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build · June 16, 2026 · 8 min read

How I Dissected 54 Design Systems and Transplanted Linear.app DNA Into My Hugo Blog in One Day

How a Hugo blog adopted a token-driven design system from real references, turning brand choices into reusable CSS and publishing rules.

news · Jun 16 · 7 min

The quiet consolidation in Korean dev tooling

Three acquisitions in twelve months. Korean dev tools are no longer a fragmented market — they're a small oligopoly, and the API surfaces are starting to look the same.

code · Jun 15 · 7 min

Stop reaching for a state library

Modern JavaScript runtimes have had structured state primitives for years. You probably don't need a 40KB dependency for what your app actually does.

indonesia · Jun 14 · 7 min

The Indonesian developer scene is having its Linux moment

Five years of quiet, distributed, community-driven tooling work. The results are starting to show up in the kinds of projects that get adopted outside the country.

tools · Jun 13 · 8 min

A pragmatic review of Hermes Agent after six months

It's a personal AI agent. It's not a product for end-users. With that frame, it works better than anything else I've tried. Here's what works, what doesn't, and when I'd reach for something else.

opinion · Jun 12 · 8 min

Why I'm no longer worried about AI replacing senior developers

Two years of watching the field from Jakarta. The replacement threat was always a junior-developer story. The senior-developer story is the opposite of what most people are writing about.