Unpopular opinion: Liquid glass is awesome... 😅

Even though Runna estimates that I’ll be able to break 2 hours at the Warsaw Half Marathon after today’s 13 km, I’ve honestly started to doubt it. 😅 Either way, I’ll try to keep showing up and just do my best. 🤞 #run #running

As I see more and more people interested in using @bsky.app to enable comments on their blogs, I’m thinking about building a framework-agnostic #OSS library to support that. What do you think? Tagging @jonathanyeong.com and @brittanyellich.com, as I first came across this idea on your blogs. 🤗

What an afterword! “Today, as we move toward and beyond 2025, we are entering a possible era of AI-generated content. You may ask yourself, why bother? It matters. Your words matter, your knowledge matters, and we must continue to push back against the entropy and bit rot of the internet. (…)”

Want a detailed, practical guide for devs building apps for the world? Read the post by @chudy.me here: playfulprogramming.com/posts/buildi...

The longest one so far! Halfway to half marathon in #Warsaw 🏃

#Warsaw! Friday through Sunday, I’ll be around the city centre with plenty of free time. Happy to meet up to discuss engineering or pretty much anything else. Feel free to DM me! ☕️

I’m super happy to see my articles being featured by the awesome @playfulprogramming.com team. Happy to be a part of this awesome community!

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to: - Raz Dwa Trzy - Vivaldi Experience - Symphony of the Four Corners of the World - Igor Herbut Solo - Dream Theater

The yesterday is gone. And that's a good thing. This weekend, I saw the Groundhog Day musical — yes, there's a musical version of the classic film starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell, with music by the brilliant Tim Minchin. It sparked an important reflection I wanted to share.

Are #newsletters dead? Especially for early creators? Just wondering if it even makes sense to start one myself. Currently, I have 4 subscribers (myself and my wife included 😅), and I wonder if this is the right moment or if I should focus more on building visibility/reach, etc. What do you think?

When your kids steal your phone, they won’t tell you – but there will be signs.

As hyped as Claude Code + Obsidian is, I have no desire to upload my personal unencrypted vault data to Anthropic or anyone else. I hope that the ideas of private inference and confidential computing that Moxie described take off. It's how all LLMs should work.

Do you know what happens when you type Google․com – or any website – and press Enter? Spoiler: way more than you think. All in a few hundred milliseconds. Ok, often slower, but still happening every single time. 😉 My first thought? This is going to be a nice blog post! Here we go: chudy.me/go/gl

Small changes are always the most satisfying. I just made an OG image for my blog's main page. Next up – generated images for posts. What do you think? ✌️ chudy.me

I guess the recent news about injecting #Google Gemini into #Gmail will finally push me to migrate fully to @fastmail.com, which I already use for my domain email.

That might be a bit old-school, but I love reading paperbacks. This one is my first from Manning, and I’m really impressed with the print quality! And the content, ofc, speaks for itself thanks to @cynthiadunlop.bsky.social and @sarna.dev. Join us discussing it in the @overcommitted.dev community!

Guilty of that 😅

i wrote about atproto and why it matters

@anotherdayinpoland.bsky.social „Poland isn’t just about pierogi and pickles”. Oh c’mon. That’s our heritage! 😅 Just kidding, love and support the idea of promoting true Poland in such a way.

Drop your RSS feeds in the replies so people (including me) can find them 👇

Isn’t em dash inserted when you press hyphen twice? At least this is how it works in PL mapping. Em dashes are commodity in Polish and I’m just used to them. However, I found myself using en-ones instead just not to be accused of overusing AI. Not sure if that is a valid English though.

write for yourself and the audience will show up

This weekend, I got my first cold outreach from readers. Actual strangers have found my blog and followed up! Can’t stop smiling about it. 🫣 Inspired by @jonathanyeong.com (thank you ✌️), I’m now using Bluesky for blog comments. Want to beta test it with me? Here’s the latest post: bit.ly/49hzLxB

Three years of therapy taught me more about Staff Engineering than any course ever could. Every New Year's Eve, I take a few friends #hiking to watch the sunrise from a nearby mountain. These moments always spark reflections on the year behind and ahead. Here is the wrap up 🧵 #staffengineer

First Anniversary! This year, I plan to dedicate more of myself to this.

