Writing

Long-form essays live here. Pieces originally published on external sites open on external sites.

18 Aug 2026 · Featured · 2 min read

Accessibility is a product constraint

Treat accessibility as a design input, not a cleanup ticket. The work is mostly semantics, focus, and contrast; and it changes what you ship.

2 Aug 2026 · Featured · 2 min read

Why this site is a content-first static knowledge hub instead of a résumé template, a CMS, or another social profile.

21 Jul 2025 · Gigson

A layered testing strategy for React Native: unit, component, and end-to-end without drowning CI.

17 Jul 2025 · Gigson

What actually matters when hiring frontend engineers in a shifting framework landscape.

11 Jul 2025 · Gigson

Trade-offs between React Native, Flutter, and native when the constraint is time, performance, or platform depth.

21 Jun 2025 · Featured · Gigson

Compare REST and GraphQL: strengths, caching, fetching, and how to choose for your product.

1 Jun 2025 · Featured · Gigson

Common React Native performance pitfalls: the bridge, lists, images, and how to measure before you guess.

15 May 2025 · Gigson

Why puzzle-solving is not the same as the analytical work shipping software actually requires.

24 Apr 2025 · Gigson

Practical API performance: cache invalidation, pagination shapes, and spreading load without theatre.

20 Mar 2025 · Gigson

A comparison of monoliths and microservices that starts from team size and operational cost, not fashion.