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sometimes not making a props optional `?:` is the right way to go when building a component try to minimize human error as much as possible

After working on backend tasks for almost two weeks now, I feel like AI helps significantly since backend is usually more structured. But so far, I feel like I can't fully utilize AI when doing frontend. It's kind of hard with the design systems and personal touches.

watched 3 series from apple tv so far: shrinking, ted lasso, severance not a single one is a miss 🤯 at this rate i might have to make the subscription permanent

For anyone who makes content of any type, if you don't have one, think about starting a newsletter. You can be web-first, but newsletters are (even in 2025) such a good way to reach your audience. And if you have a small audience, it generally means they'll be an engaged audience!

Reflecting on 2024: 🎉 • First full-time job experience • Solo travel in South Korea • Business trip to Dubai • Skydiving thrill 🚀 Catch my year-end retrospective here theodorusclarence.com/blog/2024-re...

It surprises me that not a lot of people care to add a focus style when doing frontend. Sometimes they even use "outline: none" instead 💀 Checking focus style is one of the pipeline both in self-coding and code review.

List Animations using Motion for React @motion.dev Learn how to create smooth enter/exit animations: • Perfect height transitions with two-div technique • Clean spacing animations • Zero flickering • Component extraction tips Check it out 👇 theodorusclarence.com/blog/list-an...

one tiny detail that people might miss: I took my time to line those up so it feels like a print on a literal notebook 🤣 also the title & date on the top right corner is dynamic!

3 analytics providers seem to have different values. Does anybody have any idea why? Maybe it's due to different ad blocker and bot filtering?

matcha latte with oat milk is so damn good i like the mild nutty flavor and subtle grainy aftertaste

1 year after graduation, I realized that I didn't even have a soft copy of my degree and had never once sent it. That's how strong an online presence is.

woohoo 🍵 I can make it with tiny teaspoon of honey, cafes don’t understand the meaning of ‘less sweet’ istg

yayy, i’ve been wanting this for a while

my close friend bought me this after i mentored him for a few months he just landed a remote job to my company 🙇‍♂️🎉

Finally had a free moment over the holiday break to mess around with some creative code ideas. I hacked on this little Web Component that outputs a shimmering pixel effect when its parent element is hovered. Read the post and check out the demo: ryanmulligan.dev/blog/pixel-c...

just rewrote them to pure CSS, now faster and smoother! deployed on theodorusclarence.com, feel it yourself

one more left 🔥

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24 hours after launch 🔥 Thanks for all 6k people checking my website!