
Adding Comments with giscus
How I added GitHub Discussions-powered comments to this site in under 10 minutes, with zero build complexity and zero database management.
What I've learned building for the web. Performance optimization, frontend architecture, tooling trade-offs, and the details that make production code actually work.

How I added GitHub Discussions-powered comments to this site in under 10 minutes, with zero build complexity and zero database management.

Fast by default, not through optimization heroics. Here's how I made speed inevitable.

I tore down my old portfolio and rebuilt it in Astro to cut JavaScript, simplify content, and keep performance honest.

I've been building websites long enough to have opinions. Time to write them down.