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Fifty imported Under The Hood essays on frontend, browser behavior, JavaScript internals, and AI engineering. More coming through the pipeline.

Why onClick={() => doThing()} Is Different from onClick={doThing}

February 17, 2026

The Cascade in CSS (Most People Get This Wrong)

February 12, 2026

Why Some Fonts Look Different on Mac vs Windows

February 10, 2026

Should You Still Learn Frontend in the Age of AI?

February 5, 2026

Why Your Favicon Needs So Many Sizes

February 3, 2026

You Don’t Need That Library

January 29, 2026

preventDefault() vs stopPropagation() vs return false

January 27, 2026

npm vs npx vs pnpm vs yarn (They’re Not All Doing the Same Thing)

January 22, 2026

Why Array.forEach Exists When We Have for...of

January 20, 2026

Your website's invisible DOM that screen-readers actually see

January 15, 2026

What Your Browser Does When You Change a CSS Property (It's Busy)

January 13, 2026

It's Just Buttons and CSS, Right?

January 12, 2026