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Thoughts on UI/UX design, frontend development, and the realities of full-time freelancing. No fluff.

Design March 8, 2026 · 7 min read

Why I ditched heavy CSS frameworks for Tailwind — and what changed

After years of fighting specificity wars and unused kilobytes, here's what finally convinced me to make the switch — and the measurable impact it had on both my workflow and my clients' performance scores.

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Dev Feb 21, 2026

Building a design system from scratch in a weekend

Tokens, components, docs — the exact process I follow to spin up a coherent design system in 48 hours.

Dev Jan 14, 2026

Practical Python coding: clean, readable, and testable code

Guidelines and examples for writing maintainable Python, with patterns for clarity, testing, and performance.

Dev Mar 1, 2026

How to become a developer: consistency, focus, and one way to start

A short, practical guide: build tiny habits, organise your routine, and ship a first project.

Design Jul 18, 2026

The 7 UX laws every frontend dev should memorise

Fitts's Law, Hick's Law, Jakob's Law — the cognitive science behind every good interface decision.

Freelance Jul 30, 2026

How I manage 3 client projects at once without losing my mind

My exact Notion setup, communication rhythms, and the one rule I never break.

Dev Aug 12, 2026

Critical rendering path: speed tricks that actually matter

A practical guide to measuring and improving real-world page load for modern SPAs.

Dev Aug 2, 2026

Practical serverless: when to use functions, and when not to

Lessons from shipping serverless backends: latency, cold starts, and cost patterns.