Theo Martin11 posts

PSA: CSS anchor positioning just deleted 400 lines of tooltip code from our app. #nextjs

the native <dialog> element handles focus trapping better than most libraries I have used.

Unpopular opinion: Seoul in autumn is unreasonably beautiful. #opensource

Honestly, finally moved our realtime updates to SSE. Simpler than websockets for 90% of cases. #postgres

reviewed a PR where the AI wrote the tests first. Honestly it was great. #buildinpublic

Hot take: the best accessibility fix is almost always "use the right HTML element". #heliostack

Small win today: Postgres full text search is criminally underrated for small and medium apps.

Reminder: you probably don’t need that state management library. URL + server state covers a lot. #design

PSA: a design system is a set of decisions, not a set of components. #서울

most performance problems are data fetching problems wearing a trench coat. #react

server components finally clicked for me once I stopped thinking of them as "SSR".

Postgres full text search is criminally underrated for small and medium apps.

TIL typed routes caught three broken links before they hit production today. #ai

coffee count: 3. bugs fixed: 1. bugs created: 2. net progress: vibes.

I love when the database enforces the invariant so the app code doesn’t have to. #music cc @barbara

Small win today: reviewed a PR where the AI wrote the tests first. Honestly it was great.