Thoughts

Essays and notes on design, code, and building things, published whenever a thought refuses to leave quietly.

22 December 2025

The Best Books I Have Read in 2025

A diverse reading year filled with classics, thrillers, sci-fi, essays, and poetry—highlighting everything from Paddington and Pride & Prejudice to Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft.

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27 July 2025

I Was Impressed. Then Dependent. Now, I’m Worried.

When powerful AI tools started going mainstream, it felt like a breakthrough. In 2023, we watched in awe as models wrote, reasoned, and solved problems with near-human fluency. By 2024, they weren’t just novelties — they became part of our workflows, our conversations, even our decision-making.

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29 May 2025

Accessible Toggle Buttons

Toggle buttons are a pleasant interface for toggling a value between two states, and offer the same semantics and keyboard navigation as native checkbox elements.

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20 December 2024

Saying goodbye to ColorDrop

Marking the end of a decade-long journey with ColorDrop as it finds a new home—reflecting on its impact and celebrating the future under new ownership.

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17 December 2024

A Milestone for a Greener Web

Celebrating 1 million website scans with CO2 Observer—a major step toward digital sustainability, marked by a $1,000 donation to One Tree Planted.

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