Client-Side Data Fetching in React: A Practical Guide
There are a million ways to fetch data in React, and the "best" way is always situational. Breaking down the most common approaches from fetch to TanStack Query to tRPC.
Writing on the latest software trends.
Some of my rants on programming, tech trends and more. I also write for Sloth Bytes, a newsletter read by over 50,000 developers, and post some of the raw pre-published versions here.
Stop Writing Good Code
Why the best engineers write bad code first, and how optimizing for time-to-realization beats premature abstraction every time.
AI Agents For Dummies
AI agents are simpler than companies make them sound. An agent is just an LLM equipped with tools - functions it can call to perform tasks deterministically.
Stop Measuring Story Points, Start Measuring Realization Speed
The only metric that actually matters in software development is how fast you realize you were wrong. Time to first realization beats story points, velocity, and perfect code every time.
How Serverless Tech Slashed Our AWS Bills by 90%
At IPS, we switched to serverless tech for QuantStop.io, cutting our AWS costs by 90%. This move allowed us to only pay for the compute we use and scale easily. Despite some initial challenges, the shift significantly improved our efficiency and website performance.