Automatically adding size labels to your GitHub PRs
By Toby Gates - 29 December 2023
GitHubAction
Recently i've found it useful to add size labels to PRs. This has allowed my colleages and I to quickly see which PRs are large and which are small...
About Me
Who am I?
I'm Toby, a Senior Software Engineer based in Bedfordshire, UK, with a passion for building things that live on the internet.
I'm currently working on bespoke, fast, responsive and secure web applications and have experience in the Ecommerce, Travel, and Finance sectors.
What do I do?
Front-end Development
Create fast and dynamic web and mobile apps using modern Javascript frameworks.
Back-end Development
Build powerful domain-driven back-end API services and Node integrations.
Best Practices
Use top industry standards such as TDD, BDD, Git, CI/CD, Agile & Scrum.
Consultancy and Support
Provide consultancy and support to clients with varying levels of technological expertise.
My Stack
Typescript
TypeScript is an open-source high-level programming language developed by Microsoft that adds static typing with optional type annotations to JavaScript
Next / React
Next.js is an open-source web development framework created by Vercel providing React-based web applications with server-side rendering and static generation.
Tailwind CSS
Tailwind CSS is an open source CSS framework. It is a utility-first CSS framework that is composed of more than 300 CSS utility classes to build custom user interfaces.
VS Code
Visual Studio Code, also commonly referred to as VS Code, is a source-code editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux and macOS.
Jest
Jest is a JavaScript testing framework designed to ensure correctness of any JavaScript codebase. It allows you to write tests with an approachable, familiar and feature-rich API that gives you results quickly.
Storybook
Storybook is a frontend workshop for building UI components and pages in isolation. Thousands of teams use it for UI development, testing, and documentation.
Zod
Zod is a TypeScript-first schema declaration and validation library. It is designed to be fast, composable, performant and provide the best user experience.
Express
Express is a back end web application framework for building RESTful APIs with Node.js. It is excellent for building robust APIs quickly.
Prisma
Prisma is a database toolkit. It replaces traditional ORMs and makes database access easy with an auto-generated query builder for TypeScript & Node.js.
This website was built with Next, Typescript and Tailwind. Full details of how it works can by found on my GitHub profile.
Latest Articles
Creating a 3D starfield effect with React & Three
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ReactThree.jsJavaScript
In this article we are going to explore how to create a component with a 3D starfield type effect similar to the one...
How to add an Admin account to WordPress using FTP
By Toby Gates - 15 February 2021
WordPressPHP
In the following article we're going to look at how you can add an Admin User account to a WordPress...