August 30, 2026
SvelteKit is the newest thing on my list
Honest first impressions of SvelteKit, coming from React and a MERN stack background, while building this blog's frontend.
Posts tagged "learning"
August 16, 2026
Starting CS50P even though I already write Python
Why I started CS50P this year even though I already write real Python, and what it's actually teaching me that experience alone didn't.
August 2, 2026
Django took me from tutorials to real projects
What building a real CRM, a live chat app, and a restaurant menu site in Django taught me that the tutorials never did.
July 19, 2026
A news digest that emails me the headlines I actually care about
A small Python script that scrapes a few sources every morning and emails me only the headlines matching what I actually care about.
July 12, 2026
What CS50 finally taught me about C
How CS50's speller problem set, not the lecture, is what actually made pointers and memory click for me in C.
June 28, 2026
Making my camera email me when someone walks into frame
A Python motion-detection script that watches a webcam feed and emails me a snapshot the moment something moves through frame.
June 21, 2026
How I ended up building this blog instead of just using WordPress
The honest, slightly overcomplicated story of why I built and self-host this blog myself instead of using a ready-made platform.