Colby Fayock

Building the web & teaching what I learn

  • Automatically Update npm Package Dependencies with Dependabot

    Dependabot has historically been on the receiving end of many jokes and memes, from the world’s top Hacktoberfest participant to the occasional onslaught of inboxes when a widely popular package receives a security update. But buried in there was something important and highly useful that can help package maintainers and projects more sanely deal with …

  • 2022 Content Roundup – Year in Review

    This has been an interesting year where I’ve been quite productive, but traveling and conferences have made me productive in different ways than I had been the past two years. So here’s what I was up to in 2022, let’s dig in… Life in a casa de Fayock This year we traveled a lot! My …

  • 2021 Content Roundup – Year in Review

    This is my second year putting together a content roundup. It’s always fun looking back to see everything I’ve done, often forgetting that I actually did a particular thing this year and not 5 years ago (2021’s been weird). I didn’t quite put out the same amount of content as I did in 2021, but …

  • Learn Next.js in 10 Tweets

    Next.js has taken the web dev world by storm It’s the React framework devs rave about praising its power, flexibility, and dev experience Don’t feel like you’re missing out! Here’s everything you need to know in 10 tweets Let’s dive in 🧵 🐦 View & Share the Tweet Thread 1. Next.js is a React.js framework …

  • Colbyashi Maru

    For a while I’ve sat on this idea of using the name Colbyashi Maru for some kind of fun content series. What the Colbyashi Maru? If you missed the reference, Colbyashi Maru is a play on the Kobayashi Maru from Star Trek, which is a training exercise presenting a “no win” scenario to those taking …

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