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Doing the latest round of recruitments at Aller Media Finland got me thinking that it could be beneficial to write down some of the things I am looking for when hiring for junior developers as I remember back in the day being pretty clueless when applying for my first developer role and I see similar mistakes repeating in the applications I am combing through.

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Supermon - Solving the infamous node_modules Docker problem

Node.js and Docker go together like peanut butter and jelly (if you are into such things). However, that combination has a common problem that everyone eventually has to face which is that the volume mapping from host also brings in `node_modules` that has code built specifically for the host OS.

Mikko Tikkanen
Mikko Tikkanen
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How to: Npm release & changelog automation with Github Actions

One of the hallmarks of highly functioning development teams is speed of the release cycle - Highly functioning agile teams release more often than those that are still lagging behind. One of the cornerstones of such teams is high level of automation as time spent doing releases is off from development and repetitive manual work equates to high risk of human errors.

Mikko Tikkanen
Mikko Tikkanen
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How to make JavaScript type safe

Here’s a question: Is there a way to improve JavaScript developer experience more towards static typing and still have the same exact developer process with plain JavaScript? Gladly the answer seems to be yes; You can transition to type-safe(ish) JavaScript just by adding few libraries, no modifications to the codebase are required.

Mikko Tikkanen
Mikko Tikkanen
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Aller Media tech blog

There is a new tech blog at Aller Media now, to which I am writing articles about all the cool things that are happening there.

Mikko Tikkanen
Mikko Tikkanen