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Writing

Articles, notes, and field reports.

Performance work, HTML-first systems, terminal workflows, and the small engineering habits that keep software fast under real constraints.

All Posts

  1. Request Waterfalls I Actually TrustHow I read network waterfalls under slow conditions without fooling myself.
  2. Cold-Cache Checklist Before I ShipA practical pre-ship checklist for first-visit performance on slow networks.
  3. Static Site Caching Without GuessworkA practical approach to immutable asset caching and predictable HTML freshness.
  4. Why This Site Stays HTML-FirstNotes on keeping a personal site HTML-first for speed and reliability.
  5. Neovim + Tmux for Focused SessionsQuick notes about a focused terminal workflow with Neovim and tmux.
  6. Latency Budgets on Slow NetworksPractical notes on setting latency budgets for real users on slow links.