Hi, I'm Rachel
I build small useful internet things. Notes on digital freedom, software development, and the web.
AI is actually good at writing code. I wish it wasn’t.
I’ve always loved being fast at what I do. But there’s a subtle joy about developing really nice software that’s fading away.
Hi, I'm Rachel
I build small useful internet things. I care about composable tools, usability, and keeping software simple. This site only serves plain HTML. No database needed.
Things I built
Side projects and internet tools
From the blog
Long-form notes on databases, tools, and building software.
AI is actually good at writing code. I wish it wasn’t.
I’ve always loved being fast at what I do. But there’s a subtle joy about developing really nice software that’s fading away.
Why I wrote my blog in HUGO, and you should too
A long-form post on the cost of build tooling, the joy of static HTML, and why your WordPress website with 500 plugins sucks.
Some smartphone brands to look out for
Freedom is fading away in the mobile device market. Here’s what we can do to protect what’s ours.
Things I think are awesome
Tools, books, and ideas I keep coming back to
Niri
A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor. Columns of windows scroll horizontally instead of being shoved into a grid. Once you've used it, every other tiling WM feels wrong.
Tree-sitter
The parser library that quietly powers most modern editor tooling. Fast, incremental, language-agnostic. Vimfony's static analysis is built on it.
PostgreSQL
The relational database. Boring, powerful, ridiculously well-engineered. Choose it by default unless you have a very specific reason not to.
Sulu
A Symfony-based CMS that doesn't get in your way. Real content modelling, real developer ergonomics, no PHP horror show. Most of my day-job code is built on it.
Want to see what I'm building?
Most of my work lives on GitHub. Drop by, browse the repos, or open an issue.
GitHub