https://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/A slow blog about frontend engineering and the craft of shipping software.en https://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/a-practical-guide-to-css-container-queries.htmlhttps://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/a-practical-guide-to-css-container-queries.htmlSun, 09 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000This post started as a note to my future self. Every few months I relearn the same lessons about container queries, so this time I'm writing them down. https://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/server-components-one-year-later.htmlhttps://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/server-components-one-year-later.htmlSat, 08 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000This post started as a note to my future self. Every few months I relearn the same lessons about server-side rendering, so this time I'm writing them down. https://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/what-actually-moved-our-largest-contentful-paint.htmlhttps://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/what-actually-moved-our-largest-contentful-paint.htmlTue, 28 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000Every codebase has one area everyone is a little afraid to touch. On our team, it was everything related to hydration. https://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/why-i-stopped-reaching-for-a-state-management-library.htmlhttps://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/why-i-stopped-reaching-for-a-state-management-library.htmlThu, 25 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000I've been working with Storybook for about 4 years now, and my opinions on form validation have changed more than I expected. https://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/notes-from-migrating-a-large-app-to-vite.htmlhttps://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/notes-from-migrating-a-large-app-to-vite.htmlSat, 04 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000I've been working with Vite for about 7 years now, and my opinions on design tokens have changed more than I expected. https://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/the-accessibility-bugs-our-test-suite-never-caught.htmlhttps://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/the-accessibility-bugs-our-test-suite-never-caught.htmlWed, 19 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000There is no shortage of articles about React. Most of them cover the happy path. This one is about what happened after the happy path ended. https://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/design-tokens-are-a-contract-not-a-color-palette.htmlhttps://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/design-tokens-are-a-contract-not-a-color-palette.htmlTue, 30 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000This post started as a note to my future self. Every few months I relearn the same lessons about design tokens, so this time I'm writing them down. https://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/building-forms-that-don-t-fight-the-browser.htmlhttps://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/building-forms-that-don-t-fight-the-browser.htmlFri, 19 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000A colleague asked me last week why our team cares so much about Core Web Vitals. I gave a rambling answer, so here is the longer, more organized version. https://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/shipping-less-javascript-without-rewriting-everything.htmlhttps://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/shipping-less-javascript-without-rewriting-everything.htmlTue, 20 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000A colleague asked me last week why our team cares so much about bundle size. I gave a rambling answer, so here is the longer, more organized version. https://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/how-we-test-ui-without-snapshot-tests.htmlhttps://tw02qz.cybergalaxy.me/posts/how-we-test-ui-without-snapshot-tests.htmlWed, 07 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000A colleague asked me last week why our team cares so much about design tokens. I gave a rambling answer, so here is the longer, more organized version.