Dave BernhardThe personal website and blog for Dave Bernhard, a senior frontend developer based in London.https://davebernhard.com/The creative process as heroinhttps://davebernhard.com/blog/creative-process-heroin/https://davebernhard.com/blog/creative-process-heroin/Musings on the appeal of the limerick and on what it is to make thingsMon, 10 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMTNotes on Database Normalizationhttps://davebernhard.com/blog/database-normalization-notes/https://davebernhard.com/blog/database-normalization-notes/Research notes I'm making with a view to understanding the concept of database normalization.Thu, 23 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMTLearning note: DDIA Chapter 1https://davebernhard.com/blog/ddia-1/https://davebernhard.com/blog/ddia-1/Notes on chapter one of Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin KleppmannTue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTAvoiding font piracy on a Netlify-deployed static sitehttps://davebernhard.com/blog/github-font-piracy/https://davebernhard.com/blog/github-font-piracy/How to self-host web fonts without accidentally committing font piracyMon, 27 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMTRead the docs. Every last word.https://davebernhard.com/blog/read-the-docs/https://davebernhard.com/blog/read-the-docs/A summary of lessons learned by reading all of the styled-components documentation. Both about the tech itself and about documentation.Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTRegex to match a string that doesn't contain a stringhttps://davebernhard.com/blog/regex-excluding-strings/https://davebernhard.com/blog/regex-excluding-strings/A code snippet for a regex that matches strings that don't contain certain patternsWed, 13 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMTStalin loves a rebasehttps://davebernhard.com/blog/stalin-loves-rebase/https://davebernhard.com/blog/stalin-loves-rebase/A workflow to clean up messy commits and keep your git history clean. Use with caution!Thu, 08 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTIs writing tests hard? Or does your code suck?https://davebernhard.com/blog/testing-react-components/https://davebernhard.com/blog/testing-react-components/Some pratical tips for writing tests for React components using Mocha, Enzyme and SinonMon, 24 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMTThings I care about now that I'm a dadhttps://davebernhard.com/blog/things-i-care-about-now-im-a-dad/https://davebernhard.com/blog/things-i-care-about-now-im-a-dad/Things I care about now that I'm a dadMon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTDesign exploration: Todoisthttps://davebernhard.com/blog/todoist-design-crit/https://davebernhard.com/blog/todoist-design-crit/Learning from good design: an exploration of TodoistMon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT