From 389 console errors to zero: building a high-performance syntax highlighter with CSS Custom Highlights API, Shiki, and Claude Code—and learning that workflow matters more than I thought.
I used to leave snarky comments in code criticizing my coworkers. Years later I came back and realized I'd been wrong. That's when I learned how to actually do rescue work.
From functional card game to production-ready web application: implementing a dynamic theme system, fixing critical bugs, and deploying to the world with bank-grade security.
How I turned a 30-year-old family card game into a modern web application using Phoenix LiveView, complete with AI opponents and real-time multiplayer.
Sustainable software development isn’t just about clean code or green energy. It’s about people, pace, and pragmatic decisions that last.
Microservices were supposed to save us. For most teams, they just moved the pain around — and made everything more complicated in the process.
Lead Dev London 2019 brought together 1400+ engineers and leaders for two days of inspiration, practical advice, and community — still my favourite conference.
Teaching assembly programming for C64, ZX Spectrum, NES, and Amiga through authentic development environments. Because modern abstractions hide how computers actually work, and the best way to learn optimization is by programming systems with 64KB of RAM.
A 30-year-old family card game rebuilt with Phoenix LiveView. Features strategic AI opponents, real-time multiplayer for 4-8 players, and three distinct visual themes. Proves Elixir isn't just for messaging systems - it's perfect for complex, stateful games.
Brings CSS Highlights API performance to your Markdown workflow. Perfect for technical blogs drowning in code examples - this Remark plugin delivers the same 90% DOM reduction without touching your build pipeline. Astro and Next.js ready.
Born from frustration with bloated syntax highlighting, this library slashes DOM nodes by 90% using the CSS Highlights API. What used to take 180KB and thousands of spans now takes 45KB and renders in a fraction of the time.