Web App and Frontend Development
Modern web stacks, state management, design systems, and the frontend craft that scales past a year.
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The Web Performance Toolkit Every Senior Frontend Engineer Uses
Working notes on the web performance toolkit every senior frontend engineer uses. Written for founders, engineers, and operators who want a clear read on web app and frontend development from someone who has shipped the work.
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The Modern Three D on the Web: Three.js and Beyond
Three.js, React Three Fiber, and WebGPU: when 3D on the web is worth the complexity, and when a CSS animation is the right answer.
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The Mobile Web Experience That Converts
Most web traffic is mobile. The specific technical decisions that determine whether mobile users convert or leave -- from LCP to tap target size.
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WebSockets vs Server Sent Events vs Long Polling
Three ways to push data from a server to a client, each with different costs and different sweet spots. The right pick depends on the direction of the data, the platform constraints, and the failure modes you can tolerate.
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URL As State: A Pattern Worth Embracing
Working notes on url as state: a pattern worth embracing. Written for founders, engineers, and operators who want a clear read on web app and frontend development from someone who has shipped the work.
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The Empty State Discipline
Why empty states are the most skipped part of every product sprint and why the products that get them right convert and retain better.
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The Onboarding Wizard: A UX and Engineering Discussion
Working notes on the onboarding wizard: a ux and engineering discussion. Written for founders, engineers, and operators who want a clear read on web app and frontend development from someone who has shipped the work.
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WCAG for Founders: A Practical Subset
WCAG has hundreds of pages and most founders do not need most of them. There is a small subset that catches 90 percent of real accessibility problems, and that subset is what your team should ship by default.
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The Modern Email Builder for SaaS Products
React Email replaces HTML-in-strings for transactional email. Here is the stack, the component patterns, and the deliverability basics every SaaS needs.
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The Accessibility Audit Every Web App Should Pass
The accessibility audit checklist every web app should run before launch. WCAG AA, keyboard nav, screen readers, and what actually fails in production.
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The Forms Problem: React Hook Form vs Formik vs TanStack Form
A direct comparison of the three dominant React form libraries -- performance, validation, TypeScript support, and which to choose for each use case.
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tRPC vs REST vs GraphQL on the Frontend
Working notes on trpc vs rest vs graphql on the frontend. Written for founders, engineers, and operators who want a clear read on web app and frontend development from someone who has shipped the work.
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The Frontend Architecture That Survives Three Years of Feature Sprawl
The structural decisions that keep a React frontend maintainable after three years and dozens of features -- and the patterns that cause it to collapse.
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Zustand vs Redux vs Jotai vs Recoil vs Context
Five ways to share state in React, with very different tradeoffs and very different teams that should use each. The choice should be driven by the actual shape of your state, not by which library is trending.
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The State Management Question in 2026
Working notes on the state management question in 2026. Written for founders, engineers, and operators who want a clear read on web app and frontend development from someone who has shipped the work.
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The Modern Web App Stack: A 2026 Survey
The full-stack choices that are stable, well-supported, and worth learning in 2026 -- from framework to database to deployment.
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