Just completed my first 11 km right after an unplanned bouldering session with my daughter. Neither was easy, but both were worth it. 😅 Warsaw #HalfMarathon coming in about 12 weeks! #Running

The best tech gift I received this Christmas was the second edition of "Building Micro-Frontends," signed by Luca Mezzalira with a heartfelt note! It's already on my reading agenda, and I'll share my thoughts soon. Frontend pals, it's a must-read! #Frontend #MicroFrontends #TechGifts

you’re right! it feels mostly awful to Go Online™, these days. the internet in a sad state, for reason after reason after reason. but there is a way to fix it; to trade the voidful howling for a quiet & joyful song. here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.

Today be like... Any #frontend engineers relate? 😅

Hey there, nice to meet you! ✌️ I'm Szymon – a software engineer who approaches problems with a product lens. I share somewhat opinionated notes on code, productivity, and life at chudy.me. Outside work, I'm a dad and husband who loves getting outdoors – tennis, hiking, and running keep me sane.

I’m super grateful for the recommendation @brittanyellich.com! Looking forward to the discussion! And thank your for the book @sarna.dev @cynthiadunlop.bsky.social. It totally resonates with the current me. Maybe my dream of publishing a book will finally come true 🤞 #WritingForDevelopers

What about all that “just f*king use React” and all other variants? 😅 #frontend #softwareengineering

Just noticed my VO2max increasing to 48. So happy about it. Hard to believe that it was at 34 just 2 years ago. #garmin #running #tennis

@jonathanyeong.com I really like your approach to comments and likes via BlueSky on your blog. Thinking of doing the same. Are you happy about that solution so far?

A thought I’m reflecting on this weekend: “A person must choose, again and again – to burn bright or only smolder. If something isn’t worth dying for, it isn’t worth living for.” – Roman Kołakowski, Źródło (originally in Polish) #poetry

I find it quite funny that I go to big cities to relax – an unexpected perk of living in the countryside, I guess. 😅 BTW, #Warsaw never stops impressing me.

Am I the only one who finds #running without a preplanned route so difficult? Even when I try to run freely, I catch myself looking for a logical explanation for the direction I've chosen. 😅

Ever wondered what's actually happening when you type in Google Docs or Notion? I just published the mental model I wish I had when starting out with Rich Text Editors 🧵 You can read it here: szymonchudy.com/blog/fundame... #frontend #webdev #softwareengineering #react

A bit of magic from today’s hike 🥾 #hike #poland #skrzyczne

🌍 #i18n may be for you – even if your app supports just one language. It’s not just about translation – it’s about clean, resilient UI. 7 golden #frontend i18n rules, ICU → Intl → Temporal → layout tips, and more! chudy.me/blog/buildin...

I would like more people to learn that Sometimes You Need to Save Even Valid Criticism for Later When Your House is Literally Burning Down

Everyone focuses on the "technical" part of technical interviews, but another important thing being evaluated is communication. If you can share your thought process and walk the interviewer through your reasoning, you might pass the interview even if you can’t solve the problem!

What would you recommend to someone who would love to start contributing to #OSS regularly, but struggle to understand where to start? Tagging some of the best contributors I have in my network hoping to get some advices 🤞 @tkdodo.eu @crutchcorn.dev @graphieros.com @danabra.mov @tannerlinsley.com

Navigating the #AWS console was always intimidating for me. So how did I end up with their Pro certificate and all three Associates in just 7 months? More importantly, was it worth it for a #frontend dev? You can read the full post here: chudy.me/blog/from-ze... And here are some key highlights 🧵

Just upgraded my first site to @tailwindcss.com v4, and oh boy, it's so fast! It took me a while to fully migrate to the CSS-only config, but it gives that feeling of "this is exactly how it should be." Amazing work, #tailwind Team!

Wrote a short article on why the modern Request/Response API is so much better compared to node:http . marvinh.dev/blog/modern-...

"The fact that two components look or behave similarly (or even the same) doesn’t automatically make them good candidates for abstraction." Damn right. Great post from @chudy.me 👏

Don’t Repeat Yourself, also known as DRY, is a foundational principle in #software development, often learned early in a developer’s journey. At first glance it sounds simple and straightforward. But can it be misapplied? Let’s explore it from the #frontend perspective: chudy.me/blog/fronten...

Damn, writing those blog posts takes time 😅