Blog
Writing about software engineering, the projects I'm building, and lessons picked up along the way.
Sep 27,2026
JWT is popular, but is it always the right choice? My experience choosing database-backed opaque tokens for a small Spring Boot monolith.
Spring Boot
Spring Security
JWT
Authentication
Software Engineering
Sep 20,2026
What UI animations are, why they matter for UX, and how to keep Motion (ex Framer Motion) fast: GPU-friendly properties, LazyMotion, and reduced motion.
motion
framer-motion
react
animation
performance
ux
Sep 18,2026
A reflection on premature optimization, the projects it slowed down, and what I do differently now.
Software Engineering
Productivity
