Daryl Lukas

@daryllukas
Software Engineer | Developer Advocate
Lusaka, Zambia
He/Him

Open Source

Software Engineering

Developer Education

Freelancer

Consultant

Technical Writer

I am a self-taught software engineer, currently building ecommerce and consumer products. Before that, I co-founded Hackers Guild, an organization that provides educational services in computer science and technology. I've also worked on enterprise software at an internet service provider.

In my personal time, I tinker with side projects, write and tweet about technology.

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I'm open to

partnering on side projects,

open source contributions,

participating in user research,

live streaming,

speaking on clubhouse,

speaking at events,

speaking on podcasts,

content creation,

beta testing new products,

freelance roles,

developing apps,

participating in hackathons,

starting new open source projects,

and teaching software engineering.

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Resume

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Sep 2022 - Present

Developer Advocate, Daryl Lukas Labs

Jan 2020 - Sep 2022

Software Engineering Consultant, The ZIG

Dec 2016 - Oct 2020

Co-founder, Hackers Guild

Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

Software Engineer, Mika Express

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7 Tips for documentating your code

Writing Cleaner JavaScript with Nullish Coalescing

Language-Agnostic Developer: A Guide to becoming one

6 Realistic Ways to Level Up From a Junior or Mid-Level Developer to a Senior One

Technical Writing

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Learn how to gracefully handle JavaScript Errors in React

Did you know that React has a built-in method that automatically assigns the keys for you when rendering a list of children? Learn more here

Here's a quick guide on naming REST API resources and endpoints, which will help you design APIs which are intuitive, easy to use and will make frontend developers fall in love with you 😉.

Today I Learned: How to implement Azure Active Directory in a Next.js app using MSAL.js. I wrote about it here.

Native iOS Development

Started learning Swift and working on my first native iOS application for an international client.

Designed and developed a first run experience on iOS (Swift) using Lottie Animations.

The Design Miami app is now live on the App Store. I started working on this project sometime in August, with no prior experience in Swift and native iOS application development. ~3 months later an...