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What do you build when you can build anything?
My hot take is: Telling people that they have to build endlessly is very, very, very bad advice. If...
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#design#frontend#ux#webdev
From Figma to the browser: building a shared mental model
Throughout my career as an engineer, I have been given a countless amount of specs, design documents...
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#discuss#interview#software
What two months of interviewing taught me about the 2026 tech job market
July wasn’t a particularly pleasant month for me. I was affected by the restructuring of the company...
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#webdev#a11y
HTML is getting cool again: Meet the Invoker Commands API
For years, frontend development has had a slightly embarrassing relationship with HTML. We all read...
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#algorithms#datastructures#webdev#discuss
How Many Introductions Away Are You From Pedro Pascal? A Practical Introduction to Graph Search
I was watching The Mandalorian the other day when it struck me that I don't know Pedro Pascal, which...
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#architecture#frontend#interview#systemdesign
Frontend system design interviews are weird. Here’s how I now approach functional requirements.
One of the worst types of interviews for me is the system design. It feels overwhelming, even though...
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#webdev#javascript#beginners
The 10 JS Topics Every Frontend Engineer Should Know
Maybe AI is THE "hot" topic, but interviews are as old as ever. As i am studying for that said...
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#css#frontend#performance#webdev
Repaint vs Reflow: A Simple Explanation
What's happening when a website loads? When you visit a website, your browser reads the...
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#devchallenge#frontendchallenge#webdev#javascript
The Comfort Atlas: What Does Home Taste Like?
This is a submission for Frontend Challenge - Comfort Food Edition, Perfect Landing What I...
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#algorithms#ai#machinelearning#recommendations
Collaborative Filtering: How Computers Find Your Next Favourite Thing
🎯 Finding Your Taste Twin Imagine walking into a party where you don't know...
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#webdev#beginners#javascript
Understanding JavaScript Execution Context: The Foundation of Interactivity
The most difficult thing in JavaScript is understanding how things are collaborating in order to...
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#eli5#ai#beginners#basic
What Are Embeddings?: How AI Knows a Cat and a Kitten Are Related ⭐
This is a very simplified version of what an embedding is and is meant for beginners. Felt that I had...
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#ai#webdev#productivity
Stop Hiring a Rocket Scientist to Check If a Box Is Empty
One thing I've been thinking about lately is what trade-offs companies are willing to make in order...
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#ai#eli5#beginners#webdev
What is a context window, actually?
AI is moving fast, and it feels like there's a new concept to learn every week. In an effort to...
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#eli5#ai#webdev#beginners
Tokens aren't words: what actually happens when you send a prompt
AI is moving fast, and it feels like there's a new concept to learn every week. In an effort to...
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#devchallenge#weekendchallenge
Passion Lens: Discover the Passion Hidden in Your Photographs
Passion Lens: Discover the Passion Hidden in Your Photographs This is a submission for...
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#ai#discuss#productivity#softwareengineering
Being an engineer in the AI era
I hesitated to write this. Not because I don’t have an opinion about AI in software engineering, but...
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#webdev#a11y#beginners
HTML <abbr> Tag 📝
Ever wanted to be super semantic and helpful to your users and machines? The HTML <abbr> tag is...
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🧠 React.ReactNode vs JSX.Element vs React.ReactElement – What's the Damn Difference?
If you’re working with TypeScript and React, you’ve probably seen types like JSX.Element,...
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The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Intro to JS Primitive Data Types (pt. 1)
JavaScript has two main categories of data types: primitives and objects. A primitive (or a primitive...
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#webdev#javascript#beginners#programming
Mastering Closures: Tips and Tricks for Better JavaScript Development
Today we will take a closer look to a common struggle for many developers starting with JavaScript...
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Insights from "The Making of a Manager" (Chapter 1) by Julie Zhuo
Embarking on the path to becoming a manager is an exhilarating yet daunting journey. It marks a...
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#webdev#beginners#react
Navigating React's Controlled vs. Uncontrolled Components
Hello, hello 👋 If you're just starting your journey into React development, you might have...
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