colbywhite.dev

Full-stack engineer by trade, framework enthusiast by necessity. The key to my heart? A well-written README. I’ve worked in both startups and big companies — and still think open source is where the magic happens.

Recent Posts

• Shots fired at React ecosystem (but not React itself)

  Published on 16 May, 2025 CDT

  Hyper, the latest "React Alternative", is more of a _react_ion to questionable coupling.

• The library works. Probably.

  Published on 14 May, 2025 CDT

  Who's got time to test things? Not unpaid open source devs.

• Static content today, real-time tomorrow?

  Published on 3 May, 2025 CDT

  Patiently waiting for Astro's live loaders while investigating a CMS I may or may not need.

• Dev notes: new site, who this

  Updated on 25 Apr, 2025 CDT

  Revamped the site, swapped stacks, and wrote down all the side projects rattling around in my head. Geez, that list is overwhelming.

• Jamstack is dead

  Published on 28 Feb, 2023 CST

Recent Bookmarks

• Which useEffect runs first?

  Bookmarked on 19 May, 2025 CDT

• A 10x Faster TypeScript

  Bookmarked on 18 May, 2025 CDT

• A Tweet: Vanilla JS for the win

  Bookmarked on 18 May, 2025 CDT

• If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions?

  Bookmarked on 17 May, 2025 CDT

• The true path to garbage code: Figma Sites

  Bookmarked on 15 May, 2025 CDT