tech.
A deep dive into the stack I compile, the hardware I tactilely abuse, and the theoretical rabbit holes I fall into. Welcome to the engine room.
Astro.js
Shipping raw, lightning-fast HTML to the browser and only hydrating interactive React components exactly when needed. Building with Astro gives me absolute, surgical control over the DOM.
Tailwind CSS
Bypassing external stylesheets entirely to style directly within the markup. It forces a rigid design system and creates a development loop that is insanely fast and completely utility-driven.
Claude 3.5
My surgical scalpel for coding. It understands nuance, context, and structural refactoring better than any other model. It writes code like literature.
ChatGPT (4o)
The blunt-force reasoning engine. When I need rapid-fire logic checks, complex math solutions, or pure structural generation, this is the hammer.
Gemini Pro
The massive context window changes everything. Dumping entire codebases, documentation, and error logs into a single prompt for macro-level analysis.
Mechanical Switches
Typing shouldn't feel like pressing on wet cardboard. The tactile bump, the sound profile, and the exact actuation force of a mechanical keyboard makes the physical act of writing code infinitely more satisfying.
The Ultrawide Setup
Dual monitors have a bezel right where your focus should be. An ultrawide monitor gives you an uninterrupted, cinematic canvas. IDE in the center, browser preview on the left, terminal on the right. Total peripheral vision.
React & VDOM
The mental model of state driving the UI. Diffing trees and re-rendering only what changes makes complex interface logic actually manageable.
TypeScript
Writing pure JavaScript feels like coding without a safety harness. Strict typing catches the catastrophic bugs at compile time instead of in production.
Git Versioning
The ability to branch logic, experiment destructively, and safely merge or time-travel backwards. It is the absolute foundation of fearless coding.
The Silicon Soul
When you watch an LLM perfectly mimic the syntax of empathy, it forces a jarring theological re-evaluation. Wrestling with the existence of the soul and the concept of God becomes infinitely more complicated when we are actively teaching sand how to "think" and simulate consciousness.
Samsung One UI
Moving the entire interactive layer to the bottom third of the screen so a massive 6.8-inch slab is actually usable with one thumb. An absolute masterclass in tactile ergonomics.
The Digital Garden
A website shouldn't just be a static resume. It is a living curation of thoughts and rabbit holes. Whether it's documenting coding paradigms or tracking the spectacular downfall of Charles M. Schwab, this is my corner to plant seeds and let them grow publicly.
Global Edge Networks
The era of single-server latency is dead. Pushing code to Vercel or Netlify and having it instantaneously distributed and cached on edge nodes globally in milliseconds feels like having a superpower.
Computer Vision
The absolute black magic of turning massive pixel arrays into semantic understanding. Drawing bounding boxes isn't just UI; it's complex linear algebra predicting reality and geometric space in real-time.
SEO & Architecture
Building a beautiful site is useless if the algorithmic bees can't index it. Semantic HTML and ruthless Lighthouse scores aren't marketing hacks; they are fundamental web architecture.