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Hi I'm Kristofer. I'm a full stack engineer that specializes in React, CSS and accessibility. And 90s hip hop.

Latest blog posts

  • Two women high fiving

    How to generate PDFs with Firebase functions

    A step by step tutorial for creating a PDF, uploading it and returning an expiring link to download it.

    February 14th, 2021
  • A bunch of papers stacked high

    /** Make the nice list with JSDoc */

    Documenting stuff is important, folks! Where would Santa be without his naughty and nice list? Let's spend a few minutes learning how you can improve the user experience of your components by adding a slash and a couple of stars in front of it!

    December 20th, 2020
  • A woman was pouring water into the glass bowl which flowers were inside.

    How to force-refresh your app every once in a while

    Learn how to make your app automatically fetch a new version from the server after n hours of idle time.

    December 18th, 2020
  • Kristofer Giltvedt Selbekk standing in front of a crowd at a conference

    How to present like me

    Want to learn some public speaking tips from a guy that has done dozens? Then this is the article form you!

    December 13th, 2020
  • A caucasian sitting at his laptop, listening to music, but looking up as something happens just outside of the image. Probably context.

    Creating React contexts for fun and profit

    What's the best way to create and consume contexts? This article shows my take on that question.

    November 3rd, 2020
  • A note saying "this is the way - mando"

    What is a cache?

    Do you have a vague idea of what a cache is, but want to really understand it? Want to learn how you can use caching to make your apps faster, more resilient, and even less resource-intensive for your clients? Then this article is for you.

    October 18th, 2020
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