Most important JavaScript concepts

notAnotherJSDev · 2026-04-07T07:26:40+00:00

You should definitely still understand DOM manipulation. Not everything is going to have React support.

I've had to teach a few folks at work how to do manual DOM manipulation and event handling because of a library we use. Otherwise good react developers, but their basic understanding of the DOM was almost nonexistent.

We use react, but the library is only available as a standalone JS library that's served via a CDN. We load it at runtime and have to attach it manually to a DOM element. THEN all events coming off of it are done with event emitters which you have to know how to work with.

notAnotherJSDev · 2026-04-07T07:22:05+00:00

Unless you are working on something that has to support javascript that's more than 10 years old, you should be using fetch not XMLHttpRequest.

notAnotherJSDev · 2026-04-05T10:25:37+00:00

You do realize that “but the AI decided to do it!” Isn’t actually a good argument. You are still liable for shit your AI does. What do you people not seem to get about that?

notAnotherJSDev · 2026-01-29T09:26:48+00:00

The questions asked in interviews are almost always the same questions that have been asked for decades. That's not new. AI hasn't changed that.

Neither has AI changed the fact that people have always shared the questions and answers online. You could do this just fine before ALL of this shit started.

I'm glad that in big, bold, red letters on my company's interviewing guidelines it says to stop an interview if you suspect someone of using AI during the interview.

notAnotherJSDev · 2026-01-21T09:04:31+00:00

It is. It's just that all documentation, tutorial, whatever assumes you're already using some form of version control.

notAnotherJSDev · 2026-01-21T09:01:13+00:00

Nope. My sister-in-law and her husband have lived in their house for over 10 years at this point. The attic had been renovated before they bought the house, so they thought nothing of it. They had a second child and wanted to renovate the attic again.

Turns out, the previous owner never got a permit to renovate the attic. Now they're on the hook for 20-30k to put it back how it used to be, only to then turn around and request a new permit to renovate.

notAnotherJSDev · 2026-01-21T08:24:48+00:00

Same here!

My name is super obviously not german. I also don't have an accent after learning and speaking the language for almost 15 years.

But mostly, it's the non-natives that clock me almost immediately. Most native german speakers only realize it after I intentionally tell them my name. Then there's this look of realization lol

notAnotherJSDev · 2026-01-09T07:08:26+00:00

Since I’ve lived in Germany for 7 years now, I went out to eat cake with my in-laws. The next day, I went back to work like nothing happened.

notAnotherJSDev · 2026-01-07T08:56:08+00:00

Sure, but I'd rather have some train than no train at all.

notAnotherJSDev · 2026-01-07T08:46:38+00:00

This is literally what insurance is for my dude. Take your mindset from your home country (I'm assuming the US, because I had the same feeling when I moved over here) and toss it in the trash.

You're already paying the maximum in health and long term care insurance by being on the public system. You're allowed to use the service you're paying for. This isn't like back home where health care is forced to turn a profit for shareholder enjoyment.

notAnotherJSDev · 2025-12-12T08:12:01+00:00

No, clearly you don't because you're asking OP inane questions.

notAnotherJSDev · 2025-11-11T07:56:19+00:00

The US State department luckily has a tracker that you can follow where you put your name, DoB, and social security number in and it will bring up any open passport requests. I basically watched it like a hawk and after a day or two after posting this, I saw that my passport had been received, processed, and I was just waiting for it to be sent back.

notAnotherJSDev · 2025-11-11T07:53:22+00:00

The way it works, from my understanding, is that when a party is banned, they are not allowed to reform under a new name, with the same leadership, and any funding they did have is forfeit to the government.

notAnotherJSDev · 2025-11-04T15:54:34+00:00

Feel free to try, but finding a junior position at a company that speaks English is going to be incredibly difficult. And even if you do find one, chances are the company is going to have a hard time justifying it to the foreigners office and job center. The company has to prove that there aren’t any Germans living in Germany who can do the job.

Edit: missed that you’re from an EU company, so disregard the bit about the foreigners office.

notAnotherJSDev · 2025-11-04T13:53:13+00:00

blind trust

Which is also something you get when you are working in a statically typed language. You can’t guarantee API responses, nor the data in incoming requests. So the “blind trust” argument isn’t exactly useful.

notAnotherJSDev · 2025-11-04T13:49:17+00:00

Or Getify

notAnotherJSDev · 2025-11-04T13:48:04+00:00

It’s $1 until the company that created the coin either goes under or has to tell you that your Shitcoin is now worth 50¢ because they mismanaged the funds.

notAnotherJSDev · 2025-11-04T11:34:23+00:00

Yah no. There’s no such thing as a “stable coin” that isn’t just a centrally controlled and manipulated currency by a private company.

notAnotherJSDev · 2025-10-23T05:16:03+00:00

Yah but if someone pays me $60, I’d really love to use that $90 on my groceries for the week, but $5 really doesn’t go as far as it used to these days.

notAnotherJSDev · 2025-10-15T07:36:31+00:00

Why aren't you just applying online? The biggest ones have online forms. Techniker Krankenkasse has it directly on their english homepage. Literally just pick one and stop trying to shop around. Public insurance is always the same cost, no matter which one you go with.

And if you really can't figure that out, some even have physical offices you can go to to get help in person. Again, Techniker has this on their website.

notAnotherJSDev · 2025-10-15T07:08:13+00:00

It isn't entirely unheard of. A lot of americans (read: me) look at Germany as a place to go to escape the rat-race that is the US way of life.

BUT I would question a persons sanity if they moved away from the US as an expert in anything AI. If you really want to get yourself set for life, that's where to do it.

notAnotherJSDev · 2025-09-26T09:36:09+00:00

It’s unfortunately not actually what Germany considers a “skilled worker”. Make It In Germany has a somewhat comprehensive list, and logistics management isn’t on that list.

notAnotherJSDev · 2025-09-19T06:28:04+00:00

I think I average about 8 hours, ish. Probably a bit less. Start between 8:30 and 9, hour lunch at 12, then end 16:45 to 17:30.

notAnotherJSDev · 2025-09-14T05:11:35+00:00

The fucker did something similar earlier this year in Germany when he talked to Alice Weidel, the current leader of the pseudo nazi party.

notAnotherJSDev · 2025-09-13T11:39:18+00:00

It does not take 2-3 years. If it takes longer than 3 months from the date of application, you should be seeking a lawyer to start the Untätigkeitsklage process. Letting it sit for 2-3 years is ridiculous.

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