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Mateusz Gostański

@grixu.dev
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TS & JS Fullstack dev, Cloudflare deployer, GitHub Actions hacker Tech Lead @ Alokai

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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 14/08/2025
What is MCP? Model Context Protocol by Anthropic enables AI models to communicate with external services. Like Cloudflare's MCP server, it lets you trigger APIs via Claude. Similar to Headless for UI - swap models or tools while keeping compatibility!
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 13/08/2025
Is good software design boring? Often, yes. Sean Goedecke shows how simplicity matters by eliminating failure modes in code. Great design is often unexciting but reliable - preventing errors rather than handling them brilliantly.
seangoedecke.com
Great software design looks underwhelming
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 12/08/2025
Found a great article on becoming a better software engineer. Focuses on continuous learning, understanding tool limitations, and practical application of knowledge. Refreshingly substance over style. 0x0001.cc/blog/good-en...
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 08/08/2025
React re-rendering issues? Before reaching for memo, understand reconciliation. Tools I use: - React DevTools Profiler - why-did-you-render - Chrome Performance Tab Check out:
cekrem.github.io
Beyond React.memo: Smarter Ways to Optimize Performance
Why composition patterns might be better than memoization for React performance
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 06/08/2025
The myth of the 10x Developer: Are teams with superstar devs actually better? This article challenges that notion, showing good teams need collaboration, not heroes.
spectrum.ieee.org
Why Great Engineering Orgs Thrive on "Normal" Engineers
Software engineer Charity Majors challenges the "10x engineer" myth, arguing that true productivity lies in team performance, not individual brilliance. She encourages building workplaces where "normal"...
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 04/08/2025
Nginx Proxy - awesome tool that automatically creates proxy configs for Docker containers. Makes managing multiple services on a VPS so much easier! Check it out: github.com/nginx-proxy/... What's your go-to tool for side projects?
github.com
GitHub - nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy: Automated nginx proxy for Docker containers using docker-gen
Automated nginx proxy for Docker containers using docker-gen - nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 31/07/2025
What to consider for production Kubernetes deployments? Great checklist article for K8s cluster managers: www.infoq.com/articles/che... Covers security, resource management, monitoring, deployment strategies, and more.
infoq.com
Checklist for Kubernetes in Production: Best Practices for SREs
This article provides SREs with a checklist for managing Kubernetes in production environments. It identifies common challenges including resource management, workload placement, high availability, health...
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 30/07/2025
How to delegate complex tasks? Check out this article that presents two effective methods, when to use them, and how they differ.
staysaasy.com
Delegating Complex Tasks
I need halp.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 29/07/2025
Great article on software architecture dos & don'ts that actually comes from real experience, not clickbait. Shows how soft skills are crucial when defining contracts & solving problems in system design. itnext.io/my-dos-and-d...
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 16/07/2025
3D animations in the browser? TheatreJS www.theatrejs.com makes it easy to control camera movements, effects, and state, adding cinematic feel to web apps. 🎬🕶️
theatrejs.com
Theatre.js - animation toolbox for the web
Theatre.js is an animation editor with a visual interface.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 15/07/2025
Is your node_modules folder bigger than a black hole? Node Modules Dev (node-modules.dev) helps analyze dependencies, spot bloat, and replace heavy packages. Perfect for keeping things lean. 🏗️🗑️
node-modules.dev
Node Modules Inspector
Visualize your node_modules, inspect dependencies, and more.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 11/07/2025
Need PubSub over HTTP? Ahey (ahey.io) provides a simple, free solution—users get their own channels, messages sync instantly, and it’s open-source. Worth exploring! 🔄📡
ahey.io
Ahey
A simple pub-sub service built over web push
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 10/07/2025
Writing documentation isn’t fun, but it’s essential. WriteEdge www.writeedge.ai helps streamline the process with AI-powered templates & review tools. Automate the boring stuff! 📄🤖
writeedge.ai
WriteEdge - The #1 writing tool for engineers
Join top engineers and use our AI-powered writing. Write tech specs and project updates 70% faster.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 09/07/2025
Container Queries > Media Queries. Instead of styling based on viewport width, they adapt to container size. A game-changer for CSS. Josh Comeau explains why: www.joshwcomeau.com/css/containe... 🎨📏
joshwcomeau.com
Container Queries Unleashed • Josh W. Comeau
Container queries expand the universe of designs that can be implemented, giving us whole new superpowers. Now that container queries are broadly available, I think it’s time we start exploring this…
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 08/07/2025
Micro-frontends without Module Federation? Import maps (now natively supported in all browsers) might be a better alternative. Here’s why: www.mercedes-benz.io/blog/2023-01... 🎭🖥️
mercedes-benz.io
You Might Not Need Module Federation: Orchestrate your Microfrontends at Runtime with Import Maps
Managing microfrontends in a complex feature-rich app can become a tedious task and easily turn it into a Frankenstein's monster when there's no clear strategy involved.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 04/07/2025
As a software engineer, having a solution to your own problem seems like a perfect startup idea. But success needs more than just coding skills - marketing, sales, and business acumen are crucial too. Don't skip the market research! 🚀 #startup #entrepreneurship
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 03/07/2025
What makes a great backend developer in 2024? It's not just about coding - you need to understand design, frontend, and infrastructure. Check out this comprehensive guide to modern backend development:
softwareengineering.live
Backend developer: Current industry expectations and growth opportunities
This resource helps you keep tabs on the backend development landscape. You'll stay updated on the current industry expectations of the backend development roles in different tech stacks, including…
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 02/07/2025
Chrome now includes a built-in AI model for typo correction! No external APIs needed - it works locally in your browser. Check out Raymond Camden's article on implementing this feature in web apps.
