drkn.dev

Tools

Stack

Technologies I reach for, and what I use them for.

Languages

TypeScript
Main language: Localesy, a platform under NDA, an open-source crypto UI kit and this site.
JavaScript
Most of my earlier public projects, from Ember apps to React and RxJS experiments.

Web & mobile

React
Localesy, a customer dashboard and admin panel under NDA, an open-source crypto swap widget and several open-source apps.
React Native
15 merged pull requests to React Native Paper, Callstack's Material Design library.
Expo
My default way to build and ship React Native apps; I use it a lot.
Next.js
Two production apps under NDA on the App Router, Localesy's landing page and docs site, and a playground for an embeddable widget.
TanStack Router
Type-safe routing in my own tools, including a private admin panel built on TanStack Start.
Tailwind CSS
Prefixed Tailwind build for an embeddable crypto widget, and this site.
Astro
This site: pages render on the server and only two React islands hydrate.

Focus areas

Design systems and theming
Material You theming for React Native Paper, typed themes in react-theme-provider, and an open-source crypto UI kit.
Developer experience
Moved a monorepo under NDA to TypeScript 7, oxlint and oxfmt (typecheck in about 3 seconds) with automated release PRs; migrated React Native Paper's docs to Docusaurus and set up a client's project docs on it.
App architecture
The widgets architecture and shared packages of a two-app monorepo under NDA; a module-federated React Native app and a 60-item performance and code quality audit at Callstack.
Team leadership and mentoring
Led teams for enterprise clients at Callstack, mentored developers and ran knowledge-sharing workshops.
Automated testing
Playwright end-to-end suites for Localesy and a platform under NDA, unit tests for its data layer, automated application tests at Selleo, and a contribution to a community Ember testing guide.

Backend & cloud

tRPC
The API layer of Localesy and of a multi-tenant platform under NDA, where I strengthened authorization across its procedures.
Postgres
The database behind Localesy and the platform under NDA.
Drizzle
Typed schemas, migrations and queries for Localesy and the platform under NDA.
BigQuery
A typed query layer with per-query cache tiers for the analytics and reports of a platform under NDA.
REST APIs and integrations
A generated SDK with response validation for an internal API under NDA, plus RESTful APIs and integrations at Selleo and for freelance clients.
AWS and Firebase
Cloud solutions and database management for freelance clients.

Tooling & platform

Bun
The Localesy CLI, a pnpm to Bun migration of a monorepo under NDA, build tooling for an open-source UI kit, and this site.
Vite
A playground for an embeddable crypto swap widget, and Vite-based React starters.
Cloudflare Workers
Hosts this site: static assets plus one Worker endpoint for the ask box.
TypeSafe Jev
The AI model behind the ask box here, and a shadow judge in a coding-agent benchmark under NDA: it returns typed yes/no and choice judgments instead of generated text.

Favourite third-party tools

Trigger.dev
Runs Localesy's background jobs, which I moved there from SST; my go-to for queues and schedules.
PostHog
Product metrics for Localesy; my go-to for product analytics.
Sentry
Monitors Localesy and the platform under NDA, including its authorization violations; my go-to for error and performance tracking.
Supabase
My go-to for Postgres, auth and storage when a product needs a backend fast; I also have a documentation fix merged upstream.

Apps I can't live without

Claude Code
My daily coding agent; this site was built with it, and I benchmark its repository setup for a team under NDA.
Conductor
Runs a team of coding agents side by side, each in its own isolated workspace.
Zed
My editor: fast, quiet, and good at working next to agents.
Zen
My browser: a calmer Firefox with workspaces and vertical tabs.

Legacy stack

Technologies I used for years and no longer reach for first.

Languages

Elixir
Phoenix backends with GraphQL for side projects in 2019 and 2020.

Web & mobile

Ember.js
Community projects and a testing guide contribution from 2017 to 2020, and the Recipe Book app.

Backend & cloud

Laravel
RESTful APIs and web solutions as a freelancer from 2017 to 2019.