Software design and architecture for frontend engineershttps://frontendatscale.com/en-ushttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/55/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/55/TypeScript 7.0 Beta, details that make interfaces feel better, and the importance of people who careSat, 25 Apr 2026 15:28:02 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/54/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/54/Optimism in the age of AI, Code Mode for TanStack, and the unwritten laws of software engineeringMon, 13 Apr 2026 13:11:31 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/53/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/53/The newsletter is back, Next.js makes new friends, and your AI agents get their own UI library.Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:01:55 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/52/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/52/Package managers, dependency hell, and the inevitability of supply chain attacks.Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/blog/tanstack-db/https://frontendatscale.com/blog/tanstack-db/Learn what TanStack DB is, how it works, and why it might change the way you build apps.Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/51/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/51/Reports of SPA's death are greatly exaggerated.Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/50/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/50/The rise of sync engines, local-first development, and the end of the state management wars.Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/49/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/49/The future of programming might be a bunch of markdown files... and jazz.Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/48/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/48/A place to hang out with other nerds who care about building software that lasts.Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/47/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/47/Highlights from my trip to Mountain View and the non-AI announcements you might have missed.Mon, 26 May 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/46/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/46/The two stages of AI adoption among software developers.Sun, 27 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/45/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/45/Is it just me, or… are monoliths cool again?Sun, 13 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/44/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/44/Efficiency in architecture and how to move fast and break nothing.Mon, 31 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/43/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/43/A first look at React's new and experimental View Transitions APISun, 16 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/42/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/42/Attacking complexity at its core—one line of code at a timeSun, 02 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/41/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/41/Abstractions on top of abstractions on top of abstractions on top of...Sun, 16 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/40/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/40/Why are we so bad at estimating and what can we do about it?Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/39/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/39/Do frontend developers have a lower career ceiling than backend developers?Sun, 19 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/38/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/38/And my top book recommendations for 2025.Sun, 05 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/37/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/37/Everything is a trade-off and how to keep track of your architectural decisions.Sun, 08 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/36/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/36/If you liked it, then you shoulda put a test on it.Sun, 24 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/35/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/35/Software complexity is an impossible enemy and why we must fight it anyway.Sun, 10 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/34/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/34/How to care about anything without caring about everything.Sun, 27 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/33/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/33/How to write code that is as easy to understand as a well-designed video game.Sun, 13 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/32/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/32/Learning to code with AI without feeling terrible about it.Sun, 29 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/31/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/31/The secret to building great software is writing really, really terrible code.Sun, 15 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/30/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/30/Decoupling, orthogonality, and the principle of least knowledge in JavaScript.Sun, 01 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/29/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/29/What the DRY Principle is 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Also, why is it calling me on a Sunday morning?Sun, 21 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/26/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/26/A full preview of Fundamentals of Frontend Architecture, an exclusive free giveaway, and the return of the bookshelf.Sun, 07 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/25/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/25/A winning strategy for overcoming the fear of staring at a blank canvas.Sun, 23 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/24/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/24/Solving hard problems, DOM performance, keeping up with the JS ecosystem, and much more.Sun, 09 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/blog/how-deep-is-your-dom/https://frontendatscale.com/blog/how-deep-is-your-dom/Is it like the ocean?Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/23/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/23/Should frontend developers know data structures and algorithms?Sun, 26 May 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/22/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/22/How to keep your codebase in good shape by fixing small issues as they come up.Sun, 12 May 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/21/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/21/Why breaking down large tasks is so important, and how to actually do it.Sun, 28 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/blog/best-full-stack-development-courses/https://frontendatscale.com/blog/best-full-stack-development-courses/Top full-stack development courses to level up your skills in 2024.Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/20/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/20/Making architectural decisions, choosing trade-offs, and other impossible tasks.Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/19/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/19/Why rewrites fail (and what to do instead)Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/18/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/18/AI, Devin, and the future of frontend development.Sun, 17 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/17/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/17/How to draw frontend architecture diagrams that actually make sense.Sun, 03 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/16/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/16/What woodworkers and Jeff Bezos can teach us about software design.Sun, 18 Feb 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/15/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/15/How to stop ourselves from trying to predict the future.Sun, 04 Feb 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/14/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/14/How to balance boring technology and the need for innovation.Sun, 21 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/blog/donut-components/https://frontendatscale.com/blog/donut-components/An interactive guide to component composition with React Server ComponentsWed, 10 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/13/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/13/How to find the right balance between too much and too little architecture.Sun, 07 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/12/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/12/Looking forward to a 2024 full of exciting new projects, and a look back at the best of 2023.Sun, 24 Dec 2023 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/blog/top-10-books-for-frontend-engineers/https://frontendatscale.com/blog/top-10-books-for-frontend-engineers/Ten fantastic books to level up your frontend development skills in 2024.Thu, 14 Dec 2023 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/11/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/11/Why tech debt isn't always a bad thing, a short but powerful book on software design, using cookies in Next.js, and one of my favorite technical talks of all time.Sun, 10 Dec 2023 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/10/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/10/Preparatory refactoring, empirical software design, the rules of programming, and what’s happening in the world of local-first development.Sun, 26 Nov 2023 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/9/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/9/The life-changing magic of organizing your codebase, hybrid rendering architectures, React server components, and how to draw beautiful diagrams.Sun, 12 Nov 2023 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/blog/hybrid-frontend-architecture/https://frontendatscale.com/blog/hybrid-frontend-architecture/Building a fully-feature docs site with Astro and Starlight, including authentication and CMS support.Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/8/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/8/Cognitive load, cohesion, simplicity, micro-frontends, naming things, and how selfishness is the key to good component design.Sun, 22 Oct 2023 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/7/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/7/Architecture, micro frontends, the design system ecosystem, and my favorite full-stack in a box type of book.Sun, 08 Oct 2023 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/6/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/6/Refactoring, islands architecture, component libraries, and a book about functional programming that doesn't require a Ph.D. in math.Sun, 24 Sep 2023 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/blog/islands-architecture-state/https://frontendatscale.com/blog/islands-architecture-state/Strategies for communicating between interactive components using Islands Architecture, with examples using Astro and React.Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/5/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/5/The cost of JavaScript, my top tips for measuring and optimizing performance, and how wasps can help us ship faster websites.Sun, 10 Sep 2023 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/4/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/4/Prototyping, reactivity, the golden era of CSS, and giving technical books a second chance.Sun, 27 Aug 2023 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/3/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/3/Technical depth, technical breadth, the fundamentals of software architecture, and a model for drawing diagrams that actually make sense.Sun, 13 Aug 2023 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/2/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/2/Abstractions, design patterns, DRY, WET, and boring architecture.Sun, 30 Jul 2023 12:00:00 GMThttps://frontendatscale.com/issues/1/https://frontendatscale.com/issues/1/Complexity, principles for scaling frontend applications, the risks of micro frontends, and more.Sun, 16 Jul 2023 12:00:00 GMT