Front-End

My portfolio still runs on Gatsby. Three years after the Netlify acquisition, the framework is technically alive but quietly stuck in maintenance mode. A personal retrospective on watching Gatsby rise, fall, and what it feels like to be the one keeping the lights on.

After building Spec Shaver as a CLI for trimming oversized OpenAPI specs, I kept finding myself wanting a visual way to do the same thing. SpecForge is what came out of that itch: a web app for importing, curating, and exporting OpenAPI specs in the browser.

Why I rolled my own SVG path editor instead of reaching for an existing one – what the off-the-shelf options got wrong for my use case, and what I learned about Bezier curves trying to make the handles feel right.

Encountering a “socket hang up” error in Gatsby? Learn how keeping localhost tabs open can disrupt live-reload connections and how to fix it.

Discover efficient tips for using Styled Components in React projects. Learn how to maintain flexibility and avoid common pitfalls for clean, manageable code.

An old method on initiating file downloads via client-side click events.