Web Dev

Modern web development from someone who builds it. CSS, JavaScript, web standards, and the patterns that actually scale.

Wireframe globes of Earth, the Moon, and Mars rising from a laptop screen, each measured by brass calipers against a starfield

GeoLibre maps Earth, the Moon, and Mars in a browser

GeoLibre is an open source GIS in the browser that also runs on desktop, Android, and in Jupyter. It keeps your data local and maps the Moon and Mars.

Half-built copper locomotive with a crab emblem on a workbench, its rear half still a wireframe outline beside a grid of empty checkboxes

The Tokio team is building Rails for Rust with Topcoat

Topcoat is a Rust full stack web framework from the Tokio team, with routing, templates, and reactivity built in. Authentication is not there yet.

CSS @scope retires BEM, CSS Modules, and CSS-in-JS

CSS @scope scopes selectors to DOM subtrees, retiring BEM naming conventions and CSS Modules build tooling with pure native, browser-level style scoping.

Lazy loading cuts your initial JavaScript weight by 60%

Lazy load images with loading=lazy, components with dynamic import(), and routes with code splitting to shed 60% of initial JS weight and fix LCP.

A glowing cloud-shaped edge node over a world map stamping an incoming data packet with a location pin, network tag, and padlock

Create "what is my IP" site on Cloudflare in 2 minutes

Build a what is my IP page on a Cloudflare Worker. Read CF-Connecting-IP, add geo and ASN data, serve plain text to curl and HTML to browsers.

React 19 server actions delete your whole API layer

React 19 Server Actions simplify mutations with useActionState, progressive enhancement, automatic loading states, optimistic UI, and type safety.