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Januska, A. — Digital Garden, 2026.
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.
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Januska, A. — Digital Garden, 2026.
Learn about common React Hooks antipatterns and how to avoid them for better code quality.
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Januska, A. — Digital Garden, 2026.
Learn the most common CSS Grid layouts with copy-pastable examples for two-column layouts, sidebar navigation, and more.
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TypeScript tips and tricks
Notes on building a React UI library.
A statement on where my extensive blog has gone.
A look at the site through time, from its inception to now.
I don't know about you but I often need a 100 of something in my database to properly test a page. Here's how to use Postgres FOR loops to generate test data quickly.
New to PowerShell? Here's how to "grep" using built-in PowerShell utilities.
Check out my practices and recommendations on writing JavaScript files that I've learned through writing JavaScript for years.
Practical walkthroughs of common command-line tools and utilities.
Januska, A. — Demystifying Tools, 2026.
A practical introduction to awk for printing fields, filtering rows, formatting output, and writing useful one-liners.
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Januska, A. — Demystifying Tools, 2026.
Learn how to work with multiple Git branches simultaneously using worktrees - a powerful feature that lets you check out different branches as separate folders while sharing Git data.
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Januska, A. — Demystifying Tools, 2020.
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