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Thoughts on UI/UX design, frontend development, and the realities of full-time freelancing. No fluff.

Design March 8, 2025 · 7 min read

Why I ditched heavy CSS frameworks for Tailwind — and what changed

After years of fighting specificity wars and unused kilobytes, here's what finally convinced me to make the switch — and the measurable impact it had on both my workflow and my clients' performance scores.

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Dev Feb 21, 2025

Building a design system from scratch in a weekend

Tokens, components, docs — the exact process I follow to spin up a coherent design system in 48 hours.

Freelance Jan 14, 2025

5 lessons from my first year of full-time freelancing

Contracts, pricing, scope creep, burnout — the things nobody tells you before you go solo.

Dev Dec 3, 2024

Alpine.js is the jQuery of the modern era — and that's a compliment

No build step, no virtual DOM, no config hell. Just sprinkle some behaviour and ship.

Design Nov 18, 2024

The 7 UX laws every frontend dev should memorise

Fitts's Law, Hick's Law, Jakob's Law — the cognitive science behind every good interface decision.

Freelance Oct 30, 2024

How I manage 3 client projects at once without losing my mind

My exact Notion setup, communication rhythms, and the one rule I never break.

Dev Oct 5, 2024

Dark mode done right: beyond just inverting colours

Contrast ratios, elevation, shadows — what most dark mode implementations get completely wrong.