Tagged “web-development”
5 posts
Self-Contained HTML Artifacts: A Portfolio Pattern That Doesn't Rot
Eight self-contained HTML artifacts. A meta-tag protocol. 93 lines of TypeScript. The static-portfolio pattern that aged better than any framework I've shipped.
|7 min readPre-Consent Tracking in 2026: How It Works, Why Regulators Are Cracking Down, and How to Build a Site That Actually Waits
I scanned 10 popular consumer sites and timed what happens in the first few hundred milliseconds of each page load. Every single one fired non-essential trackers before the consent banner appeared. Why "we use Consent Mode v2" is not a defense, what the law actually says, and what a site that genuinely waits for consent looks like in code.
|23 min readCookie Banner Dark Patterns in 2026: How They Work, Why Regulators Are Cracking Down, and How to Build Symmetric Consent
I scanned 10 popular consumer sites for dark patterns. All 10 failed at least one EDPB criterion; half had a reject path that did not actually delete tracking cookies. The CSS, the GDPR violations, and what symmetric consent costs.
|20 min readBuilding an AI Community Jukebox Overnight (and What Broke by Morning)
A backend engineer gets $50 in AI music credits and 12 hours to build a community jukebox. An honest account of vibe coding, human judgment, and the bet on crowd-funding.
|17 min readThe Stack Behind This Blog
A walkthrough of the blog engine — and a living test of every MDX feature it supports.
|6 min read