Thoughts

A feed of transient ideas, code snippets, and observations

Source: Notion Database

The best documentation isn't prose, it's a well-named variable. Clarity at the point of implementation beats a dissertation in a separate file every single time.

Oct 28, 2023

Brutalism in web design feels like a rebellion against the illusion of perfection. It's not about being ugly; it's about being honest with the medium. Raw HTML, system fonts, hard edges. It's structure over decoration.

Oct 15, 2023

Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR) is a genius compromise. You get the speed of static, the freshness of server-rendered, without the per-request compute cost. The sweet spot for content that changes, but not *that* often.

Sep 22, 2023

The obsession with 'data-driven' can be a trap. Data tells you what happened, not what could happen. It optimizes the past. Innovation requires a leap of faith that data can't always sanction.

Sep 01, 2023

An API is a promise. A contract. Breaking changes are a violation of that contract. Versioning isn't just a technical detail, it's a statement of reliability.

Aug 19, 2023