Writing

Notes on frontend architecture, performance, and building for real users.

Thinking in render cycles, not components

Most React performance problems are really re-render problems in disguise. Here's how I trace them before reaching for memoization.

Forensic analysts and fitness users have almost nothing in common, except that both need dense data to be legible in seconds, not minutes.

Server components change more than your folder structure. A few lessons from moving a real production codebase over.

Shared UI across multiple apps sounds great until the build graph turns into a liability. A few rules that kept ours sane.