Reacting to React

2 Jun 2025

i've been bothered by the direction the React framework has been trending, and i wanted to write down this reaction of mine.

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spline time

20 May 2025

been playing with gen ai tools, such as Claude and Windsurf. i've had a decent amount of success with this model and i finally came up with something i would like to make with it - a spline scene that you can interact with.

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Tailwind not at odds with semantic class naming

6 Nov 2024

i find that many devs feel they need to align absolutely with Tailwind, or BEM, or [insert design system here] ideologies. i really think this is a misundestanding of how to use all the tools in a frontend dev's toolbox. this leads me to this thesis: Tailwind is not at odds with semantic class naming.

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Recent reading spree & thoughts

24 Sep 2024

i've went on a reading spree while on vacation last week, diving into stories that have been so unexpectedly interesting, emtionally charged, and have left me thinking.

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another blog upgrade

8 Jun 2024

its been 2 years since i've had to make updates and i was reflecting on what i got out of it.

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z-index rule for UnoCSS

30 May 2024

i've developed an [unocss rule](https://unocss.dev/config/rules) for managing the z-index rules in a scalable way. unfortunately i feel like its still too early to introduce so i wanted to record it somewhere. Read more

Should we have a design system?

6 May 2024

before leaving for the weekend, my coworker Luca posed an excellent question that i think is worth sharing and expanding on. shout out to [Luca](https://github.com/lucafrederice/) for this inspired question!

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