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Development

How to Build a Secure Authentication System with JWT and Refresh Tokens

Every app that handles user accounts needs a way to confirm who’s who. That’s what authentication is for, making sure the person using an app is the person...

Joan Ayebola - freecodecamp

How Closures Work in JavaScript: A Handbook for Developers

If you're learning JavaScript, you've probably heard the term "closure" at some point. In many developers' experience, just hearing this word can trigger...

Sumit Saha - freecodecamp

How to Simplify Your React Components with Derived State

React simplifies building user interfaces with hooks like useState for managing dynamic values. But it's common to overuse useState. This often leads to...

Olaleye Blessing - freecodecamp

UX

Creativity is dead; long live creativity

My shifting view of creativity shows it grows from slow, deliberate practice, experimenting, failing, refining, not from instant results.Continue reading on UX Collective »

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Dawn of the undead peripheral

The saga of making a computer perched on a human face look coolContinue reading on UX Collective »

Neel Dozome - cc/feed

Apps have made shopping and dining less accessible, not more

The entire experience has turned into a confusing and frustrating messContinue reading on UX Collective »

Chris Raymond - cc/feed

What an accessibility conference taught me about designing for all

and how understanding human abilities can transform the way we build products and places.Continue reading on UX Collective »

Darren Yeo - cc/feed

Why soft skills will define design careers over the next two years

Here’s what 21 design leaders told me is critical for their teamsContinue reading on UX Collective »

Kai Wong - cc/feed

Locksmith stickers are annoying, but kind of genius

Locksmith stickers are annoying, illegal, and typographically messy. But by appearing where you least expect them — from letterboxes to…Continue reading...

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Mobile

Theming and Customization in Flutter: A Handbook for Developers

Design is not just about how something looks. In product engineering, design shapes how an experience feels, how users interact with it, and how consistently...

Atuoha Anthony - freecodecamp

Other

Tips from a Serial Career Changer with GitHub's Andrea Griffiths [Podcast #199]

Today Quincy Larson interviews Andrea Griffiths, who taught herself programming using freeCodeCamp while working in construction. She moved to the US from...

Estefania Cassingena Navone - freecodecamp

How to Build an AI-Driven Search Experience using Meilisearch

Search is one of the most important features in modern applications. Users expect instant answers, useful suggestions, and results that match their intent...

Manish Shivanandhan - freecodecamp

freeCodeCamp's Top Open Source Contributors of 2025

2025 has been a super productive year for the global freeCodeCamp community. As we start our 12th year as a community, we’re firing on all cylinders, pushing...

Quincy Larson - freecodecamp

Learn CSS Flexbox for Beginners [Free 2-hour course]

Flexbox is a powerful CSS feature that lets you build user interfaces that fit any screen size. freeCodeCamp just published a Flexbox for beginners course...

Quincy Larson - freecodecamp

How to Deploy Your Own Cockroach DB Instance on Kubernetes [Full Book for Devs]

Developers are smart, wonderful people, and they’re some of the most logical thinkers you’ll ever meet. But we’re pretty terrible at naming things 😂 Like,...

Prince Onukwili - freecodecamp

How to Use Vibe Coding Effectively as a Dev

It may seem like everyone is a vibe coder these days, and prompting seemed like it would become the new coding. But is this AI-generated code really...

Ankur Tyagi - freecodecamp

The internet needs an AI off switch

Allan MacDonald - cc/feed

Florence Nightingale on vanity metrics

Nate Sowder - cc/feed