The Two Trees in React
React encourages thinking about your UI as a tree. But there are two different trees that matter for understanding re-renders, and confusing them leads to performance problems and wasted effort.
Blog Posts
Thoughts, notes, and things worth sharing.
A New Kind of Web App
Replicache removed the network from the critical path. Jazz removes it from the architecture. Local-first development that feels like Zustand and syncs like magic.
Making TypeScript Errors Actually Helpful
When building my own typesafe i18n library, TypeScript's default errors became hard to work with. I learned how to create custom error messages that tell you exactly what's wrong and how to fix it.
AI Agents Demystified: How Simple Loops Power the Hottest Tech
AI agents are magic, but they are simpler than you think. Here’s how agentic automation works and how building for AI will make your software better for humans.
The Silence of the Errors
Make errors impossible to ignore by making them annoying: use sounds and alerts in development, send notifications in production. Catch client and server errors early and hold yourself accountable to fix them immediately.
AI in Helix: Lightweight Integration with Macros
The Helix editor has no built in AI support. Current approaches utilize Helix' LSP integration by launching an AI focused LSP. With Macro Keybindings, there is a new way.
Forms are hard, they said
Forms are essential for any interactive web experience. But they are easy to mess up. See what makes a good form and how modern tooling can help systematically creating great forms.
UX++ and DX++ with Sync Engines
We're stuck at improving our web apps UX. What we do currently is too complex for devs. I am certain that Sync Engines are the next leap forward for both creating magical user experiences and reducing mental load for developers.