Mr Coles Peter Coles’ blog

Notes on my experience picking up TypeScript after a long sabbatical from statically typed languages and getting comfortable working with union types instead of enums. read full post…

An example of using the HTML Canvas element with React and a demo of Conway’s Game of Life. read full post…

An exploration of how the window.setTimeout function takes a maximum delay value and what happens if you exceed it. read full post…

The daylight saving time switch happened this morning. For me in NYC, at 2AM the clocks jumped back and it was 2AM again an hour later (“fall back, spring forward”). It’s a familiar ritual, but also one that’s clouded in confusion. read full post…

A chance encounter seeing a lecture from a chess GM in Washington Square Park. read full post…