Posts Written by "evan-x-merz"

Evan X. Merz

Evan X. Merz holds degrees in computer science and music from The University of Rochester, Northern Illinois University, and University of California at Santa Cruz. He is a programmer, musician, and author of Empress blog software. He makes his online home at evanxmerz.com.

Posts Written by "evan-x-merz"

Sam Hyde Harris: Seeing the Unusual at Casa Romantica

10 April, 2022, Evan X. Merz

art, painting, sam-hyde-harris, 20th-century, collecting

I recently attended the exhibit Sam Hyde Harris: Seeing the Unusual at Casa Romantica in San Clemente, California. The exhibit was curated…

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Discovering artist Viola M. Allen

02 April, 2022, Evan X. Merz

art, painting, viola-m-allen, 20th-century, collecting

I recently purchased Emerging from the Shadows, Vol. I: A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960 and while reading it I…

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Why to stick with Heroku, or make the switch

26 March, 2022, Evan X. Merz

web-development, heroku, aws, localization

One question I hear a lot lately is when a company should stick with Heroku or switch to something else. In this article I'm going to lay…

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Evan's React Interview Cheat Sheet

20 March, 2022, Evan X. Merz

programming, web-development, react, frontend, javascript, coding-interview

In this article I'm going to list some of the things that are useful in React coding interviews, but are easily forgotten or overlooked…

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How to measure the performance of a webpage

13 March, 2022, Evan X. Merz

programming, web-development, google, core-web-vitals, pagespeed-insights

Measuring the performance of a webpage is an extremely complex topic that could fill a book. In this article I'm going to introduce some of…

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