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APR 26, 2026

The unified toolchain bet

Vite+ rolls runtime, package manager, dev server, build, test, lint, format, and monorepo orchestration into a single binary. The interesting question is not whether the consolidation works — it's what you give up by taking the bet.

APR 3, 2026

Reading rooms on the web

A short argument for narrower columns, longer measures, and a fewer-features-not-more approach to long-form reading on the web.

MAR 9, 2026

Small tools, long-lived

A case for shrinking tools rather than growing them, and the five disciplines that make a codebase still legible five years from now.

FEB 24, 2026

Against dashboards

Dashboards are the last place data goes to die. A sharper case for narratives, alerts, and sparse one-page views.

FEB 10, 2026

On footnotes

The comeback of footnotes in web writing — why they're clearer than hyperlinks, how to style them, and what to do when they pile up.

JAN 28, 2026

The second draft

A short note on the difference between a first draft and a second, and why almost all the value of editing lives between them.