Writing

Notes from the front of the front-end.

CMS: Contentful

Making Dexter run

Turning a scrappy loader gif into a stepped sprite, so my dog animates the same on every page transition.May 2026

One to rule them all

How a thin semantic layer over a primitive token scale gives you light, dark and brand modes for the cost of one CSS file.Mar 2026

The front of the front-end, three years on

The UX-engineer role has only gotten more important. A look at where the great divide stands today.Jan 2026

Shipping dark mode without the flash of wrong theme

A small inline script and a token contract that keeps SSR honest and the first paint correct.