Algorithmic World Automation

03/01/2025

We recently rolled-out a set of new features to customers, and using feature flags has been essential in mitigating the risk of new releases. Learn more by reading my blog post.

Introduction Rolling out new features in a web application can be risky.

02/11/2025

To help avoid prop drilling in React, the useContext hook is handy. Redux can also help, but some items don't quite fit into application state (Redux), but don't quite make sense to put directly in a component's state either.

https://www.algorithmicworldautomation.com/2025/02/11/understanding-the-usecontext-hook-in-react-a-guide-to-avoiding-prop-drilling/

01/28/2025

I've been working on a project that maintains two mobile apps and one web app. Because maintaining 3 code bases is a very expensive task, we've used a progressive web app approach to reduce this to only one code base.

In today’s fast-paced tech environment, maintaining multiple platforms—a web app, an Android app, and an iOS app—is an ambitious and...

01/19/2025

I recently did a couple of experiments to determine how well I could use AI to build out a couple of Android apps. I have summarized my findings in this post.

Artificial intelligence has revolutionized many industries, and software development is no exception.

01/11/2025

After 1.5 years working on Azure infrastructure, I’ve seen firsthand how microservices can go wrong. Some services were built as personal learning experiments, leaving behind unused Azure resources and unnecessary complexity. Not every piece of functionality needs to be a microservice. This blog goes more in depth:
https://www.algorithmicworldautomation.com/2025/01/11/microservices-are-great-but-not-everything-needs-to-be-a-microservice

01/06/2025

Master React's `useState` and `useEffect` hooks to elevate your functional components! Dive into this blog post for practical examples and insights:

[Understanding useState and useEffect Hooks in React](https://www.algorithmicworldautomation.com/2025/01/05/understanding-usestate-and-useeffect-hooks-in-react/)

07/18/2024

Will AI replace software engineers?

Generative AI has been all the rage since the introduction of ChatGPT at the end of 2022.

01/14/2024

Here's a simple tutorial on how to write a React App to get last trading day's info on stock data on any symbol.

Here's a basic tutorial for creating a React app that queries the Alpha Vantage API to display the last day's stock price for a given symbol.

07/14/2023

Have you ever been really annoyed at all the YouTube ads that show up on your phone? If you do, you can use NewPipe, an open-source app for Android to view YouTube without all those ads that pop up.

What is NewPipe? NewPipe is an open-source Android app that can be used to watch YouTube with no ads.

04/17/2023

Recently I was working on a Web Forms project where I ran into an issue -- DataReader.GetFieldType(n) returned null. Here is an explanation on how I was able to fix it since there were several articles with several different solutions, the final one being one I had to do some more digging for. I'm hoping this helps someone else out who may be running into similar problems.

Introduction I had a .

02/04/2023

REST APIs provide a great way to integrate with online software services. This article gives an overview of REST and some background on how it works to help you get started on either building out REST API servers or applications that use them.

https://www.algorithmicworldautomation.com/2023/02/04/how-to-use-a-rest-api/

12/14/2022

When building a web app, it's essential to be able to be able to collect data from your users. The following article gives an overview on how to do that:

Form Introduction I have worked on a couple different teams that were moving from .