Caleb Olojo's Blog https://meje.dev Articles around software engineering (Typescript, JavaScript, React, Next.js, Rust, TanStack, the open web and more), what i'm learning, and or reading, life, sometimes Sat, 09 May 2026 18:13:21 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Feed for Node.js en Caleb Olojo's Blog https://meje.dev/img/favicon-two/android-chrome-512x512.png https://meje.dev All rights reserved 2026, Caleb Olojo <![CDATA[On strings and characters in Haskell]]> https://meje.dev/blog/strings-and-chars https://meje.dev/blog/strings-and-chars Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) ghc strings <![CDATA[Bits, bytes and pieces]]> https://meje.dev/blog/bits-and-pieces https://meje.dev/blog/bits-and-pieces Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) binary cids bits <![CDATA[Remotes]]> https://meje.dev/blog/remotes https://meje.dev/blog/remotes Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) git <![CDATA[An up-close 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https://meje.dev/blog/adding-image-info-to-zed https://meje.dev/blog/adding-image-info-to-zed Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) rust oss <![CDATA[Blog posts don't show up immediately with GhostCMS]]> https://meje.dev/blog/ghost-cms-posts-doesnt-show https://meje.dev/blog/ghost-cms-posts-doesnt-show Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) headless-cms nextjs <![CDATA[How I fixed a UX issue with a Polling mechanism]]> https://meje.dev/blog/polling-network-requests https://meje.dev/blog/polling-network-requests Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) react UX <![CDATA[I opened three Next.js projects with Zed and my PC did not prepare for liftoff]]> https://meje.dev/blog/tried-zed-on-linux https://meje.dev/blog/tried-zed-on-linux Fri, 12 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) devtools IDE <![CDATA[Monkey patching: refresh token mechanism in React]]> https://meje.dev/blog/refresh-token-mechanism-in-nextjs https://meje.dev/blog/refresh-token-mechanism-in-nextjs Sat, 11 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) auth react nextjs <![CDATA[OAuth with Supabase in a Vite React app]]> https://meje.dev/blog/supabase-oauth-in-react-apps https://meje.dev/blog/supabase-oauth-in-react-apps Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) react auth <![CDATA[How to use react-spring with Chakra UI]]> https://meje.dev/blog/using-react-spring-with-chakraui https://meje.dev/blog/using-react-spring-with-chakraui Sun, 11 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) animation chakraui <![CDATA[Moving husky pre-commit hook into Github Actions]]> https://meje.dev/blog/husky-precommit-into-github-actions https://meje.dev/blog/husky-precommit-into-github-actions Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) actions automation <![CDATA[Blur images onLoad with Next.js]]> https://meje.dev/blog/nextjs-image-blur-on-load https://meje.dev/blog/nextjs-image-blur-on-load Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) nextjs react <![CDATA[Querying a MongoDB collection]]> https://meje.dev/blog/querying-a-mongodb-collection https://meje.dev/blog/querying-a-mongodb-collection Wed, 10 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) nextjs mongodb swr <![CDATA[2023 — Outside the four walls of a classroom]]> https://meje.dev/blog/year-in-review-2023 https://meje.dev/blog/year-in-review-2023 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) life year-in-review <![CDATA[Edge function timeouts of next/image on Netlify]]> https://meje.dev/blog/next-image-error-on-netlify https://meje.dev/blog/next-image-error-on-netlify Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) nextjs netlify <![CDATA[Building a pagination feature with SWR]]> https://meje.dev/blog/building-a-pagination-component-with-swr https://meje.dev/blog/building-a-pagination-component-with-swr Sun, 12 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) swr nextjs <![CDATA[Next.js supports styled-components now?]]> https://meje.dev/blog/nextjs-supports-styled-components https://meje.dev/blog/nextjs-supports-styled-components Mon, 06 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) nextjs styled-components <![CDATA[Persisting auth state in Next.js, React Context and cookie wrappers]]> https://meje.dev/blog/persisting-auth-state-in-nextjs-context-and-cookies https://meje.dev/blog/persisting-auth-state-in-nextjs-context-and-cookies Sat, 07 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) nextjs auth cookies <![CDATA[pageExtensions in Next.js]]> https://meje.dev/blog/page-extensions-in-nextjs https://meje.dev/blog/page-extensions-in-nextjs Wed, 20 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) nextjs <![CDATA[Confirm email with Djoser in a Next.js app]]> https://meje.dev/blog/confirm-email-with-djoser-in-nextjs https://meje.dev/blog/confirm-email-with-djoser-in-nextjs Fri, 15 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) nextjs auth swr <![CDATA[Active nested routes in Next.js — How I figured it out.]]> https://meje.dev/blog/nested-navitems-in-nextjs https://meje.dev/blog/nested-navitems-in-nextjs Sat, 12 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) nextjs react <![CDATA[TypeScript Unions — How I used it.]]