raymondcamden.com
Using AI in the Browser for Typo Rewriting
Use Chrome's GenAI APIs to help fix typos.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 01/07/2025
Just learned about CSS Relative Color Syntax and OKLCH color space - mind-blowing how far CSS has come! Modern color manipulation in CSS is a game-changer. Check out:
ishadeed.com
CSS Relative Colors
An interactive guide to learn CSS Relative Colors.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 12/06/2025
"Radically simple web architecture" sounds like a buzzword, but this piece has solid advice: don't over-engineer, but don’t assume a system will design itself. Worth reading: medium.com/@alexander.h... 🏗️🔍 #webdev #architecture
medium.com
Radically Simple Web Architecture — A Web Application Blueprint for Startups and Small Enterprises
A Starting Point for Management and Tech Leads
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 11/06/2025
How should you split a frontend app? Monorepo or not? Functional boundaries? Micro-frontends? The answer: it depends. This guide helps navigate the trade-offs: www.simplefrontend.dev/blog/how-to-... 🎯🖥️ #webdev #frontend #architecture
simplefrontend.dev
Simple Frontend | How to organize and split your frontend applications
Simple Frontend helps you start and scale your frontend development platform to improve the quality and shipping speed of your web experiences.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 10/06/2025
Modern Node.js servers don’t look like they did a few years ago. ESM, built-in TypeScript, lightweight frameworks—here’s how backend development is evolving: marvinh.dev/blog/modern-... 🚀🔧 #webdev #backend #nodejs
marvinh.dev
The modern way to write JavaScript servers
The Request/Response-API is not just faster, but also makes writing tests easier.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 05/06/2025
Building offline-first apps? Earthstar (earthstar-project.org) is a Git-inspired, peer-to-peer database designed for disconnected environments. If you care about data resilience, it’s worth a look! 🏗️📡
earthstar-project.org
Earthstar
Storage for private, distributed, offline-first applications. Earthstar is a specification and JavaScript library for building connected applications owned and run by their users.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 04/06/2025
Animating height? 🎥⚡ Be careful—it can spike CPU usage. This deep dive on performance issues, even on MacBooks with M2, shows why:
granola.ai
Don't animate height!
Jim Fisher
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 03/06/2025
“Building your own tools is a waste of time.” Is it? General-purpose tools aren’t always the best fit. Sometimes, crafting something custom saves more time in the long run. Read more: tiniuc.com/make-more-to... 🔧⌛
tiniuc.com
Unexpected Benefits of Building Your Own Tools | Alex Tiniuc
Recently I've been thinking a lot about some of the tools I've made, and I have found an insight from game development that I think can apply to the software engineering industry as a whole.
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Raycast @raycast.com · 08/05/2025
New in 1.98: Model Context Protocol (MCP) 🔌 Connect Raycast AI to external systems and data sources 💬 @-mention MCP servers in AI Chat, and everywhere else 🧭 Discover MCP servers with our new registry extension Full changelog 👉 raycast.com/changelog/1...
