Why I finally stopped overcomplicating my CSS for every new project
The Trap of Modern CSS Over-EngineeringFor years, the web development community has been caught in a cycle of constant abstraction. We moved from plain CSS to…
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Web development without the toolchain tax
Notes on CSS you can reason about, databases you can query, and AI features that earn their keep.
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Stylesheets
CSS that survives the next redesign
Utility stacks and CSS-in-JS can help prototypes—but many teams ship faster with a small set of tokens, sane cascade, and fewer build steps.
Data layer
SQL is still the integration point
ORMs hide complexity until they do not. For many products, explicit queries, migrations, and indexes beat abstraction magic.
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AI and deploy pipelines, quietly
Add models where they reduce toil—not where slides need a buzzword. Pair that with deploy flows your on-call engineer can explain in one whiteboard.
“The best toolchain is the one your team can debug at 2 a.m. without opening twelve tabs.”
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Why I am still using simple SQL for most modern projects
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How we are finally learning to integrate AI without the noise
Cutting Through the AI HypeFor the past two years, the tech world has been operating at a deafening volume. Every newsletter, developer conference, and…
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