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Some condensed thoughts around the topics I interested over time.

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Convincing Myself to "Vibe Code"

by a Developer

Dec 2025

by a Developer

ai

machine-learning

To vibe or not to vibe, that's the question. Draw the line between throwaway AI vibe coded prototypes and sustainable software engineering without losing your edge.

Fear of Doing Nothing

by a Human Being

Nov 2025

by a Human Being

life

Productivity as avoidance. Fear of stillness. An unintentional break revealed my distorted pace of living.

What My Cat Taught Me About Faith?

by a Christian

Sep 2025

by a Christian

faith

A reflection drawing parallels between the our relationship our my cat and our relationship with God.

Code like an Onion: The Decorator Pattern

by a Developer

Jul 2025

by a Developer

design-pattern

python

An introduction to the Decorator Design Pattern, which helps manage cross-cutting concerns by wrapping your core functionality like an onion🧅.

The CSS Odyssey: Why I Turned back to CSS After Trying Everything Else

by a Developer

Jun 2025

by a Developer

css

react

web-dev

A developer's CSS journey: from vanilla to CSS-in-JS to Tailwind and back to CSS, with hard-earned lessons along the way.

5 WTF Moments in Python

by a Developer

May 2025

by a Developer

python

This isn't another Python beginner guide or critique of Python's performance issues. Instead, the blog walks through five surprising behaviors in Python that have bitten me in the past, knowing these might save you hours of debugging.

Single Source of Truth: Cross-Component Styling with React Compound Pattern

by a Developer

Apr 2025

by a Developer

design-pattern

react

web-dev

Cross-component styling is more than often in real world application. The blog explores a context-aware styling solutions in React applications, leveraging the Compound Pattern.

Breaking Down React Components: From Monolithic to Compound Pattern

by a Developer

Apr 2025

by a Developer

design-pattern

react

web-dev

Struggling with monolithic React components? Break it into small pieces and embrace the compound pattern to achieve intuitive composition and unlimited customization.

Conquering Slow Tests: 4 Solutions to Bring Concurrency into Pytest

by a Developer

Feb 2025

by a Developer

async

python

testing

System and integration tests sometimes require substantial execution time. The blog shares my journey of exploring multiple approaches to address the efficiency challenges, culminating in developing a custom pytest plugin.

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