Front-End Architecture with Domain-Driven Design How Domain-Driven Design principles can shape a cleaner, more meaningful front-end architecture. Published onJuly 9, 2026Domain-Driven-DesignArchitectureOthniel ViskySoftware SpecialistRead more
What AI Secretly Changed About My Engineering After hundreds of hours of AI-assisted development, I expected to write less code. Instead, I changed how I plan, review, and reason about it. Published onJuly 8, 2026aisoftware-engineeringdeveloper-productivityspec-driven-developmentclaude-codegithub-copilotjunieMohamed ElmedanySenior Software EngineerRead more
Integrating a Third-Party DAM into Optimizely CMS 12: A Case Study There is no handbook for wiring an external DAM into Optimizely CMS 12. This case study walks through the research, dead ends, and breakthroughs — decompiling the CMP package, extending ContentReferenceEditor, proxy content items, and a custom Assets pane tab — using Wedia as the concrete example. Published onJuly 7, 2026optimizelycmsdamheadlessdojoWilliam ParrLead Engineer OptimizelyRead more
Learning Back-End Stack and Architecture by Building a User Analytics platform A front-end developer learns NestJS, MongoDB, and Kafka by building a full-stack user analytics platform in a TypeScript monorepo. Published onJuly 3, 2026NestJSKafkaMongoDBAnalyticsOthniel ViskySoftware SpecialistRead more
Is your site ready for AI agents? Lighthouse now has an answer Lighthouse added an Agentic Browsing category that measures how well your site works for user-facing AI agents, from llms.txt and WebMCP to accessibility and layout stability. Published onJuly 1, 2026aifrontendlighthouseaccessibilityDave BitterGoogle Developer Expert Web & Developer AdvocateRead more
Chrome DevTools for agents Google I/O Connect Berlin and the GDE Europe Summit showed how coding agents can drive Chrome directly through chrome-devtools-mcp, and how Modern Web Guidance keeps agents from reaching for stale patterns in the first place. Published onJune 29, 2026aifrontendchromedevtoolseventsDave BitterGoogle Developer Expert Web & Developer AdvocateRead more
ReloadOnChange in Optimizely CMS: The Attribute Nobody Talks About Optimizely CMS has a little-known attribute that reloads the editor when a property changes — perfect for dependent dropdowns and checkboxes. Here is how I found it, proved it worked, and shipped it on a Product Detail Page. Published onJune 19, 2026optimizelycmsreloadonchangeheadlessWilliam ParrLead Engineer OptimizelyRead more
This was CSS Day 2026 - a dive in CSS geekism Fourteen talks, two days, one city. Color spaces, a browser built from scratch, CSS that runs x86 machine code, a select that took 33 years, and a masonry layout that is finally real. This was CSS Day 2026. Published onJune 19, 2026frontendcsseventsconferenceBrecht De RuyteSoftware Engineer / Google Developer Expert / DevRelRead more
I Wired AI Directly Into My Workflow: Turns Out Code Was Never the Bottleneck Code was never the real bottleneck. The true constraints are requirements, legacy systems, and operational complexity, which means developers must now shift from writing code to directing AI, validating its outputs, and making architectural decisions. Published onJune 15, 2026Technical-LeadershipLead-DeveloperWeb-DevelopmentAIArtificial-IntelligenceSoftware-EngineeringDeveloper-ProductivityOsman Fikret 'Fiko' CeylanTechnical Leader and Lead Front-End Developer @NN | Consultant Front-end Developer @iORead more
Coding Is Being Commoditized. Engineering Is Not. Agentic coding is making code generation cheaper, but it is raising the value of judgment, systems thinking, and accountability. This article explores why engineering is not being commoditized and what agentic engineering looks like in practice. Published onApril 24, 2026aideveloper-experienceDave BitterGoogle Developer Expert Web & Developer AdvocateRead more
The Hidden Cost of AI Developers often default to the most powerful AI models without thinking about the real cost behind each call. This article explores why understanding model tiers and pricing matters for smarter, more efficient engineering decisions. Published onApril 15, 2026AICluadeGeminiChapGPTSusan FulopSenior Frontend EngineerRead more