Hey, I'm Nikhil
I’m a software developer who loves making things.
Projects
Here are some things I've made recently
Raspberry pi weather display
Laser-cut case to house a raspberry pi that fetches the weather and displays it on an e-ink display.
Managing state without redux
Playing around with the react useContext and useReducer API to manage state
Pineapple Journal
Daily journalling web app built using React
HTTP Status code checker
Offline reference tool for quickly referencing HTTP status codes.
Responsive website for a school
I designed and built a responsive site for a friend's school using Gatsby JS
Bombay train map
I designed a London-inspired map for the train lines in Bombay.
Brexit means Breadsticks
A Chrome extension that turns every mention of Brexit into Breadsticks.
Writing
Here are a few things I've written
How mutating state can lead to bugs in software
Some examples of how mutating state can introduce unexpected bugs
How to Group an array of objects by key
Group an array of objects into an object organised by a key of choice
Bash script to dynamically open web pages straight from the terminal
Automate opening up pages with repetitive patterns
Unit testing using sinon sandbox
Sinon sandbox makes stubbing much easier.
Understanding hoisting in JavaScript
How variables get hoisted, and the difference between using const, let and var.
Examples of closures in JavaScript
A few examples of closures, and how they offer re-usability.
How I came to love small objects and methods in Ruby
How I started writing more readable & testable functions
Using Sinon calledWith to assert that a function was called correctly
Using Sinon to unit test better