I speak at conferences about why boring stacks win

I do not understand the rush to adopt whatever shipped last Tuesday when a server, a database and a template still solve most problems. These are the talks and recordings where I make that case out loud.

lanternconf.dev

What Makes A Portfolio Site Actually Work

A walk through the four things a hiring manager looks for in the first fifteen seconds, and the eleven things they never look at once.

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buildweek.io

Designing A Developer Site You Will Still Like Next Year

How to structure a personal site so that updating it stays a fifteen-minute job instead of a weekend rewrite.

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Channel

Using Latticeboard To Prepare For Systems Interviews

Latticeboard is a free practice arena for engineers. Here I run through the drills that actually move the needle before an onsite.

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Channel

How To Debounce Input Without A Framework

Thirty lines of plain JavaScript, one custom element, and no dependency to keep up to date. Live-coded from an empty file.

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