A new home for the writing

I’ve been meaning to start writing again, and the old portfolio wasn’t going to make that easy. So I rebuilt it.

What changed

The site is now built with Astro, which means posts are plain markdown files in a folder. No CMS, no database, no admin UI — just files. That’s the whole point.

The old React 16 + Create React App setup got moved to a legacy/ folder. Nothing was lost, but nothing from it ships to production anymore.

What you’ll see here

I want to write about the things that don’t fit on a slide:

• Backend trade-offs — when JSONB earns its keep, when it doesn’t.
• Infra without the hype — Kubernetes when you actually need it (rarely).
• Leading a small team — what worked, what didn’t, what I’d undo.
• Occasionally photography. I miss film.

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— Hein