devlogstarred
Building this site: React, Vite, and zero CSS frameworks
Every few years I rebuild my personal site. It's a ritual — part spring cleaning, part excuse to try whatever stack I've been eyeing. This time the rules were simple: static out…
✳ the archive
Writing on code, tools & the occasional rant.
toolingstarred
My terminal setup in 2025 (and the 8 tools that matter)
I live in a terminal. Not in a performative, lookatmyricing way — it's simply where I'm fastest. Here's the current state of the setup, and the small sharp tools that carry the…
opensource
Why I give code away for free
Someone asked me recently why I bother opensourcing side projects. The subtext: you're giving away your time for free. And sure, that's one way to count it. But the ledger has a…
notes
Plain-text accounting changed how I think about money
Two years ago I moved my finances into a git repository. Not a budgeting app, not a spreadsheet — a folder of text files, versioned, diffable, greppable. This is the pitch. The…