From React quirks to AI-assisted workflows; long-form writing on the craft of development.
An alternative to heavy PRDs and meta-docs: start with a goal, prompt AI for a commit-lint style plan, then orchestrate each commit step by step. A lightweight hack for structuring complex tasks into clean, focused progress.
A rant on the overuse of React’s useEffect; how it turns declarative code back into imperative hacks, why it creates hidden complexity, and how trusting React’s model leads to cleaner, simpler apps.
A guide to thinking about how to design a shadcn MCP server covering component modeling, discovery vs. fidelity, and workflow ergonomics so your assistant becomes a reliable partner, not just a file browser.