Who TF puts up ads on a Portfolio?
My portfolio has ads — yes, it's me. Honest monetization over fake purity. Small banners fund chai & servers. Messy, real, 2026 style. ☕
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Thoughts on design, code, craft, and the pursuit of doing less — but better.
Why I Still Write Vanilla CSS in 2026
In an era of component libraries and AI-generated stylesheets, there's still profound value in writing CSS by hand. It's not nostalgia — it's control, understanding, and joy.
Read more →The Quiet Power of Single-Responsibility Components
When every component does exactly one thing well, the entire system becomes more predictable, testable, and — surprisingly — more beautiful.
Read more →Performance Budgets Are Moral Choices
Every kilobyte you ship is a decision about whose time you're willing to waste. On slow connections in rural areas or developing countries, those bytes matter deeply.
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