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What should your frontend portfolio show when AI can write the code?
If AI helped build your portfolio, show how you understood the problem, made decisions, tested the interface, and handled changes beyond the first demo.
Blog
Longer pieces that do not fit inside a lesson — how learning actually works, the JavaScript details worth getting right, and honest advice about the job hunt.
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AI can write React. What should frontend developers learn next?
As AI helps with more coding tasks, frontend developers can focus on understanding requirements, debugging problems, and delivering interfaces people can use.
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Does AI-generated code actually save you time?
AI can write a component quickly, but the real time saving depends on how much work remains to understand, adapt, test, and maintain what it produces.
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Your Next.js app works. Why should you still update it?
Next.js released security patches on November 3; here is why a working website still needs maintenance and how to approach the update carefully.
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React Router has 3 modes. Which one does your app need?
React Router offers Declarative, Data, and Framework modes; understanding what each handles makes it easier to choose a setup that fits your application.
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AI keeps adding packages. Does your frontend need them?
Before accepting an AI-generated install command, check whether your project already solves the problem or a built-in browser feature is enough.
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The 2026 course refresh — 28 lessons, all 8 tracks
The web actually moved this year. Here is what I added across every course on the site, in one place, and the honest reason each lesson is now there.
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Why do AI-generated websites often look the same?
When you ask AI for a “modern website,” it has to fill in the gaps; real content, clear goals, and specific feedback help it build something that fits.
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Why does AI sound confident when it’s wrong?
AI can invent facts, sources, and even coding functions while sounding certain; learn what hallucinations are and how to check answers before using them.
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: If frontend jobs are ending, why are companies still hiring?
AI can generate interfaces, but companies still need frontend skills; hiring data gives a more useful picture than claims that the profession is finished.
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AI can build a frontend. Can you maintain it?
AI can help you create an interface quickly, but changing features, handling real data, and fixing problems require understanding what it built.
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Prompt engineering vs context engineering: what’s the difference?
Better AI answers depend on clear instructions and useful information; here is how prompt engineering and context engineering work together.
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Did Google drop DSA interviews? Here’s what actually changed
Google is testing AI-assisted engineering interviews, but that does not mean DSA is gone; here is what the reporting supports and how to prepare.
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React 19.3 can replace your mounted-state workaround
Still setting mounted state in an Effect before reading localStorage? React 19.3 offers a browser-only rendering API, with a server-rendering trade-off.
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TanStack Redact ships less React JavaScript—but what does it give up?
TanStack Redact promises smaller browser bundles for existing React apps, but its synchronous rendering makes compatibility and responsiveness worth testing.
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Using AI is becoming normal. Understanding the work still matters.
AI tools can help you write code and finish routine tasks, but knowing what to ask, what to check, and when something is wrong still matters.
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Does React use replace useEffect?
React’s use API can simplify reading async data, but it cannot replace every Effect; learn when it fits, how Suspense helps, and where it adds complexity.
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Is the AI bubble cracking?
Alphabet just shed ~13% and wiped out nearly $500B in market value in its steepest post-earnings slide since 2004. This wasn't caused by a technical breakdown—it was sparked by a -$9.1B free cash flow shock and an annual CapEx run rate racing toward $200B. The AI boom isn’t collapsing; the era of unaccountable infrastructure spending just hit an economic wall.
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REA hit 350,000 stars. Does anyone actually use it?
"Reverse Engineer Anything" is one of the biggest open-source releases of the year by star count. But stars aren't users — here's the honest take on what REA actually is and whether it belongs in your workflow.
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The frontend portfolio that actually gets replies
Most junior portfolios are three clones of the same todo app. Here is what hiring managers look for instead, and how to build it in a few weekends.
CareerPortfolio
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== versus ===, settled properly
The rule everyone repeats is "always use triple equals". That is good advice and a bad explanation. Here is what each one actually does.
JavaScriptFundamentals
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Why tutorials don't stick, and what to do instead
You can follow along with a four-hour video and still be unable to write the code yourself. Here is what is actually going wrong, and the small change that fixes it.
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