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Field notes from the day-to-day: bugs, patterns, stack decisions, and the occasional long-form deep dive.

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May 1, 2026 · 5 min read

HTML Email Development for Enterprise Clients: A Frontend Dev's Guide

Why email HTML is still painful in 2026, image slicing workflows, and how to test across Outlook, Gmail, and Apple Mail for enterprise clients.

Email Development

Apr 14, 2026 · 6 min read

From Jollibee Crew to Frontend Developer: My Non-Traditional Path into Tech

How I balanced service jobs at Jollibee and Foodpanda with a formal IT education at Bulacan State University — and what working the floor taught me that the classroom never could.

Career

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Mar 18, 2026 · 6 min read

3 Years Building HIPAA-Compliant Healthcare PWAs: What I Learned

Real lessons from building MYCURE's clinic management platform serving 100+ healthcare facilities in the Philippines — offline-first with Syncbase, data sensitivity, and performance at scale.

Vue.js Performance Healthcare

Mar 7, 2026 · 5 min read

How shadcn/ui Helped Me Build Consistent Enterprise UI Fast

What makes shadcn/ui different from other component libraries, why the copy-paste philosophy works better than npm install for enterprise projects, and which components we actually use.

React TypeScript

Feb 24, 2026 · 5 min read

Server State Management with TanStack Query: Lessons from Enterprise Apps

Why TanStack Query beats useEffect for data fetching, how we structure query keys and invalidation, and how it combines cleanly with Zustand for client state in a financial enterprise app.

React TypeScript

Feb 10, 2026 · 5 min read

Managing Complex Forms in React with React Hook Form and Zod

Real-world patterns from building ESPP enrollment dialogs and LTIP grant forms — covering Zod schema validation, nested field arrays, conditional validation, and shadcn/ui integration.

React TypeScript

Jan 28, 2026 · 6 min read

Building a Stock Administration System with React 19 and TanStack Table v8

Real patterns for server-side pagination, sorting, and filtering from building an enterprise equity platform — including shadcn/ui DataTable composition and TypeScript-first column definitions.

React TypeScript

Jan 15, 2026 · 6 min read

What I Learned Migrating from Vue.js to React After 3 Years

An honest first-person account of switching from Vue.js to React mid-career — the mental shifts, the gotchas, and what actually transfers between the two frameworks.

React Vue.js Career

A note from the workbench

Currently at C3 Interactive Manila — shipping React systems for the airport and financial sectors.

Not actively taking freelance, but always happy to chat about React 19, healthcare apps, or how to build software that works for real people in real conditions.

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