Posts

All the articles I've posted.

• The Power of an Accountability Buddy

  19 Mar, 2026

  • 5 min read • productivity

  Why going solo isn't always the best path to achieving your goals, and how an accountability buddy can double your success rate.

• Goodbye Date, Hello Temporal API

  14 Mar, 2026

  • 6 min read • javascript

  JavaScript's Date object was a copy of Java's broken java.util.Date, and we've been stuck with it for 30 years. The Temporal API is here to replace it.

• Adding Brotli Compression to Caddy

  12 Mar, 2026

  • 5 min read • caddy

  Caddy doesn't ship with Brotli support out of the box. Here's how I added it with xcaddy and a custom Docker build.

• Taming 6,000 GitHub Stars with Astro and a JSON File

  11 Mar, 2026

  • 11 min read • astro

  I turned my GitHub starred repos into a searchable page on my blog. Here's what worked, what didn't, and why I gave up on SSR.

• The Art of Deleting Code: Why the Best PRs Have Negative Lines

  9 Mar, 2026

  • 5 min read • Engineering

  On the 'less is more' mindset in software engineering, and why deleting old code is some of the most satisfying work you can do.

• Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity

  8 Mar, 2026

  • 6 min read • Engineering

  Promotion systems in tech reward complexity, not good judgment. Here's why that keeps happening and what you can do about it.

• The AI Paradox: Coding is Easier, Engineering is Harder

  7 Mar, 2026

  • 3 min read • ai

  Writing code got easy. Knowing what to build didn't.

• Demystifying AI: Learning LLMs Through 200 Lines of MicroGPT

  6 Mar, 2026

  • 6 min read • AI

  Large Language Models seem like magic, but they are just math. Let's break down Andrej Karpathy's MicroGPT to understand the core mechanics.