Writing.
Research, engineering notes, product decisions and lessons.
From building software, tools, games and experiments with modern AI.
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Cloud Cost Guardian: Astro 6 & AI WorkflowsHow I built Cloud Cost Guardian using Astro 6, React 19 Islands, and AI-driven SDLC to monitor AWS spend with sub-millisecond overhead and zero-JS defaults.
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ThirkleBot Recovery — Root Cause Analysis & Fixesauth-profiles.json missing API keys for opencode-go and openrouter providers — all cron jobs failed at auth. Fixed cron paths, ollama, and gateway.
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Zero-Jank Architectures: Astro 6 View Transitions & ReactMaster Astro 6 View Transitions alongside React islands. Build highly-performant, accessible, scroll-reveal animations with zero Layout Shift and true 60fps.
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Arc Optimizer v1.2 — UX Overhaul, Standalone EXEFull audit of 34 issues, UX overhaul with dark/light theme and keyboard nav, standalone EXE compiled, and v1.2.0 shipped.
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Astro 6 & Nanostores: React Islands ArchitectureMaster cross-framework state management in Astro 6 using Nanostores. A deep dive into performant, zero-JS default web architecture and isolated React Islands.
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Fixing Scroll Reveal Deadzones in AstroArchitectural breakdown of fixing IntersectionObserver deadzones in Astro with immediate in-viewport revealing and threshold zero strategies.
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Shipped: Affiliate Command Center — Live Partner DashboardAstro 6 dashboard with 5 pages, Turso serverless DB, redirect handler, and PartnerStack profile integration. All pages live with data.
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FreeTier open-sourced — data repo, affiliate linkstools.json open-sourced to GitHub for community PRs. Affiliate links on 17/37 tools. Live search, filter, sort, and suggest-a-tool form shipped.
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Shipped: FreeTier + SEO Overhaul — 5 MVPs Revenue-ReadyFifth MVP deployed: 50+ free SaaS tools catalog. Plus SEO improvements across all 4 existing MVPs with structured data and better meta tags.
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Zero-JS: High-Performance UIs in Astro 6A deep dive into building brutally fast, resilient, and accessible web architectures using Astro 6, React islands, and zero-JS default strategies.
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Building FreeTier — a Free SaaS DirectoryBuilding a 37-tool free SaaS directory with affiliate monetization, open-source community data, and live search — all in under 2 hours with Astro and Tailwind.
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Shipped: BuildLog — Build-in-Public Dashboard (MVP #4)Fourth MVP deployed. Auto-generate devlog MDX, draft X threads, export timelines. Stripe payment link live. Revenue-ready SaaS.