Mat Jones
Mat Jones Development Blog

Mat Jones Development Blog

Mat Jones

Mat Jones

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I'm a software engineer, passionate about online privacy, clean code, and dark themes 😎

I’m a Certified Scrum Master and currently working as a web developer at 1Password.

I ❤️ Neovim

How to Write Neovim Plugins in Rust

Nov 20, 20215 min read

Using the mlua crate to load a Rust library as a Lua module directly · Why Even with the excellent Lua luv async library, uv.new_async is not truly...

How to Write Neovim Plugins in Rust

Storing Dotfiles in a Git Repo

May 22, 20213 min read

Easily manage and sync your dotfiles and config via git. · Everyone has seen those dotfiles repositories on GitHub. There's lots of different ways to...

Storing Dotfiles in a Git Repo

Code Comments are Stupid

Mar 19, 20216 min read

It's time to start replacing comments with expressive code. · Code comments are lame. Code comments once served a critical purpose; adding context or...

Code Comments are Stupid

Strongly Typed Error Handling in TypeScript

Jan 23, 20218 min read

A better way to handle errors in TypeScript. · TypeScript is a great language. TypeScript takes JavaScript and makes it actually good. If there’s one...

Strongly Typed Error Handling in TypeScript

Protecting Your Privacy Online

Dec 29, 20209 min read

A starter guide to protecting your personal information from creepy tech companies. · Do you know who’s tracking you? If you’re like most people, you use...

Protecting Your Privacy Online