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Why I Built plunk
yalc stopped being maintained and broke with pnpm. npm link still breaks React hooks. So I built a tool that copies files straight into node_modules.
| 9 min read
#tooling
#npm
#pnpm
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Thoughts on frontend development, system architecture, and engineering leadership.
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I Built a Convex Component to Stop Writing the Same Import Code
Hash-based change detection, automatic upserts, and sync tracking — packaged as a reusable Convex component.
| 13 min read
#convex
#open-source
#data-sync
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Building kurast.trade Part 1: Real-Time Marketplace Patterns with Convex
Patterns for building real-time marketplaces with Convex that go beyond the docs: trade state machines, hash-based change detection, race condition mitigation, and strategic denormalization.
| 8 min read
#convex
#real-time
#marketplace
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DevOps
Featured
Why I Built plunk
yalc stopped being maintained and broke with pnpm. npm link still breaks React hooks. So I built a tool that copies files straight into node_modules.
| 9 min read
#tooling
#npm
#pnpm
Backend
Featured
I Built a Convex Component to Stop Writing the Same Import Code
Hash-based change detection, automatic upserts, and sync tracking — packaged as a reusable Convex component.
| 13 min read
#convex
#open-source
#data-sync
Architecture
Part 1/2
Featured
Building kurast.trade Part 1: Real-Time Marketplace Patterns with Convex
Patterns for building real-time marketplaces with Convex that go beyond the docs: trade state machines, hash-based change detection, race condition mitigation, and strategic denormalization.
| 8 min read
#convex
#real-time
#marketplace
Architecture
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Building kurast.trade Part 2: In-Game Overlay with Overwolf
What I learned building an Overwolf overlay: multi-window coordination, wrapping callback APIs, click-through bugs, and calculating game events locally.
| 8 min read
#overwolf
#gaming
#overlay
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Partytown: Offload Third-Party Scripts to a Web Worker
Move analytics, compliance, and tracking scripts off the main thread. Your app runs unblocked while third-party code executes in a Web Worker.
| 4 min read
#performance
#web-workers
#third-party-scripts