Full-Stack Engineer
I love building things on the web. Here on my website, you will find tips, notes, examples, experiments, and bookmarks for things I find interesting and valuable for people building things for the web. I do tend to focus on the VILT (Vue, Inertia, Laravel, Tailwind) stack, but I like to explore other things as well.
It’s not so much of a blog and more of a collection of notes and guides to myself. I will keep things updated as time permits.
I’d love to hear from you! Feel free to reach out on X/Twitter or LinkedIn if you’d like.
Latest Posts
Pointing a local CNAME DNS recordDecember 19, 2025
Need to test new infrastructure before changing production DNS, but your app won’t work without the real domain? Here’s a practical way to locally CNAME a domain on macOS using dnsmasq, making it possible to test AWS load balancers safely before going live.
Using Cloudflare’s Proxy with an AWS Load BalancerDecember 19, 2025
If you want to get Cloudflare’s benefits while using an application load balancer in AWS, there is a setting you should be aware of.
Ask for “No”, don’t ask for “Yes”February 25, 2025
A guide on how to change the way you ask for things to get more “permission”.
Fake DeadlinesFebruary 25, 2025
Details on why arbitrary deadlines are good and how to utilize them effectively.
Using SQLite for Browser CachingFebruary 25, 2025
A brief explanation on how Notion used WASM SQLite to improve page load performance.
The Javascript Event LoopFebruary 19, 2025
A simple guide to how JavaScript executes code using the event loop, queues, and the call stack.
Streaming Data from Laravel to the BrowserFebruary 7, 2025
Send realtime updates to the browser without websockets
Carbon IntervalFebruary 3, 2025
When generating time-series reports, missing data points (like days with no sales) can create misleading graphs and analytics. Carbon provides a clean and concise way to fill in gaps automatically.
The Importance of CommunityAugust 2, 2018
Connecting with a community can bring life to your career unlike anything else.
20 Years with PHPJune 20, 2015
Here’s to the next 20 years