I build web things and write about the feelings underneath.
Tech lead and frontend developer who occasionally does full-stack. I like functional programming, user centricity and building autonomous teams who have fun while developing software that is a joy to use.
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// latestOnboarding is just reading now
Mandatory courses, team pairing, or pure chaos - I've onboarded every possible way. Now the job is mostly reading, so onboarding shifted too.
03 Sep 2026 · 9 minread ->2026
Onboarding is just reading now
Mandatory courses, team pairing, or pure chaos - I've onboarded every possible way. Now the job is mostly reading, so onboarding shifted too.
25 Jan 2026 · 4 minHelping people interview
I started coaching devs through interviews and CVs - because I'm good at talking, not at coding, and apparently that's rarer than it should be.
2025
Agent mode for fun!
Cursor's agent mode built a whole 2005-throwback fan page for me while I worked my actual job. Turns out AI is genuinely great at fleeting, silly websites.
21 Jul 2025 · 2 minCoolify!
Deploying side projects used to mean sftp scripts and zero backups. Coolify turned my whole workflow into just 'push to main' and nothing else.
14 Jul 2025 · 3 minWe are developers 2025
15000 developers, mostly AI talks, a few real highlights: React 19, arc42's creator, and a surprise chat with John Romero.
2023
Advent of code!
Every December, Advent of Code trades chocolate for programming puzzles. I'm doing 2023 in Elixir, mostly so I can suffer in a brand new language.
10 Nov 2023 · 4 minSlacking
Is slacking off actually bad, or just recovery in disguise? Depends - a little keeps you sane, too much quietly wrecks the whole team.
27 Oct 2023 · 4 minHow to pull pull requests off
Writing software is basically co-authoring a rulebook with strangers. Pull requests are how we do that without descending into total chaos.
20 Oct 2023 · 3 minThe importance of feeling validated
Counting lines of code or user stories doesn't tell you if your work actually matters. Validated learning - and talking to real users - does.
14 Oct 2023 · 5 minSipping some Elixir
Advent of Code pushed me to finally try Elixir, with ChatGPT as my patient tutor. Opt-in types, doctests, and one very confusing capture operator.
2022
Developers love designing (terminals)!
Developers who swear they don't care about design will still spend hours theming their terminal. Mine's finally pretty, and I use it way more for it.
08 Jun 2022 · 3 minOn the short life expectancy of technical blogs
Why do technical blogs die so fast? Probably because most of us build them to prove something, not to actually keep writing.
2021
Gatsby Cloud Hosting
Gatsby Cloud started hosting too, so I said my goodbyes to Vercel and merged my build and hosting pipeline into one single service.
28 Feb 2021 · 3 minArtSocial21
Two days, one hackathon, one app for finding your next hobby. Figma logos, React, Material UI, and way too little sleep.
14 Feb 2021 · 2 minHappy Valentines Day, I love deploying this blog!
How I deploy this blog with Github, Gatsby Cloud, and Vercel - a step-by-step setup so pushing to main is basically the only thing left to do.
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