I’ve been a software engineer for over a decade. There have been times when I felt like a genius, then felt dumb shortly after. I rode the Dunning-Kruger curve like a rollercoaster.

My career has had a lot of ups and downs, and I’ve learned a lot along the way. But for some reason, I haven’t shared much of it. A mix of overthinking, overengineering, procrastination and imposter syndrome has kept me from sharing a lot of what I’ve learned. I’m finally ready to change that.

Why now?

I spent a significant portion of my career hoarding knowledge. I thought there would come a time when I would start doing the things I always wanted to do, and that knowledge would be my biggest advantage. I did build some things. But I did it in silence, expecting to be discovered by my target audience. Honestly, I don’t even remember most of the things I built. I did it in a rush of the moment, but never reflected on it.

The time I have been waiting for never came. And suddenly, the world has ran out of time. With the advancement of AI, the unique set of knowledge I had was not a competitive advantage anymore.

It made me realize I had been procrastinating all along. I was fooling myself thinking I was productive by learning new things. But learning was just another dopamine trap for me, and the things I built in silence were my comfort zone. The real productivity was execution and connection, and I was avoiding both.

I am sharing this in the hope that it will help others who might be in the same boat. I encourage you to do what you must do, now.

What to expect from this blog?

I plan to write about the things I actually deal with. Frontend architecture, CSS tricks, TypeScript patterns. Practical stuff, grounded in real code and real trade-offs.

I’m not going to pretend this is going to be very interesting for all readers. Some posts will be me experimenting with some niche thing nobody cares about. But I’m sure they all will be interesting to at least someone, and that’s enough for me. I can’t promise a schedule either. I’d rather write something worth reading occasionally than push out filler every week.

If you want to help, follow me on Twitter or Github. That’s the best validation for a small creator like me.

So, hello! Thanks for reading. Let’s see where this goes.