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Things I’m thinking about.

Notes from building software, solving problems and occasionally learning things the hard way.

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What 35,000 feet taught me about web performance

Traditional web performance advice assumes a reasonably healthy network. Satellite connectivity changes the equation completely.

Topics: Performance · Angular · Service Workers

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When frontend architecture becomes a systems problem

At some point, frontend architecture stops being about components and starts being about boundaries, dependencies, delivery and reliability.

Topics: Angular · Nx · Architecture

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What I learned building on AWS at scale

AWS gives you an enormous collection of building blocks. The difficult part isn't knowing what each service does—it's knowing when not to use one.

Topics: AWS · Architecture · Distributed Systems

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Building with GenAI without building AI theatre

Not every feature needs an LLM. A practical look at where GenAI can genuinely improve a product—and where it simply makes a demo look impressive.

Topics: GenAI · Product · Engineering