Blog

Notes on frontend engineering, React, and the craft of the web.

13 July 20261 min read
Why I'm Selective About Freelance Work
I'm open to freelance, but I take on very little of it, and only the right projects. Here's the honest reason.
7 July 20262 min read
Rebuilding My Site for 2026
Why I threw out the template and rebuilt my site on Next.js 16, Tailwind v4 and MDX.
27 May 20262 min read
View Transitions in the Next.js App Router
How I made a blog thumbnail morph into the hero image on the next page, and the gotchas along the way.
22 April 20262 min read
Moving My Blog From Sanity to MDX
Pulling my posts out of a hosted CMS, converting Portable Text to MDX, and the content that broke the build.
4 March 20262 min read
Rethinking useMemo and useCallback
A follow-up to my earlier post: most of the time you do not need these hooks, and the React Compiler is why.
20 January 20262 min read
How I Use Claude Code for Front-End Work
My actual workflow with an agent that lives in the terminal and touches the repo.
25 November 20252 min read
Getting Better Front-End Code Out of an LLM
The gap between useless and useful model output is almost always the prompt.
7 October 20252 min read
AI Won't Replace Front-End Engineers
Models generate components in seconds. That was never the hard part of the job.
13 July 20252 min read
My Favourite React Libraries in 2025
A curated list of React libraries that make building modern web apps easier and more enjoyable.
19 June 20242 min read
React Hooks and Memo
A Guide to Optimizing Your React Components
1 June 20231 min read
Understanding the useMemo and useCallback Hooks in React
Harnessing useMemo and useCallback hooks for optimized React application performance.
1 April 20232 min read
Balancing Speed and Cost: A Software Engineer's Dilemma
Weighing the pros and cons of hourly versus project-based pricing to find the optimal balance.
2 March 20232 min read
Understanding SWR in Next.js
Master data fetching and caching in Next.js with the SWR library for optimal performance.