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The complete archive of articles, thoughts, and engineering notes.

1 March 2026•5 min read

How ruling things out did most of the design work.

25 February 2026•4 min read

Respecting user intent through high-contrast focus indicators, reduced motion support, and outbound link context.

23 February 2026•4 min read

S3 returns 403 for missing objects when the caller lacks ListBucket permission. Here's why, and how to fix it for static sites on CloudFront.

22 February 2026•5 min read

Using the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) to automate structural integrity and deep-linking in MDX content.

20 February 2026•4 min read

Why privacy belongs in the architecture, not bolted on after.

18 February 2026•5 min read

Transitioning from visual to programmatic state and the mechanics of focus management in interactive components.

15 February 2026•5 min read

Implementing a tiered caching strategy that balances high-performance delivery for assets with immediate consistency for content updates.

14 February 2026•4 min read

Building accessibility literacy, focusing on the discovery of the Accessibility Tree and the foundations of structural inclusivity.

7 February 2026•5 min read

How to recover a lost Git state after a destructive rebase and force push using the reflog and timestamps.

6 February 2026•6 min read

How to simplify your AWS security model by clearly separating human access from automated deployment.