Mo’s Blog

Hey anyone who happens to read this. A few days ago I wanted to try compose my own music because I can't play on the Piano what's in my head.

I dedicate it to Nadine, a dear friend of mine :) May a piece of her soul live in this forever.

I hacked together a small POC framework / boilerplate tonight which I’d like to share with you. But let’s first take a look at why and how this framework was born out of proven real world concepts and architecture.

Take for example Redux quite a while ago. Immutable states and centralized state management had such an impact that React added a useReducer hook to the core.

Ever since useReducer has been available I haven’t really found a need for Redux anymore. Pure reducers can be used in a similar fashion to Redux and Sagas can easily be implemented with useEffect . However; a few principles stuck with me that simply made life easier because it just works.

Yo bois, lass ma noch mal n bisschen zusammen chillen und einfach n paar flows aus dem Mic in unsere Seele eindringen. Hab Bock auf n bisschen Linguistik Jonglage, so mit 3 Sprachen in einem Text; que pasa? de repente, rapea en español ese loco esta enferma del mente; "Weon, ese flow" escucho decir la gente.

I think; this shit is mental let's groove in some oldschool flows like: I'm flabbergasted, when I was young; back then, my homies used to bazzle my lung; My dudes bong had pressure like a fireman hose; my lines so fire it flows; million degrees; makes you think we used to smoke weed during high school classes together with Cypress Hill.

TypeScript is a strongly typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JS. It improves code quality, catches errors early, and enhances developer productivity with powerful IDE support like autocompletion, type inference, and safe refactoring. It makes large codebases easier to manage, scales better, and is widely adopted in professional frontend and fullstack development. Mastering TypeScript is essential for advancing in modern development practices.

It’s your life - your responsibility.

1. Depression
   • Life’s a bitch.
   • Depression often sticks with you forever.
   • Learn to adapt and live with it.
   • It’s the little things.
   • Drugs will make it worse long-term.

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Hi, I’m Mo – a Senior Full-Stack Developer with 12+ years of experience. On this blog, I share insights into my work, exciting projects, and modern technologies like TypeScript, JavaScript, React, and GraphQL. You’ll find regular posts on clean code, frontend and full-stack best practices, agile software development, and sustainable architecture. Whether as a lead or team member, I focus on effective collaboration and pragmatic solutions. This blog is my space to share knowledge, reflect on new tech, and connect with others – from Freiburg or remotely. Take a look around and feel free to reach out!

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