Nix Is the Future of Reproducible Development Environments
Dev containers are a band-aid. Nix is the cure.
Essays and notes on AI, software engineering, developer tools, systems, and the shape of modern product building.
The Surprising Depth of Modern HTML
Most developers treat HTML as a dumb container—they’re missing form validation, dialogs, lazy loading, and more
The Death of Heroku and What It Means for Developer PaaS
Salesforce killed the free tier and the ecosystem is scrambling for alternatives
ChatGPT Is a Parlor Trick That Will Reshape Software Engineering
Why the most overhyped technology of 2023 is simultaneously the most transformative
Five Developer Tools I Can’t Live Without in 2022
The unglamorous tools that actually make me faster every single day
The Year JavaScript Grew Up: 2022 in Review
TypeScript went mainstream, Bun arrived, and the ecosystem started valuing stability over novelty
The Architecture Decision Record Changed How Our Team Communicates
Lightweight docs that capture the why behind every technical decision
Astro Is the Static Site Framework That Actually Gets It Right
Islands architecture and zero-JS-by-default is the future of content-heavy websites
Technical Debt Is a Feature, Not a Bug
The real problem isn’t that you have tech debt—it’s that you don’t manage it like actual debt
Why Senior Engineers Should Write More Documentation
The highest-leverage activity most experienced developers systematically avoid