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 08/05/2025
Security is often overlooked—until something breaks. Astra (www.getastra.com) detects vulnerabilities dynamically, covering OWASP Top 10 & integrating with CI/CD, Jira, and Slack. Automate security before incidents happen. 🔐🚨 #security
getastra.com
Astra Security - Continuous Pentest Platform
Astra Security is a one of a kind continuous Pentest Platform that makes chaotic pentests a breeze & continuous with its hacker-style vulnerability scanner.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 07/05/2025
"Frontend is a nightmare. ORMs are evil. Monoliths are great. Relational DBs are unbeatable." These sound controversial, but after 10 years in software, Chris Kiehl has strong opinions. Read his lessons here: chriskiehl.com/article/thou... 🔥💡 #swe #devs
chriskiehl.com
Software development topics I've changed my mind on after 10 years in the industry - Blogomatano
Software development topics I've changed my mind on over the course of a decade
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 06/05/2025
SOLID in frontend? Many think it’s a backend-only principle, but it applies just as well to React. Here’s a great breakdown of SRP in React hooks: cekrem.github.io/posts/single... 🎯⚛️ #frontend #swe #solid #react
cekrem.github.io
Single Responsibility Principle in React: The Art of Component Focus
The final part of our Clean Architecture series, exploring the 'S' in SOLID
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 05/05/2025
Is programming as we know it coming to an end? AI, automation, and new paradigms are changing the landscape. Thought-provoking insights from O’Reilly: www.oreilly.com/radar/the-en... 🤔💻 #ai #aidevs #swe
oreilly.com
The End of Programming as We Know It
There’s a lot of chatter in the media that software developers will soon lose their jobs to AI. I don’t buy it.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 02/05/2025
Product management isn’t just for PMs. If you’re a tech lead or engineer shaping the product, these habits can help. Amy Mitchell shares 5 key areas for improving product thinking:https://amycmitchell.substack.com/p/habits-in-product-management 🚀🛠️ #product #productmanagement
amycmitchell.substack.com
Bite-Sized Habits in Product Management
Tools for preventing problems
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 01/05/2025
How do devs really use AI? Nicholas Carlini shares practical use cases, from translating code between languages to optimizing workflows. Some of them are surprising! Read here: nicholas.carlini.com/writing/2024... 🤖💡 #ai
nicholas.carlini.com
How I Use "AI"
I don't think that AI models (by which I mean: large language models) are over-hyped. In this post I will list 50 ways I've used them.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 30/04/2025
Terraform is no longer fully open-source. Meet OpenTofu www.env0.com/blog/opentof... – a fully open Terraform alternative. If you want transparency & vendor independence, check it out. 🏗️☁️ #terraform #iac #opentofu
env0.com
What is OpenTofu | Open Source Terraform Alternative | env0
‍OpenTofu is an open-source Terraform fork, a drop-in replacement for Terraform v1.6.x that is fully backward compatible with all prior versions.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 29/04/2025
Think of Checkov as ESLint for Terraform. Scan infrastructure code for security issues before deployment. Supports Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes & more. Add it to your CI pipeline! www.checkov.io 🏗️🔍 #terraform #iac #cicd #infrastructure
checkov.io
checkov
Prevent cloud misconfigurations and find vulnerabilities during build-time in infrastructure as code, container images and open source packages with Checkov by Bridgecrew.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 28/04/2025
How do you build AI agents? Stick to API or use dedicated frameworks? What makes agents different from traditional workflows? Anthropic explores the topic in-depth: www.anthropic.com/research/bui... 🤖🔍 #ai #anthropic #aiagents
anthropic.com
Building Effective AI Agents
Discover how Anthropic approaches the development of reliable AI agents. Learn about our research on agent capabilities, safety considerations, and technical framework for building trustworthy AI.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 25/04/2025
How do you build AI agents? Stick to API or use dedicated frameworks? What makes agents different from traditional workflows? Anthropic explores the topic in-depth: www.anthropic.com/research/bui... 🤖🔍 #ai #anthropic #claude #aidevs
anthropic.com
Building Effective AI Agents
Discover how Anthropic approaches the development of reliable AI agents. Learn about our research on agent capabilities, safety considerations, and technical framework for building trustworthy AI.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 24/04/2025
Most testing starts with "happy paths" and only later explores edge cases. What if we flipped that? 🛠️💥 Systematic pessimism focuses on breaking things first—better failures, better software. Read more: blog.usetusk.ai/blog/systema... #testing #qa
blog.usetusk.ai
Systematic Pessimism: Scaling Quality Engineering With Automated Failure Discovery
Why we need a new paradigm to achieve engineering excellence at scale.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 23/04/2025
Laying off devs because of AI is a mistake. It weakens talent pipelines, leaving only AI-dependent juniors and skyrocketing senior costs. AI can assist, but it can't replace problem-solving engineers. More on this: defragzone.substack.com/p/techs-dumb... #ai #jobmarket #developers
