Vol. XV · No. 9September 2026Boulder, ColoradoEst. 2012
AntJanus

A journal of AI workflows, technical leadership, and the craft of building things.

The Archive · 18 articles

Writing

18 articles on engineering, tooling, and the craft of building software.

Two departments: Digital Garden and Demystifying Tools. AI pieces live in their own section.

Editor's picks

Hand-picked articles worth reading.

  1. 17 Side Projects I Built With Claude Code in Two MonthsA look at 17 side projects I built in about two months with Claude Code -- from TUI apps in Rust and Go to browser games and AI agent tooling.
  2. The Anatomy Of My Ideal React ComponentA walkthrough of my very opinionated React Component.
Most read

Articles readers keep coming back to.

  1. Common React Hooks Antipatterns and GotchasLearn about common React Hooks antipatterns and how to avoid them for better code quality.
  2. The Simplest CSS GridsLearn the most common CSS Grid layouts with copy-pastable examples for two-column layouts, sidebar navigation, and more.

Digital Garden

Engineering, opinions, deep-dives, and everything in between.

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Latest

17 Side Projects I Built With Claude Code in Two Months

A look at 17 side projects I built in about two months with Claude Code -- from TUI apps in Rust and Go to browser games and AI agent tooling.

Feb 23, 2026 · ai · claude-code · side-projects Latest

Common React Hooks Antipatterns and Gotchas

Learn about common React Hooks antipatterns and how to avoid them for better code quality.

Jan 8, 2026 Latest

The Simplest CSS Grids

Learn the most common CSS Grid layouts with copy-pastable examples for two-column layouts, sidebar navigation, and more.

Jan 8, 2026

More from the Digital Garden

Demystifying Tools

Practical walkthroughs of common command-line tools and utilities.

All seven →
No. 7

Demystifying awk

A practical introduction to awk for printing fields, filtering rows, formatting output, and writing useful one-liners.

Mar 12, 2026
No. 6

Demystifying Git Worktrees

Learn how to work with multiple Git branches simultaneously using worktrees — check out different branches as separate folders while sharing Git data.

Jan 28, 2026
No. 5

Demystifying ffmpeg

The basics of ffmpeg

Aug 23, 2025
No. 4

Demystifying the Find command

The Find command made simple

Dec 7, 2020
No. 3

Demystifying GREP

Cheatsheet: search for a keyword in a file

Apr 9, 2020
No. 2

Demystifying Rsync

Rsync made simple

Feb 17, 2020
No. 1

Demystifying the TAR command

The cheatsheet for tar

Feb 9, 2020

Serials

Pieces that run across issues.

The I, AI series →
Fiction · 3 of 5 parts published

I, AI — a short story series following psychodeveloper Lili and AI manager Sophie. Parts 4 and 5 are in the works.

Start with Part 1

Index

Subjects, with the articles filed under each.

A–C
ai — 17 Side Projects; plus the whole AI section
best-practices — The Anatomy Of My Ideal React Component; How I Structure My JavaScript File
claude-code — 17 Side Projects I Built With Claude Code
clean-code — How I Structure My JavaScript File
code-organization — How I Structure My JavaScript File
components — The Anatomy Of My Ideal React Component
D–P
data-generation — Using Postgres FOR loop
database — Using Postgres FOR loop
demystifying — awk, Git Worktrees, ffmpeg, Find, GREP, Rsync, TAR
file-structure — How I Structure My JavaScript File
javascript — How I Structure My JavaScript File
postgres — Using Postgres FOR loop
programming — 17 Side Projects
R–T
react — The Anatomy Of My Ideal React Component
side-projects — 17 Side Projects I Built With Claude Code
sql — Using Postgres FOR loop
testing — Using Postgres FOR loop
typescript — The Anatomy Of My Ideal React Component