> https://meje.dev/blog/how-i-used-typscript-unions https://meje.dev/blog/how-i-used-typscript-unions Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) typescript react <![CDATA[Fixing href interpolation errors in Next.js]]> https://meje.dev/blog/nextjs-href-interpolation-error https://meje.dev/blog/nextjs-href-interpolation-error Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) nextjs <![CDATA[Here's how to use React Suspense in Next.js]]> https://meje.dev/blog/suspense-in-nextjs https://meje.dev/blog/suspense-in-nextjs Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) react nextjs <![CDATA[Authentication in Next.js with cookies and getServerSideProps]]> https://meje.dev/blog/nextjs-auth-with-cookies-and-getserversideprop https://meje.dev/blog/nextjs-auth-with-cookies-and-getserversideprop Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) auth nextjs <![CDATA[You Might not need a state-management Library]]> https://meje.dev/blog/keep-state-in-the-url https://meje.dev/blog/keep-state-in-the-url Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) react nextjs <![CDATA[Masking endpoints with Next.js API routes]]> https://meje.dev/blog/mask-api-urls-with-api-routes https://meje.dev/blog/mask-api-urls-with-api-routes Fri, 19 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) security nextjs <![CDATA[Adding post controllers to my blog]]> https://meje.dev/blog/adding-prev-and-next-buttons 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https://meje.dev/blog/building-a-table-of-content-component Fri, 03 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) ux nextjs <![CDATA[handleChange in TypeScript]]> https://meje.dev/blog/handle-change-in-ts https://meje.dev/blog/handle-change-in-ts Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) typescript react <![CDATA[Add a preloader to a Next.js site — the right way]]> https://meje.dev/blog/building-a-nextjs-preloader-the-right-way https://meje.dev/blog/building-a-nextjs-preloader-the-right-way Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) nextjs <![CDATA[JavaScript in CSS — A subtle approach]]> https://meje.dev/blog/js-in-css-basics https://meje.dev/blog/js-in-css-basics Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) vanillajs CSS <![CDATA[Preventing the default scroll event with Next.js useRouter]]> https://meje.dev/blog/prevent-default-scroll-event https://meje.dev/blog/prevent-default-scroll-event Sun, 05 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) nextjs opensource <![CDATA[Type-checking with TypeScript in React]]> https://meje.dev/blog/type-checking-in-typescript https://meje.dev/blog/type-checking-in-typescript Mon, 09 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) typescript <![CDATA[2022 — you evasive psycho!]]> https://meje.dev/blog/year-in-review-2022 https://meje.dev/blog/year-in-review-2022 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) life year-in-review <![CDATA[Building a real-time views component with Next.js and MongoDB]]> https://meje.dev/blog/building-a-reatime-view-counter https://meje.dev/blog/building-a-reatime-view-counter Mon, 19 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) nextjs <![CDATA[Using PropTypes in React]]> https://meje.dev/blog/using-proptypes-in-react https://meje.dev/blog/using-proptypes-in-react Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) proptypes <![CDATA[Production error with the .next directory on Netlify]]> https://meje.dev/blog/next-directory-returns-error-404-on-netlify https://meje.dev/blog/next-directory-returns-error-404-on-netlify Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) nextjs <![CDATA[Internationalization in Next.js]]> https://meje.dev/blog/html-lang-attribute-in-nextjs https://meje.dev/blog/html-lang-attribute-in-nextjs Thu, 10 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) nextjs <![CDATA[My fair share of rehydration in React]]> https://meje.dev/blog/practical-approach-to-hydration https://meje.dev/blog/practical-approach-to-hydration Sat, 22 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) react nextjs <![CDATA[Gatsby's link component feels tricky]]> https://meje.dev/blog/gatsbys-link-component https://meje.dev/blog/gatsbys-link-component Sat, 15 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) gatsby react <![CDATA[Animating SVGs with Remotion]]> https://meje.dev/blog/svg-animtion-with-remotion https://meje.dev/blog/svg-animtion-with-remotion Tue, 11 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) react svg <![CDATA[Build a re-usable YouTube embed component with React]]> https://meje.dev/blog/reusable-youtube-component https://meje.dev/blog/reusable-youtube-component Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) react <![CDATA[Time's up. But, I'm not done yet.]]> https://meje.dev/blog/times-up https://meje.dev/blog/times-up Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) community <![CDATA[The CSS overview devtool]]> https://meje.dev/blog/the-css-overview-devtool https://meje.dev/blog/the-css-overview-devtool Sun, 22 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) css devtools <![CDATA[The grayscale CSS Filter effect]]> https://meje.dev/blog/filter-effects-in-css https://meje.dev/blog/filter-effects-in-css Sat, 14 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) css animation <![CDATA[Styling the Next.js image component]]> https://meje.dev/blog/styling-nextjs-image-component https://meje.dev/blog/styling-nextjs-image-component Wed, 11 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) nextjs css <![CDATA[How I built my blog with Next.js and MDX]]> https://meje.dev/blog/how-i-built-this-blog https://meje.dev/blog/how-i-built-this-blog Thu, 21 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) mdx nextjs <![CDATA[Social sharing meta tags error in Next.js]]> https://meje.dev/blog/meta-tags-error-in-nextjs https://meje.dev/blog/meta-tags-error-in-nextjs Sun, 17 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) react nextjs <![CDATA[Next.js Image optimization error on Netlify]]> https://meje.dev/blog/image-optimization-error-in-nextjs https://meje.dev/blog/image-optimization-error-in-nextjs Sat, 16 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT belac335@gmail.com (Caleb Olojo) nextjs