Developer Advice
You can't keep up with AI (and that's okay)
The pace of AI advancement is relentless. Learn how to stay productive without burning out trying to chase every new tool.
The era of the personal app
AI has advanced beyond silly little demos. It's now enabling anyone to build personal software catered to their unique needs and preferences.
When AI coding finally clicked
2025 has been a journey from struggling with the emergence of AI code generators to fully embracing it. From writing almost all the code to almost none of the code.
Abstract hard-coded values in your code
When JS frameworks don’t bring low-level structure recommendations on constants, configuration, and content, you’ll benefit from establishing your own conventions.
Handle Content Outside Site Framework
Learn how to process your content separately so you can write the minimal amount of framework code and easily switch to a new framework in the future, with the added benefit of easier maintainability.
Failure in Web Development is Good
Failure is not the end of the world, but a natural part of the learning process. Learn from your failures and don't let fear hold you back. Embrace the uncertainty, take risks, and find success faster.
Seek Discomfort to Learn and Grow Faster as a Developer
I asked a friend of mine about the one thing that helped him level up as a developer. He said: “Seek discomfort.”
React May Not Be the Best Tool for Your Project
React is a great tool with a massive developer community. It comes with its own benefits and challenges. And yet, there may be tooling that is more suitable to your project.
How Music Makes Me Better at Programming
Exploring a few ways that music has helped me in my development career.
Should You Use a Book to Learn to Code?
Is learning to write code with a book a thing of the past? Or is there still something we can get from a book that we can’t get from a web-based resource?