defragzone.substack.com
Tech's Dumbest Mistake: Why Firing Programmers for AI Will Destroy Everything
Ah, the tech industry.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 22/04/2025
How has React evolved? Every year, "State of" reports track trends in the ecosystem. Check out State of React 2024 (2024.stateofreact.com/en-US) for the latest insights on frameworks, adoption, and best practices. 🚀⚛️ #react #frontend
2024.stateofreact.com
State of React 2024
The 2024 edition of the annual survey about the latest trends in the React ecosystem.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 21/04/2025
If you’re a macOS power user, you’ve probably heard of Bartender. But did you know there’s a free alternative? IceMenu (icemenubar.app) hides your menu bar icons efficiently—same functionality, zero cost. 🍹👀 #10xdev #tools
icemenubar.app
Ice - Menu Bar Manager
Ice is a powerful menu bar management tool. While its primary function is hiding and showing menu bar items, it aims to cover a wide variety of additional features to make it one of the most…
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 18/04/2025
Still typing everything manually? Flow (wisprflow.ai) brings accurate voice input to apps like Slack, handling noise & accents with ease. Polish & English support, low latency – speech-to-text finally done right! 🗣️💬 #ai #tools #10xdev
wisprflow.ai
Wispr Flow | Effortless Voice Dictation
Flow makes writing quick and clear with seamless voice dictation. It is the fastest, smartest way to type with your voice.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 17/04/2025
Polypane is a browser for ambitious developers. Test your site across multiple screen sizes simultaneously and catch responsiveness issues before your users do. A must-have for frontend devs! 🔍📱💻 polypane.app #testing #frontend
polypane.app
Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers
A stand-alone browser and devtool with everything you need to build better responsive, accessible and performant web sites and web apps in less time.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 16/04/2025
Everyone talks about ChatGPT and Claude, but Chrome now has a local AI model built right in. What can you do with it? Raymond Camden shows how it can help with typo corrections: www.raymondcamden.com/2025/02/27/u... #ai #anthropic #claude
raymondcamden.com
Using AI in the Browser for Typo Rewriting
Use Chrome's GenAI APIs to help fix typos.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 15/04/2025
Can a leader be both great and well-liked? My father always said "a manager is a lone wolf" - which made me hesitant about leadership roles. Is it possible to balance being a good teammate with giving effective feedback?
carilu.com
The Price of Winning: Can You Be a Great Leader and Still Be Liked?
Balancing ambition, relationships, and leadership intensity
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 04/04/2025
File uploads: many devs find them as terrifying as auth systems. Once files transfer, it's "done, finished!" But there's more: user ignorance, storage-filling attacks... Learn a comprehensive approach:
storagebowl.net
7 Best Practices of File Upload With JavaScript
A storage option for 21st century
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 03/04/2025
What separates Senior from Junior developers? Steve Huynh outlines 7 key behaviors in this article. I love these reality checks - they're like litmus tests to ensure I haven't started cutting corners or "laming out".
alifeengineered.substack.com
The 7 Behaviors That Separate Juniors From Seniors
The career-accelerating habits you can adopt regardless of experience
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 02/04/2025
Love watching others work? Me too - always something to learn! Steve Sewell shows how he uses Cursor IDE, revealing functions and prompts he relies on. Even if you use a different IDE, these tricks might transfer.
builder.io
How I use Cursor (+ my best tips)
Practical tips for using Cursor AI effectively, including YOLO mode, test-driven development, debugging, and keyboard shortcuts.
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 01/04/2025
ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini or Perplexity? Which AI model to choose? More importantly - which one is worth paying for? Because none are truly free for daily use long-term. Peter Yang offers a comprehensive comparison:
creatoreconomy.so
An Opinionated Guide on Which AI Model to Use in 2025
A practical guide to choosing between ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and Perplexity
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Mateusz Gostański @grixu.dev · 31/03/2025
Should engineering managers keep coding? I once feared losing my programming skills in management roles, but these positions offer fascinating development and greater organizational impact. Finding the right balance is crucial though!
theengineeringmanager.substack.com
Should managers still code?
Ah, the eternal question, straight from the mailbag.
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Matt Pocock @mattpocock.com · 26/03/2025
"The AI Engineer Roadmap" dropping soon. Covering everything you need to enter the AI world: - What LLM's are used for - The AI engineer mindset - Evals - 17 techniques for improving your LLM-powered apps
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