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Reflection posts. Notes on what I am learning, what I tripped on, what I think.
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CSS, block by block — two full-stack builds and one AI in the loop
What CSS felt like as a complete beginner, what changed when I built Moonlit Library, what changed again when I built the Atlas design system, and what working with Claude as a guide-not-solution has taught me about how I learn.
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Databases are a calm sea — the data layer, built by hand
Why I love the schema layer, the drawer test I figured out myself, the car-and-driver way I think about migrations and seeds, why I built it all by hand (tantrums included), and the 30,000-card MTG database coming next.
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Without one, none of them work
How my emotion, my learning, and my problem-solving hold each other up — and what that lens does to every project I touch.
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Hello — first post
First post on the new site, written while the site itself was being built. Setting the scene.
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JavaScript Fun Facts
How HTML, CSS, and JavaScript hang together, with detours through Conan Exiles, my kids, the DOM as a magic table of contents, grocery lists, and art galleries.