Welcome to my blog.
Here you will find a collection of my thoughts, ideas, and
experiences.
I hope you find something that resonates with you.
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AI’s Trap: Settling for Boilerplate Over Elegant Code
Oct 27, 2025 8 Minutes Ai is a great tool but it increases our tolerance for boilerplate and ugly code, let's strive for elegance over mediocrity.
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Why Zig + Qt Feels Like Doing the Impossible Right
Oct 22, 2025 20 Minutes Zig and Qt make for a surprisingly effective combination for cross platform GUI development.
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I Miss when Software Ended
Oct 16, 2025 12 Minutes Software should be ours to own, not just rent. It's time to rethink subscriptions, updates, and user control.
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Accidentally Made a Zig dotenv Parser
Oct 7, 2025 6 Minutes How I ended up creating a dotenv parser while working on a CLI argument parser
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Is Odin Just a More Boring C?
Oct 4, 2025 15 Minutes Exploring Odin Through a Tiny Key-Value Store with Pub/Sub
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My Battle Tested React Hooks Are Now Open Source
Oct 2, 2025 7 Minutes A collection of battle-tested React hooks that I've used in various projects over the years.
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Why Zig Feels More Practical Than Rust for Real-World CLI Tools
Sept 23, 2025 8 Minutes Why I reach for Zig first for my CLI tools lately
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Are We Chasing Language Hype Over Solving Real Problems?
Sept 20, 2025 7 Minutes The Allure of New Languages vs. The Necessity of Problem-Solving
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Dev Culture Is Dying The Curious Developer Is Gone
Sept 18, 2025 12 Minutes From tinkerers to metric seekers: How the shift in developer culture is impacting innovation and creativity.
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Why I Still Reach for C for Certain Projects
Sept 16, 2025 10 Minutes The Enduring Relevance of C in Modern Software Development
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Stop Abstracting and Start Programming
Sept 11, 2025 6 Minutes How to avoid over-engineering and start loving the code
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In Defense of C++
Sept 9, 2025 12 Minutes Why C++ remains a powerful and relevant programming language in today's tech landscape.
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Read Directory Contents With Zig
Oct 6, 2024 4 Minutes Learn how to read the contents of a directory in Zig using the page allocator.
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The Future of Frontend Development
June 29, 2024 10 Minutes A Look at Emerging Trends and Technologies
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Building Blocks Of Zig: Unions
June 29, 2024 5 Minutes Zig unions are a powerful way to represent multiple possible types of a value in a single variable.
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Jotai atomWithStorage
June 4, 2024 4 Minutes How to persist data in your application with Jotai, atomWithStorage might just be the solution you are looking for.
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Building Blocks Of Zig: slices
June 3, 2024 6 Minutes Slices are a core building block of Zig and are used to represent a contiguous sequence of elements. Learn how to create, access and iterate over slices in Zig.
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Building Blocks Of Zig: Understanding Structs
May 29, 2024 5 Minutes Structs are a fundamental building block of Zig and are used to group related data together in a logical and structured way.
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Zig is the Next Big Programming Language
May 11, 2024 7 Minutes Zig is an amazing programming language that has the potential to become huge in the coming years. Learn more about Zig and why you should consider using it.
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Zig Allocators Explained
May 8, 2024 7 Minutes A dive into how Zig handles memory allocation and how you can use Allocators to control it. Learn more about Zig's unique approach to memory management.
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React Query Retry explained
May 7, 2024 6 Minutes This simple option will make your app more resilient to network failures and give you more control over your fetching logic.
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Three different states - Remote, App, and Local
April 23, 2024 10 Minutes How to structure your state in a way that makes your codebase more maintainable, scalable, and performant.
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Common React Hook Questions
Mar 2, 2024 6 Minutes Answering common questions about React hooks and providing some tips for working with them, hope you find this helpful!
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react useDebounce
Feb 24, 2024 4 Minutes A simple debounce hook for React applications. Useful for when you want to limit the number of times a function is called to improve performance
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What Makes Jotai So Amazing?
