HackThe6ix 2022 🥇

Over the last weekend, I attended HackThe6ix 22’ . It was a hybrid event, mostly held online with a couple of events happening at the Wealthsimple Offices in Toronto. I was able to snag a ticket to the in-person events, which unfortunately also meant traveling 3 hours on the GO Bus from Waterloo to Toronto 😔. Luckily, the Wealthsimple Office was a great place to meet my team, attend workshops and get some free food!...

August 23, 2022

React Zendesk, and components that lie

Zendesk is a very popular cloud-based customer service platform that lets you implement chatbots and CRM systems easily - but you probably recognize them from these buttons at the bottom-right of many websites: If you’ve ever wanted to implement this on a React app, you’ve probably encountered React Zendesk, which attempts to convert Zendesk’s widget into a React Component. It has over 10k weekly downloads and a bunch of references online, but it is far from official....

January 7, 2022