Loren Stewart
1 months ago
Agentic Alienation
I haven't automated myself out of the loop. I've automated myself out of the experience of making.
Programming
Career
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Loren Stewart
4 months ago
Advanced Slop Prevention Techniques
Slop is born from unverified code. Here's a pipeline of increasingly independent gates, from cross-model review to deterministic audits to manual QA, where each gate is harder to talk its way past than the one before.
DevOps
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Loren Stewart
5 months ago
Fat Skills, Thin Harness, No Terminal
Tan's fat-skills/thin-harness architecture maps almost one-to-one onto an AI coworker for non-developers. The catch: when users don't have a repo, skills can't be files. Skills have to be the product.
AI
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Loren Stewart
6 months ago
ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini Render Markdown in the Browser. I Do the Opposite
The big AI chat apps ship heavy rendering libraries to every device. Cheddy Chat renders markdown server-side and streams finished HTML, eliminating 160-440KB of client JavaScript while keeping the main thread free.
Web Development
HTML
JavaScript
Performance
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Loren Stewart
11 months ago
I Built the Same App 10 Times: Evaluating Frameworks for Mobile Performance
Started evaluating 3 frameworks for work, ended up building 10. Next-gen frameworks (Marko, SolidStart, SvelteKit, Qwik) all deliver instant 35-39ms performance. The real differentiator? Bundle sizes range from 28.8 kB to 176.3 kB compressed. Choose based on your priorities, not microscopic FCP differences.
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Loren Stewart
1 years ago
React Won by Default – And It's Killing Frontend Innovation
React-by-default has hidden costs. Here's a case for making deliberate choices to select the right framework for the job.
React
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Loren Stewart
1 years ago
Progressive Complexity: When Islands Should be a Continent
Level 4 excels for isolated rich components, but heavy coordination signals when to intentionally escalate to a unified framework.
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Loren Stewart
1 years ago
Production-Ready Astro Middleware: Dependency Injection, Testing, and Performance
Master production-ready Astro middleware with dependency injection, testing strategies, and caching for enterprise applications.
Testing
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Loren Stewart
1 years ago
Introducing hx-optimistic: Make Your HTMX Apps Feel Instant
Make HTMX apps feel instant with optimistic UI: instant feedback, automatic rollbacks, and no frameworks required, just simple declarative HTML.
Frontend
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Loren Stewart
1 years ago
A Progressive Complexity Manifesto
A manifesto for progressive web complexity. Reject the false binary between static sites and SPAs. Embrace the powerful middle ground with server-rendered HTML, HTMX, and intentional complexity escalation.
Web
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Loren Stewart
1 years ago
Bookmarkable by Design: URL-Driven State in HTMX
Forget complex state libraries. Use the URL as your single source of truth for filters, sorting, and pagination in HTMX applications
Tutorial
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Loren Stewart
1 years ago
LLM Tools: Real-time LLM Responses in Production (Part 4)
Build streaming LLM responses with Server-Sent Events, request cancellation, and real-time status updates to create engaging, responsive AI applications.
Backend
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Loren Stewart
1 years ago
LLM Tools: Securing Your MCP Architecture with Authentication (Part 3)
Transform your MCP based AI agent from an open system to a secure, user authenticated application ready for production deployment.
Security
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Loren Stewart
1 years ago
LLM Tools: Scaling with MCP Architecture (Part 2)
Learn how to evolve from direct LLM tool integration to the Model Context Protocol (MCP) architecture, enabling scalable AI tools that maintain conversation context across multiple services.
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Loren Stewart
1 years ago
LLM Tools: From Chatbot to Real-World Agent (Part 1)
Learn how to give LLMs the ability to call functions and interact with APIs for real-world problem solving using TypeScript and type-safe tool integration.
TypeScript
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Loren Stewart
1 years ago
Architecting with Constraints: A Pragmatic Guide
Don't just reach for your favorite framework. Let's explore how a constraint-based mindset can help you choose the right tool for the job and avoid over-engineering.
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Loren Stewart
1 years ago
Building a Lightweight Reactive State Manager with JavaScript Proxies
Tired of frontend frameworks and complex state management libraries? Learn how a few lines of JavaScript and the power of Proxies can automatically sync your UI with your application state.
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Loren Stewart
1 years ago
Building a Modern Frontend Event System from Scratch
From spaghetti code to clean, decoupled code: building a powerful event system that scales with your application
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Loren Stewart
1 years ago
Beyond REST: Adding Real-Time Interactivity with NestJS WebSockets
For decades, the request-response model of REST has been the backbone of the web. But what happens when the server needs to initiate a conversation? Discover how NestJS WebSockets enable real-time interactivity.
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Loren Stewart
1 years ago
How to Generate Dynamic PDFs in NestJS with a Headless Browser
Generating a simple, unstyled PDF is one thing. But what if you need to create complex, beautifully styled documents? Learn how to leverage the power of HTML/CSS with headless browsers.
CSS
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