
# New Generation of Build Tools

After a couple of years where one could think the build tools settle down around Webpack, Rollup, or Parcel now we are going into another wave. Tools such as Vite, ESbuild or Snowpack are new rising stars with a great focus on bundle times. They also fill a missing middle ground between the writing conveniences of writing a single JavaScript file and the need to download hundreds of megabytes of dependencies before you've written a line of your own code.

[Direct link](https://css-tricks.com/comparing-the-new-generation-of-build-tools/)


New Generation of Build Tools


# Popular Acronyms

## Welcome to my third post.

I must admit that I start to enjoy writing more than ever before and I hope I'll keep momentum.

This time I'd like to focus on acronyms that are commonly used in software engineering. Most likely you already develop using some of the principles that are represented here without even being aware of it.

There are quite a few acronyms commonly used in software methodologies. Some less serious than others (eg. HDD - Hype Driven Development) but in this article, I'd like to focus only on the following 4:

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HDD
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Y.A.G.N.I., K.I.S.S., D.R.Y., & S.O.L.I.D. Knowing those will help you not only write better code but also during the [interview process](/blog/interview-questions-part-1) where you might be asked to decode either the entire shortening or particular letter.

Do not confuse acronyms with abbreviations as some sites/articles do as those two are quite distinct.
- Abbreviation form new words eg Dr for Doctor
- acronym typically contains a set of initial letters eg. ASAP As Soon As Possible

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Dr
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ASAP
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## Y.A.G.N.I - You Ain't Gonna Need It

YAGNI is a principle of Extreme Programming (XP) that sets that a programmer should not add functionality until deemed necessary. In my view, this principle should go before the K.I.S.S principle where you should think twice if you really going to need certain functionality if yes keep it simple.

## K.I.S.S - Keep it Simple, Stupid

## D.R.Y - Don't Repeat Yourself

## S.O.L.I.D

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Popular Acronyms


# Welcome

Welcome to my blog and my first ever public post. I'm a web developer with more than 10 years of commercial experience but all the post I had written were in fact Confluence documentation for project and features I had a chance to work on.

Having my own blog was my dream for around 2-3 years but I never was brave enough to start sharing my thoughts with the moreover wider group. I was afraid (and still am) if my written English is good enough if what I write about will be clear and easy to understand and more over if I find subjects that will be not only interesting for me but also for others. Simply I was overcomplicating it in my own head.

Today I'm finally changing it. While working on the new layout I've decided it is the right moment to introduce a new section - Blog. I have refactored my personal website to use NextJs and Vercel with local markdown content. Thanks to markdown-based content management, publishing new content is simple and the experience is clean and efficient.

What pushed me to start blogging was the infamous year 2020.

It was thought but also it helped me to realise that as husband and father of 3 I need to be stronger. Not only physically but also mentally. Also as a father I'm responsible for well being of my closes family which is reflected in having quality time with them but also provide financial security so when another pandemic hits it won't have a bad impact on us.

Hence this year I started with listening to podcasts around self-development (Dominik Juszczyk), reading about finances ([Finansowa forteca](https://finansowaforteca.pl/)) and pay more attention to my health.

As a result, I decided to drop alcohol (at least until Jan 2022), start working out regularly and create so-called financial pillows by saving money, long term investments using ETFs, plan for next 12 weeks rather than a whole year. But real game change was discovering "Life S.A.V.E.R.S" which is an acronym used by Hal Elrod in his book called "[The Miracle Morning](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0979019710/)" and it stands for Silence (meditation/praying), Affirmations, Visualisations, Exercise, Reading and Scribing (writing a journal). If affirmations and visualisation resonate with you, [Goals! by Brian Tracy](/blog/goals-by-brian-tracy) takes these ideas much further with a complete goal-setting system. You can read more about this method on Hal's website

And this blog is a natural outcome of the last point (Scribing) and all the changes that started to happen in my life this year. After encouraged by starting my personal diary something has clicked in my head and I have opened myself to go public with writing.

I plan to blog about all sorts of things from web development to self-development. From investing to book reviews. And more.

Who knows what the future holds. But for now, I want to leave you with one quote from [Essentialism](https://gregmckeown.com/books/essentialism/)book by Greg McKeown:


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New Generation of Build Tools

Popular Acronyms

Welcome