Blog
Writing on things I'm building and learning.
Virtualised Lists with TanStack Virtual - Handling 10,000 Thumbnails
19 April 2026How I used @tanstack/react-virtual to keep a photo filmstrip smooth at any folder size
React TypeScript Electron Side Projects foco
Building a Concurrent Thumbnail Queue with Sharp
28 March 2026How I built a queued, cached thumbnail pipeline for a desktop photo app without blocking the UI or overwhelming the system
Electron Node.js TypeScript Sharp Side Projects foco
Building the Saylists Algorithm
23 March 2026How we scored half a million songs for speech therapy using phonetics, the inverse-square law, and a lot of iteration
Algorithm Node.js saylists
Why I Built a Desktop Photo App in 2025 (and Why Electron)
19 March 2026How a travel photography problem led me to build a desktop app with Electron, React, and Sharp
Electron React TypeScript Side Projects foco
Maintaining a Hacktoberfest Repo - What I Learned
17 March 2026Everything I learned maintaining a participating Hacktoberfest repo
Hacktoberfest Open-source