Writing
Practical notes on architecture, performance, and shipping better products.
How I turned repeated subtitle work into a reusable Remotion package with transcription providers, animated styles, and a cleaner developer workflow.
How I approached structured data inside Sanity Studio, why this belongs closer to the content workflow, and what the plugin solves for developers and editors.
A breakdown of the game loop, input model, power-up design, and browser performance decisions behind a typing tower-defense game.
Why I built a privacy-first Gmail MCP server, what makes AI-agent integrations different from standard API wrappers, and how I structured the toolset.
A look at the tradeoffs behind a real-world finance management app: role-based access, reporting, relational data, and shipping an interface non-technical users can trust.
Why I started exploring portfolio storytelling through programmatic video, what the current prototype covers, and where AI actually helps versus where it does not.
I hit a perfect 100/100 Lighthouse score on a heavy Astro portfolio without removing a single animation. Here is the exact engineering roadmap to eliminate main thread blocking.
This article describes how I built a motion-heavy Astro + Svelte portfolio with Sanity, Tailwind, and AI tools while still hitting a perfect 100/100 Lighthouse score.