Guide
6 min read
Astro and Alpine Patterns for Fast Content-Heavy Sites
The Astro and Alpine.js patterns that keep content-heavy sites fast without giving up the interactive details that make them feel polished.
astroalpine
Blog archive
Writing archive. Page 2.
Older writing from page 2 of 4, ordered newest first.
Page 2 of 4
From the archive.
More notes and discoveries, ordered newest first.
Deep Dive
5 min read
PostLens: A private on-device content studio
Why PostLens keeps selection, scoring, enhancement, composition, and caption preparation on the iPhone while making optional generative handoffs explicit.
iosswiftui
Case Study
6 min read
Expanding Santi020k Theme from editor to terminal
How a VS Code palette became a generated terminal system with six application formats, three Starship styles, managed shells, validation, and Homebrew releases.
terminaldesign-systems
Case Study
4 min read
Shipping macOS tools with a personal Homebrew tap
How I separated product code from distribution metadata and turned signed terminal releases into familiar Homebrew install and upgrade commands.
homebrewmacos
Deep Dive
5 min read
Designing ESLint Packages Teams Actually Adopt
What separates ESLint configurations that spread across a codebase from ones that get removed after the first sprint.
eslintcode-quality
Deep Dive
6 min read
Lumen UI: One system, three frameworks
How I built 123 accessible primitives for Astro, React, and Web Components while sharing tokens and behavior without forcing one runtime model.
design-systemsastro
Case Study
5 min read
Dep Beacon: Dependency Signals Inside VS Code
Why I built Dep Beacon, a VS Code extension that keeps npm update paths, pnpm catalog context, and OSV security warnings inside manifests.
vscodedeveloper-experience
Case Study
7 min read
Astro Doctor: A Health Check for Astro Codebases
Why I built Astro Doctor: a CLI, ESLint plugin, editor extension, GitHub Action, and agent skill system for catching Astro anti-patterns early.
astrodeveloper-experience
Article
8 min read
What Is New in @santi020k/eslint-config-basic v2.0
Explore @santi020k/eslint-config-basic v2 with ESLint 10, one-package setup, lazy framework support, monorepo tooling, lite mode, and CLI checks.
eslintjavascript
Opinion
6 min read
Why Developer Experience Work Should Be Measured Like Product Work
Measure developer experience with cycle time, feedback speed, onboarding time, recovery time, and tooling interruptions. Start with a baseline.
developer-experienceengineering-culture
Case Study
4 min read
Building Aaronmgz as a family platform
How a nautical personal site became a shared family platform for messages, invitations, administration, and a long-lived digital home.
astronextjs
Guide
5 min read
Playwright Accessibility Checks That Teams Keep Running
How to add accessibility automation to your Playwright suite in a way that is fast enough to stay in the workflow and specific enough to actually catch problems.
accessibilityplaywright