What AI Can't Do for You
While AI tools can generate code and content at an unprecedented scale, the real value of development has shifted to the things that cannot be…
Road to Vector 2.0
A write-up of what we did to get here: design language, tooling, and the decisions that shape how we build.…
Building a Handyman Site That Doesn't Look Like Every Other Handyman Site
A straightforward look at building LvlUp Handyman's website—distinct visual identity, interactive service search, and why intentional design choices…
Learning Shopify: 8 Hours of Liquid Templates and E-commerce Development
My journey learning Shopify development by building a custom theme from scratch instead of using embedded widgets, and what I discovered about…
Building a Book Launch Site That Actually Respects Its Users
How we achieved 99/100/100/100 Lighthouse scores (Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, SEO) while building a bilingual, dark-mode-enabled book…
Why I Spent 18 Hours on a 'Simple' Translation Project
The Chorotega Hotel needed their website in Spanish. I could have used a plugin and been done in an afternoon.…
Building the New Vector Site: A Look Under the Hood
A personal walkthrough of the tech stack, design choices, and development process behind the new Vector website, built with Astro, React, Tailwind,…
Are We Racing to the Middle? A Developer's Take on AI
A reflection on the rise of AI in development, the rush for efficiency, and the importance of maintaining standards, deep understanding, and personal…
What I Learned Over the Last 413 Hours of Programming
Personal reflections and hard-earned lessons from a year of intensive coding, hitting #1 on Costa Rica's Wakatime leaderboard, and what really…