Notes from
the workshop.

Short writing on engineering, design systems, and the trade-offs that don’t fit in a tweet. Roughly one post a month, sometimes two.

FEATUREDEngineering

Apr 12, 2026 · 9 min

A field guide to rendering modes in Next.js

Static, dynamic, streaming, and PPR — when each one earns its keep, and the trade-offs nobody mentions in the docs.

#Next.js#RSC#Performance

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Design Systems

Mar 28, 2026 · 7 min

Treating design tokens like a public API

Tokens are not a stylesheet. They're a contract between design and engineering — and the moment you treat them as anything less, the system rots.

#Tokens#Design Systems

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WebGL

Mar 02, 2026 · 12 min

Shaders on a budget: hero scenes that hold up on a $300 laptop

How to ship a WebGL hero that doesn't melt low-end devices. Frame budgets, fallbacks, and the cheap tricks that look expensive.

The quiet power of HTMX in a React-first career

I'm a React engineer. I also shipped a side project in HTMX in a weekend. Here's why the contrast was useful.

#HTMX#Side Projects

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Essay

Jan 22, 2026 · 11 min

Why maps are the most interesting design problem of the next decade

A reading list, a thesis, and a slow argument that map UX has been frozen for 15 years and is overdue for a redesign.

Ship the second version

First versions are negotiations with the unknown. Second versions are the real product. A short note on why I stopped polishing v1s.

#Process#Career

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Notes fromthe workshop.

A field guide to rendering modes in Next.js

Treating design tokens like a public API

Shaders on a budget: hero scenes that hold up on a $300 laptop

The quiet power of HTMX in a React-first career

Why maps are the most interesting design problem of the next decade

Ship the second version

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Notes from
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