About Me

Who is the Dyslexic Developer? a great question that one one has asked. I still feel the need to explain.

The Dyslexic Developer is Chris Laughlin, a software developer from Northern Ireland . He started his journey in the crazy world of development in 2010. Working with companies like Microsoft , Asidua , and Rapid7 . He spends way to much time on Twitter and Github trying to maintain some sort of open-source presence. He has a TODO list a mile long of things to try and learn that grows every day. Check out some of the adventures he's taken below.

I run a weekly live stream on Twitch , where I try out new web tech and build small projects. I always have a drink at hand to help me along the way. All Streams are uploaded to Youtube after

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I am a regular speaker at local meetups and have spoken at a number of conferences . I have also organized and spoken at internal work lunch and learn sessions.

Meetups:

• Belfast JS

Conferences:

• WFH Conf 2020: Protecting your npm dependencies
• ReactiveConf 2019: Protecting your npm dependencies
• JSDayIE 2019: Protecting your npm dependencies
• NI Dev Conf 2019: All your packages are belong to us - Protecting your npm dependencies
• NI Dev Conf 2018: There’s no Imposters Here
• NI Dev Conf 2017: Top 5 Chrome Developer Tools Features

I have been published on external blogs and contributed to books

Blogs:

• SitePoint 2017: Styling in React: From External CSS to Styled Components
• SitePoint 2017: Refactor Code in Your Lunch Break: Getting Started with Codemods

Books:

• Chandos Publishing 2009: Understanding the Internet: A Glimpse into the Building Blocks, Applications, Security and Hidden Secrets of the Web