Teal Larson https://www.teallarson.dev/blog Blog posts, talks, and projects by Teal Larson. en-us larson.teal@gmail.com (Teal Larson) larson.teal@gmail.com (Teal Larson) Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.teallarson.dev/blog/2026-03-27-dont-make-your-agent-file-a-linting-config You need a linting config, not just agent instructions https://www.teallarson.dev/blog/2026-03-27-dont-make-your-agent-file-a-linting-config Linting and formatting belong in tooling and CI—not in your agent instruction file. Here's why. Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT larson.teal@gmail.com (Teal Larson) agentic-development https://www.teallarson.dev/blog/2026-01-28-agentic-org-file-gen Managing my org files with an agent https://www.teallarson.dev/blog/2026-01-28-agentic-org-file-gen How I use an AI agent to coalesce project planning, calendar, and code review action items into a minimalist single pane view Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT larson.teal@gmail.com (Teal Larson) code-chroniclesemacsproductivity https://www.teallarson.dev/blog/2023-10-13-jest-testing-typescript A Three Step Waltz for Mocking React Hooks with React Testing Library and TypeScript https://www.teallarson.dev/blog/2023-10-13-jest-testing-typescript Why is it so hard to mock a hook with multiple values in the same suite? That answer is longer than I have room for here. But I do know how to get around that with this One Cool Trick. Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT larson.teal@gmail.com (Teal Larson) code-chroniclesreacttestingtypescript https://www.teallarson.dev/blog/2022-08-30-bootcamp-to-job-hunt Bootcamp to Job Hunt: What I did https://www.teallarson.dev/blog/2022-08-30-bootcamp-to-job-hunt What I did after coding bootcamp to land my first full-time engineering role. Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT larson.teal@gmail.com (Teal Larson) job-huntlearning https://www.teallarson.dev/blog/2022-03-08-nevertheless-she-coded Nevertheless, Teal Coded https://www.teallarson.dev/blog/2022-03-08-nevertheless-she-coded A post for DEVCommunity's Nevertheless She Coded series. Reflecting on the past year as a woman in tech. Tue, 08 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT larson.teal@gmail.com (Teal Larson) reflectionwomen-in-stem https://www.teallarson.dev/blog/2021-06-01-5-vscode-shortcuts 5 VSCode Shortcuts I Use Daily as a Full Stack Engineer https://www.teallarson.dev/blog/2021-06-01-5-vscode-shortcuts Work smarter not harder as a software engineer using these 5 VSCode shortcuts! Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT larson.teal@gmail.com (Teal Larson) productivityvscode https://www.teallarson.dev/blog/2021-03-16-take-smarter-notes-to-boost-understading Take Smarter Notes to Boost Understanding and Memory https://www.teallarson.dev/blog/2021-03-16-take-smarter-notes-to-boost-understading Take Smarter Notes to Boost Understanding and Memory! Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT larson.teal@gmail.com (Teal Larson) productivitylearninglearn-to-code https://www.teallarson.dev/blog/2021-03-02-teachers-the-agile-development-ogs Teachers: The Agile Development OGs https://www.teallarson.dev/blog/2021-03-02-teachers-the-agile-development-ogs Teachers: The Agile Development OGs Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT larson.teal@gmail.com (Teal Larson) agilecareer-change