Feb 23, 2024 7 Minutes A minimalistic and modern state management library designed for React applications, find out why I think this state management library is so darn great.
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React goes fullstack
Feb 23, 2024 4 Minutes React is a fullstack application now? Yes, no, maybe? Let's find out and let's see how React Server Components play a role in this.
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Writing Effective Unit Tests
May 11, 2023 6 Minutes Make Your Code Robust, Reliable, and Bug-Free, One Test at a Time. Learn the Essential Tactics for Achieving Robust, Bug-Free Development and Maintenance.
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The TypeScript Development Trap You Need to Avoid
April 28, 2023 10 Minutes Unlocking and Understanding TypeScript Enums: Navigating Pitfalls, Maximizing Their Effectiveness - Your Ultimate Guide to Mastery
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Cool Usecases for GitHub
April 21, 2023 10 Minutes Unlocking the Power of GitHub Discovering Unique and Creative Use Cases to Streamline Your Workflow and Boost Your Productivity.
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Next.js Layouts Explained
April 4, 2023 10 Minutes Streamlining Next.js Development with Layouts Achieving Consistency, Reusability, and Improved Performance
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5 Lesser-Known React Principles That You Should Follow
April 3, 2023 10 Minutes Supercharging Your React Development Skills: Revealing 5 Lesser-Known Principles for Enhanced Expertise and Efficiency in Building Remarkable Applications
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Designing React Components that are Testable and Maintainable
April 3, 2023 8 Minutes Make your React components testable and maintainable by following these best practices and design patterns.
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React Query / Tan Stack Query Explained
Jan 6, 2023 7 Minutes Streamline Your Data Management with React Query. A fantastic library for handling data fetching and caching in your React application.
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Harder does not mean better
Nov 16, 2022 5 Minutes Is Doing Things the Hard Way Truly Better for Developers? Let's Find Out together in this Article. The short answer is no.
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NEXT.JS is evolving
Oct 27, 2022 7 Minutes Next13 is here and in this blog post here we'll explore my favorite new features, I've left the best for last.
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Open Source your Projects
Oct 19, 2022 10 Minutes Why Open Source is Essential for Community Building and Personal Growth not to mention Networking, socializing and even financial gain.
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React Just Got Even More Awesome
Oct 15, 2022 5 Minutes Introducing the use Hook: A Native Way to Handle Async in React Applications, Making Data Fetching Easier and More Declarative
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Use React Context for Auth
Oct 7, 2022 10 Minutes Let's build a smooth authentication system with React Context: Step-by-step guide for enhanced user security and seamless integration.
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The Tao of Git: A Guide to Mastering Git
Oct 7, 2022 10 Minutes Learn the way of the git, become a git yourself, and many great things will come to you. People might even start refering to you as a git...master
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5 Essential Tips for Custom React Hooks
Sept 28, 2022 6 Minutes Up your custom hooks game with these 5 tips to help you write better custom hooks and make your codebase more maintainable and scalable.
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How granular should components be?
Sept 27, 2022 5 Minutes Avoiding the Two Extremes of Component Design: Finding the Right Balance for Your Application's Codebase
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How and when to use React Context
Sept 26, 2022 6 Minutes React context can be a very powerful tool, but when and why should you use it? Let's find out in this article.
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7 Steps to become a better react developer
Sept 22, 2022 8 Minutes These are just some of the things I've learned over the years that have helped me become a better react developer. Maybe they can help you too.
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Make a URL Shortener in C#
June 17, 2019 10 Minutes In this post, we'll build a URL shortener in C# using ASP.NET Core and explore LiteDB for storage. We'll also cover a bit of the theory behind URL shorteners.
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Is .NET Worth Learning in 2019?
May 28, 2019 3 Minutes Is .NET worth learning in 2019? I think so. Let's explore my personal reasons why I think C# is still a great language to learn in 2019 and beyond.