Blog

Here you can see all of my blog posts that I've published, grouped by year.

2025

• XSS security vulnerability

  A real-world example of a classic security mistake, and how I tracked it down and fixed it.

• Building local-first app with IndexedDB

  Laying out the foundation for a robust app

• Storage in the browser

  What are the ways to persist data in the browser?

• Exploring Drag and Drop API

  Learning about web platform fundamentals and applying them on practice

• inert HTML attribute

  What is inert and what problem does it solve?

• React performance hooks and compiler

  Overview of React perf hooks and compiler

• Git Worktrees

  Lesser-known but incredible Git feature

• Maze generation algorithms

  Exploring different approaches to generate a maze

• Blog updates

  New things on the website and in the blog

• Levenshtein distance algorithm

  How do computers understand that two words are similar?

• Different line endings

  A quick guide to line endings across operating systems

• Finally block not running - war story

  What are the reasons when finally block might not run

• The GitFrag challenge

  A diary of the mini util that I've built as a challenge

• Pokémon MCP server

  Exploring what MCP is and building an MCP server for fun

• Building a wizard form

  With react-hook-form, zod & zustand

• Trie data structure

  Deep dive into what trie is and its applications

• Making Sudoku game from scratch

  Utilizing algorithms and data structures for fun

• Solving Sudoku

  Algorithm to solve Sudoku and visualization

• Sudoku verification

  Breaking down an algorithm to verify sudoku

• UTF-8 encoding

  How text is encoded in UTF-8, visualized

• Warehouse simulator from scratch: Part 2

  Finishing up the simulator inspired by Advent of Code 2024, Day 15

• Warehouse simulator from scratch: Part 1

  Building a simulator inspired by Advent of Code 2024, Day 15

• TypeScript vs JavaScript private

  Deep dive into differences between TS private modifier and native JS #private fields

• Flood fill algorithm

  How flood fill algorithm works, visualized

• One of my favorite Java interview questions

  A deep dive into singleton implementation details

• The hardest day of AoC 2024 (for me)

  Or how I learned about the Bron-Kerbosh algorithm

• LRU Cache: visualization & implementation

  What is LRU cache, hot to build it, and some visualizations for better understanding

• Better approach to automated UI testing

  Utilizing data-testid attributes to simplify automation