Bethany Drake

@bethany_drake
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Programmer, writer, petticoat wearer.
githubhttps://github.com/BethanyDrake
Novel Novemberhttps://www.novel-november.com/

Projects are now live.
Add a project to your profile to share what you wrote last november, what you're editting at the moment, or what you're planning to write next november.

#NovelNovember #NaNoWriMo

https://www.novel-november.com/profile/16

Tanstack's ranger module is exactly what I was looking for. Simple and customisable, let me create exactly the component I had in my head.

#react #programming

https://tanstack.com/ranger/latest

I've been playing around with the idea of 'aspects' of a novel to create a sort of fingerprint.

#novelnovember #writing

Parasols are superior sun protection in the modern world. Sunglasses, hats, and sunscreen just protect you. But a parasol? That covers you and your phone screen.

#fashion #sunsmart

Don't put steel plates in your cake.

Software comes in layers — apis and frontends and libraries are all layers of sponge. A good cake separates the layers with jam — tasty, and easily sliced through by a single developer working on a feature as a whole.

Bad cakes separate the layes with steel — silos or deployment processes that make it impossible to slice through.

And that's just not a very tasty cake.

#softwaredevelopment

I wrote an article breaking down the different types of tests that are essential for larger scale web development, and their application in https://www.novel-november.com . TLDR: lots of unit tests for all the edge cases, integration tests for pages and components, and end-to-end tests to make sure everthing works as a whole.

https://medium.com/p/190146d084ad

It's pronounced "re-flog."

#programming

I wanted my comment on a coworker's PR to be grammatically correct. So, I googled -- and I found the answer.

"The plural of regex is regrets."

I know it's only Febuary, but I'm working hard to improve novel-november.com for this year. This week I built a Word Sprint tool — you can set a timer, sprint, then enter your wordcount. It'll calculate your wpm and, and you can automatically add your wordcount to today's total.

https://www.novel-november.com/tools

#nanowrimo2026 #novelnovember