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Dev.to · Drew Marshall
1d ago
Why Constraints Create Better Software
When developers talk about software design, flexibility is usually treated as an unquestionable...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
🖌️ UI/UX Design
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2d ago
Building a Design System Without Recreating CSS
One of the easiest traps to fall into when building a design system is accidentally recreating...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
3d ago
Every Framework Eventually Becomes a Language
When most developers think about frameworks, they think about features. Routing. Components. State...
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4d ago
Why Most Software Is Built Backwards
One of the more uncomfortable conclusions I've reached over the years is that a lot of software is...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
1w ago
The Difference Between a Product and Infrastructure
One of the most interesting realizations I've had while building software is that products and...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
1w ago
Road To KiwiEngine #17: Why Using Your Own Software Changes Everything
One of the most important transitions a software project can make is moving from something you build...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
1w ago
The Best Abstractions Arrive Late
One of the biggest mistakes I see developers make is trying to design the perfect abstraction before...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
1w ago
Road To KiwiEngine #16: Why KiwiEngine Is Becoming An Ecosystem
One of the questions I get occasionally is: "Why are you building so many different projects?" It's...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
1w ago
Road To KiwiEngine #15: Why I Care More About Systems Than Features
One of the reasons I often find myself disagreeing with modern software trends is that many...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
2w ago
Road To KiwiEngine #13: Why I Think The Future Of Computing Is Local-First
For over a decade, the industry pushed everything toward the...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
2w ago
Road To KiwiEngine #11: Why I’m Building Sovereign AI Instead of Another AI Wrapper
Most AI products today are wrappers. Different interfaces. Different branding. Different...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
3w ago
Road To KiwiEngine #6: I Don’t Hate AI — I Think We’re Teaching It Recklessly
One thing I want to make clear upfront: I do not hate AI. Honestly, I think AI is one of the most...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
3w ago
Road To KiwiEngine #5: The Future of SaaS Might Be Operational Ownership
For a long time, software trends focused heavily on convenience. And honestly, that made...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
3w ago
Road To KiwiEngine #4: The Racecar Driver Analogy
One thing I keep coming back to when thinking about modern software is this: A racecar driver...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
3w ago
Road To KiwiEngine #3: Why Businesses Don't Want Frameworks
One thing I’ve been realizing more lately is that most businesses are not actually searching for...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
3w ago
The Road to KiwiEngine — The Strange Feeling of Publishing Your Own Ecosystem
A weird thing happens when your side projects stop feeling like side projects. For years, most of...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
1mo ago
What Would WordPress Look Like If It Were Designed Today?
WordPress was created during a very different era of the web. An era where: monolithic servers...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
1mo ago
Blueprints Might Be More Important Than Frameworks
The longer I work on software systems, the less I think most people actually want frameworks. What...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
1mo ago
The Hidden Cost of “Move Fast and Break Things”
For a long time, the software industry rewarded speed above almost everything else. Ship...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
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1mo ago
Why I Got Tired of Class-Heavy UI Code and Started Building Around Attributes
One thing that slowly wore me down over the years of frontend development wasn’t JavaScript. It...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture
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1mo ago
Most CMS Platforms Aren’t Built for Full Lifecycle Ownership
For a long time, I thought a CMS was primarily about managing...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
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1mo ago
Why I Stopped Designing Websites and Started Designing Flows
At one point, most of my thinking around software revolved around pages. landing...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
1mo ago
Frameworks Solve UI. Engines Solve Businesses.
Most web frameworks solve one part of the problem really well: building interfaces. And to be clear,...
Dev.to · Drew Marshall
1mo ago
One Day, These Posts Will Be Running on Kiwi Engine
One of the things that helps me avoid burnout while building large systems is something surprisingly...
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