Chris Ellis

Hello, I'm Chris Ellis 👋

I'm a Fullstack Web Developer and Freelancer. I'm currently in Chelmsford, UK outside of London. I build things, and I'm trying to write more. I've also been streaming lately. (Also here.)

Projects

I've always got several projects going. Here are several of the latest ones that I've had time to write about.

Freelance

Greycroft Summit

The pandemic has changed a lot for the events industry. Many companies have dropped their events altogether, but that's not an option for some industries. Face to face interactions are still the cornerstone

7 Oct 2020 · 2 min read Project

RedwoodJS

Beelion on RedwoodJS

You know when you've got a project that's been running for years without updates and you are just waiting for the day that it stops working. What's worse is your partner uses it

21 Jul 2020 · 1 min read Project

React

Martin Lawrence Galleries

Integrated embedded video in an event website using Twilio Video + ReactCOVID-19 has changed the landscape for events companies. Many companies depend on periodical events and they were not equipped move to online only.

11 Jul 2020 · 1 min read Project

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I write Articles

Javascript

Two Dimensional Array Filtering with RegExp

Another thorny problem. I have an array of categories. Actually they're the transaction categories from Plaid's API. Six hundred and two to be exact. The problem I was solving for was how to filter the inner array with regex performantly for a search suggest to recategorize transactions.

28 Feb 2021 · 2 min read

Meteor

Meteor async methods

I just solved a "bug" that I had been experiencing with our Meet on V product. We needed to create session credentials for watch parties. The trouble was that the Meteor method was

27 Feb 2021 · 1 min read

Frontend

Thoughts, stories and ideas.

Hello, I'm Chris Ellis 👋

Projects

Greycroft Summit

Beelion on RedwoodJS

Martin Lawrence Galleries

I write Articles

Two Dimensional Array Filtering with RegExp

Meteor async methods

Flexbox stretching

I make Videos

Adding TypeScript to NextJS & Typing React

Project Setup and Unfluffjs

Hello, I'm Chris Ellis 👋

Projects

Greycroft Summit

Beelion on RedwoodJS

Martin Lawrence Galleries

I write Articles

Two Dimensional Array Filtering with RegExp

Meteor async methods

Flexbox stretching

I make Videos

Adding TypeScript to NextJS & Typing React

Project Setup and Unfluffjs

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