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My journey into frontend engineering and what I wish I knew earlier

Introduction I'm a software engineer who builds systems that solve real problems. At Moniepoint, I've contributed to platforms serving millions of users, shipping business loan flows, event tracking services, and workflow automation that simplifies back-office operations. My focus is on Angular, React, and component architecture that

How I Built "Wordshot" a Word Game That Scales to 10 Million Words (And the Architecture Decisions That Made It Possible)

Most word games have a few thousand words. I collected 10.2 million. What started as "let me scrape some names" turned into a three-week hardwork that forced every architectural decision I made afterward. This is the story of building WordShot, a real-time multiplayer word game where players

Maybe You Only Need Vanilla JavaScript: Challenging the Framework-First Mindset

Have you ever reached for create-react-app to build a simple counter? Or spun up Next.js for a page with three buttons? If you're nodding your head, you're not alone. Somewhere between 2015 and now, we collectively decided that frameworks aren't just useful, they&

Building a Reusable AI SDK

Recently, I’ve found myself building AI enabled applications, like the AI content optimization platform “https://buffbyteai.xyz/” and a Anaemia detection using computer models https://nailtechapp.netlify.app/, some of my major problems is managing the api keys for my LLM providers, dynamic prompts, variable prefill, AI persona’s,

JavaScript Temporal Dead Zone and Variable Declarations

Part 3 of the JavaScript Deep Dive Series In our previous article, we learned that JavaScript has a compilation phase where it scans through your code and sets up variable declarations. But not all variable declarations behave the same way during this process. Understanding the differences between var, let, and

JavaScript Lexical Scope and Compilation

Part 2 of the JavaScript Deep Dive Series Before JavaScript executes a single line of your code, something crucial happens behind the scenes. While most developers think JavaScript executes and runs code line by line(I know I mentioned this in the first series), the reality is more sophisticated and

JavaScript's Thread of Execution - How Code Really Runs

Part 1 of the JavaScript Deep Dive Series Welcome to JavaScript Deep Dive - a comprehensive series where we'll journey through JavaScript's inner workings, one concept at a time. Over the next several articles, we'll explore everything from basic execution to advanced patterns like

Thought Driven Engineering: The Happy Path (EPISODE 1)

Hey there, Coding Chefs! 👨‍💻 Building solutions especially on the web can be strenous, time consuming, and sometimes frustrating especially when you have things like functional changes, design changes, flow changes etc. The intention of this article is to work you through a path to ensure that your code on the

Web Security: The Frontend Engineer's Survival Guide

Hey there, fellow Coding Chefs! 👋 Picture this: You've just built the most beautiful web application. The CSS animations are smooth as butter, the JavaScript is pristine, and the user experience?. But then, one morning, you wake up to find that some hacker has turned your masterpiece into their

Introduction to Web Rendering Strategies

Hey there, Coding Chefs! Ever wondered why some websites load instantly while others take forever to show content? Or why Netflix feels so snappy while some e-commerce sites make you wait ages? The secret lies in rendering strategies - the different ways we can serve content to users. Think of