Notes from the build

Who's Reading This? What Web Analytics Actually Is

Every like and every impression is a counter going up. Websites have the same counters, and a lot more. Here's how a website knows you showed up, what it can count, and why counting is only the first step.

Beyond First Paint: What Lighthouse Is Actually Measuring

I thought Lighthouse measured how fast a page shows up. It measures something stranger. Here's what the score is made of, and how a portfolio with a 3D bridge on its homepage ended up scoring higher than the plain site it replaced.

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Is Vibe Coding a New Drug for Coders?

AI sped up my coding but quietly eroded my problem-solving instincts. Here's how I rebuilt them with mindful, AI-as-mentor coding instead of AI-as-crutch.

Lovable vs Bolt.new — Same Magic, Different Spells

Lovable.dev builds full-stack apps like Bolt.new, but skips the WebContainers. Here's how it works behind the scenes.

Web Containers 101: A Beginner's Guide to Running Code in the Browser

An introduction to Web Containers — what they are, how they work, and why they are transforming web development by running code directly in your browser.

Building an AI-Powered Website Generator: A Deep Dive into Prompt Engineering & WebContainers

How I built Visio, an AI website generator, using clever prompt engineering to coax structured code from an LLM and WebContainers to run it live in the browser.