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learning things, building things, breaking things, writing about it. technical projects, personal struggles, life stuff, random observations - just documenting whatever I'm working through.

Redesigning the Portfolio: Teal, Fonts, and Timelines
#026 19 May 2026

Redesigning the Portfolio: Teal, Fonts, and Timelines

A deep audit of the portfolio revealed broken animations, a split design system, and the violet monoculture. Here's how I fixed it.

designfrontendportfolioui-designanimationcss
Optimizing Performance and Pagination: A Deep Dive into Web Vitals
#025 17 Dec 2025

Optimizing Performance and Pagination: A Deep Dive into Web Vitals

How I refactored the blog's pagination system for better SEO, optimized image loading strategies to boost Core Web Vitals, and fixed critical accessibility issues.

optimizationweb-developmentperformanceaccessibilityseo
Automating Terminal-Style Thumbnails
#024 3 Dec 2025

Automating Terminal-Style Thumbnails

How I built a custom thumbnail generator using Puppeteer to create consistent, terminal-themed open graph images for every blog post.

automationdesignjavascriptnodejs
Refining Navigation and Branding: A Journey to Consistency
#023 30 Nov 2025

Refining Navigation and Branding: A Journey to Consistency

How I unified the navigation experience across my portfolio, blog, and games, and refined the 'JJ' logo for better visibility.

designbrandinguxfrontendcss
Optimizing Blog Interactivity and UX
#022 30 Nov 2025

Optimizing Blog Interactivity and UX

A deep dive into recent improvements: fixing the blank screen issue, implementing collapsible tag filters, and debugging critical interactivity bugs.

web-developmentdebugginguxjavascript
Building TruthMeter AI: Measuring the Real Impact of AI Coding Assistants
#021 28 Nov 2025

Building TruthMeter AI: Measuring the Real Impact of AI Coding Assistants

The complete journey of building a VS Code extension that measures actual AI assistant productivity using peer-reviewed research - from initial concept to 145+ tests and production release

typescriptvscodeaimetricstestingdeveloper-tools
Enhancing Game UI: Mobile Responsiveness and Terminal Aesthetics
#020 28 Nov 2025

Enhancing Game UI: Mobile Responsiveness and Terminal Aesthetics

Deep dive into fixing mobile UI issues and enhancing dropdown styling for terminal-themed games

cssmobileuxgamedevterminal-aesthetic
Building a Secure Password Reset Flow
#019 20 Nov 2025

Building a Secure Password Reset Flow

A deep dive into implementing a secure, token-based password reset system using Spring Boot, React, and Brevo email service.

Spring BootReactSecurityBrevo
Adding Interactive Scripts to Blog Posts
#018 26 Jan 2025

Adding Interactive Scripts to Blog Posts

how we extended the blog system to support inline JavaScript and CSS for interactive visualizations - with live demos

metaengineeringfrontendtutorials
Solving Adjacent Increasing Subarrays: From Naive to Optimal
#017 26 Jan 2025

Solving Adjacent Increasing Subarrays: From Naive to Optimal

A deep dive into algorithm optimization - from O(n³) brute force to O(n) optimal solution with interactive visualization

algorithmsoptimizationleetcodedata-structuresproblem-solving