Why Dark Mode is Harder Than Inverting Colors
A deep dive into the architectural nightmares, color theory, and engineering patterns required to build a true, scalable dark mode in modern web applications.
engineering
14 essays on engineering.
Onboarding Should Be a Feature, Not a Tutorial
Why step-by-step tooltip tutorials are failing your users, and how to build context-aware, state-driven onboarding systems that actually drive activation.
Building Resilient Webhooks: What I Learned the Hard Way
Webhooks seem simple until you process millions of them. A deep dive into idempotency, async processing, and surviving retry storms.
WebSockets vs. Server-Sent Events for Real-Time Canvas Collaboration
An architectural comparison of WebSockets and Server-Sent Events for building real-time, multi-user canvas applications like Figma or Miro.
The Right Way to Handle Authentication in Modern SPA Frameworks
A deep dive into securing Single Page Applications, exploring the evolution from localStorage JWTs to the Backend-For-Frontend (BFF) pattern.
Handling Optimistic UI Updates in a Local-First World
A comprehensive guide to building resilient, local-first applications using Optimistic UI, CRDTs, and advanced synchronization strategies.
CSS Grid Architecture for Complex Web Applications
Mastering CSS Grid in the era of Subgrid and Container Queries. Building robust, scalable, and fully responsive layouts for modern web applications.
Why Your React App is Slow (And How to Actually Fix It)
A deep dive into React's rendering mechanics, Fiber architecture, and advanced techniques for optimizing frontend performance at scale.
From Zero to Shipped: The Solo Developer's Guide to Scope Discipline
Managing complexity and avoiding the rewrite trap when building a SaaS product solo.
Designing a Document Editor that Doesn't Feel Like Word
How we built a block-based editor from scratch, handling contenteditable quirks, CRDTs for real-time collaboration, and custom rendering.
The Hidden Costs of AI UI Generation
A deep dive into the real architectural and performance costs of generating UI components dynamically using LLMs.
Automating Payment Recovery: Lessons from Stripe and Razorpay
Handling failed payments is one of the darkest corners of SaaS engineering. Here is our technical blueprint for building a resilient, automated payment recovery pipeline that saved us thousands in churned revenue.
Why I Stopped Using Redux for Complex UI State
Redux is great, but when building high-frequency, complex UI applications like infinite canvases or game-like interfaces, the global immutable store becomes a bottleneck. Here is why we moved away from it.
The Architecture of an Infinite Canvas Web App
A deep dive into the technical decisions, spatial data structures, and rendering optimizations required to build a buttery-smooth infinite canvas web application.