boss created uses.tech after realizing his Awesome Uses repo, a list of people's tech stacks, became too long to navigate.
- He secured the uses.tech domain from a sponsor, aiming to create a searchable database of tech stacks.
Data Storage
- Use a simple data structure like a JavaScript array for storing data if you don't need a complex database.
- Allow for community contributions via pull requests on GitHub to keep the data updated.
Avatar Acquisition
- Wes used Clearbit API initially, leveraging their logo API for avatar retrieval.
- He found unavatar, a free service hosted on Now.sh that fetches avatars based on usernames from multiple platforms.