Software that works, and writing about how it got that way.
Senior engineer with 15+ years of shipping. I write about the craft, the trade-offs, and the parts of the job that don't fit on a résumé. New posts monthly; opinions formed slowly and held loosely.
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When a Site Blocks Text Selection
A DevTools console snippet to restore text selection, copy, and right-click on a site that blocks them.
What I Want for My Birthday
If you're facing a cancer diagnosis, or caring for someone who is, cancer may have a metabolic root cause, and that could change how it's treated.
Displaying File Names for Multi-File Inputs with Stimulus
How to build a small Stimulus controller that displays individual file names when users select multiple files, replacing the browser's generic count.
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CSS Refactoring with an AI Safety Net
How to safely refactor messy CSS using AI assistance and screenshot-based visual diffing as a regression safety net.
Building an AI Blog Editor with Claude Skills
Creating an AI blog editor with Claude Skills—like having a code reviewer for your writing when you don't have a human editor.
A Vanilla Routing Experiment
Building client-side routing with vanilla JavaScript: What started as a simple experiment revealed the hidden complexity that SPA frameworks solve for you.