CSS / UI
3 min read
Building a Data Import Wizard: Designing for the Messy Spreadsheet, Not the Clean Demo
Lessons from building a frontend data import wizard for real, messy spreadsheets — inconsistent headers, missing values, and mixed types.
Writing
Deep dives and honest takes from production work — JavaScript and TypeScript, frameworks, CSS and UI engineering. Color-coded by topic so you can follow the threads you care about.
36 posts
Frameworks
3 min read
Do You Even Need Redux in 2026? A Practical Decision Guide
A practical guide to React state management in 2026 — when Context and Zustand are enough, and when Redux still earns its place.
JS / TS
3 min read
TypeScript Features I Actually Use Every Week (Not the Flashy Ones)
The TypeScript features that actually earn a spot in daily production code — template literal types, satisfies, const assertions, and utility types.
CSS / UI
3 min read
CSS Container Queries: The Feature I Wish I Had Years Ago
What CSS container queries are, how they differ from media queries, and a practical example of a component that adapts to its own container.
Frameworks
3 min read
Building a Progressive Web App With Next.js: A Step-by-Step Overview
A step-by-step overview of turning a Next.js app into a Progressive Web App — manifest, service worker, and real-device testing.
JS / TS
3 min read
Web Workers: How to Stop Heavy JavaScript From Freezing Your UI
How to use Web Workers to run heavy JavaScript computation without freezing the main thread, with a file-processing example.
CSS / UI
3 min read
Design Tokens Explained: The Bridge Between Figma and Your Codebase
What design tokens are and how they solve the classic 'the build doesn't match the design' problem, explained for developers and designers.
Frameworks
3 min read
Trying Svelte for the First Time: An Honest First Impression From a Multi-Framework Developer
Honest first impressions of Svelte from a developer with years of production experience in Angular, React, Vue, and Next.js.
JS / TS
3 min read
TypeScript Discriminated Unions: The Pattern That Eliminates a Whole Category of Bugs
How discriminated unions in TypeScript let you safely handle multiple states — loading, success, error — without endless undefined checks.
CSS / UI
3 min read
Dark Mode Done Right: The Details Most Implementations Get Wrong
What separates a good dark mode implementation from an inverted-colors hack — CSS variables, system preference detection, and contrast checking.
Frameworks
3 min read
Angular vs React in 2026: The Answer That Actually Depends on Your Situation
A genuinely useful answer to 'Angular or React in 2026' based on years of professional experience in both — because the honest answer depends on context.
JS / TS
3 min read
Where JavaScript Memory Leaks Actually Hide (And How to Find Them)
The four most common places JavaScript memory leaks hide — event listeners, intervals, closures, and detached DOM nodes — with fixes.