The Case for Server-Side Rendering in 2026

After years of client-heavy SPAs, the industry is shifting back to the server. Here's why SSR with islands architecture is the sweet spot for most web applications, and how frameworks like Astro are leading the charge.

Mar 21

Design Systems Don't Scale (The Way You Think)

Most design systems fail not because of bad components, but because they don't account for the social dynamics of the teams using them. A look at what actually makes design systems succeed at scale.

Mar 18

Tailwind v4: A CSS-First Revolution

Tailwind v4 dropped the JavaScript config in favor of CSS-native configuration. I've been using it for three months now, and it fundamentally changed how I think about utility-first CSS.

Mar 14

Why I Stopped Using State Management Libraries

Redux, Zustand, Jotai — I've used them all. But after building several production apps without any global state library, I'm convinced most applications don't need one. Here's what I use instead.

Mar 10

Building a Personal Knowledge Base with Obsidian and AI

My workflow for capturing, connecting, and resurfacing ideas using Obsidian's graph view combined with local LLM embeddings. A practical guide to building your second brain.

Mar 6