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25 posts exploring frontend.
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A polished screen is easy to generate. Changing it exposes the decisions underneath. Why I built a pattern-driven frontend system with reusable components, composition rules, and context for coding agents.
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Map variant names to style objects to keep component APIs clean and consistent.
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Don't block the UI when some data is missing. Render available pieces gracefully.
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Update the UI first, then confirm with the server using useOptimistic.
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Replace blank screens with guidance that explains what to do next.
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Improve perceived performance with skeleton UIs that match the eventual layout.
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Use early returns for loading and error states to keep your main render clean.
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Catch runtime errors in a subtree and render a helpful fallback instead of crashing the app.
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Defer updating slow results so typing stays responsive.
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Delay expensive work (like search) until input settles using a simple debounced hook.
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Remove unnecessary state and effects by deriving values from existing state.
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Use React.lazy and Suspense to split bundles and speed up initial loads.
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Use a virtualized list to render only what's visible and keep the DOM lean.
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Create components that work together via context so consumers can compose them in any order.
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Wrap a component to inject extra props. Useful to understand, even if hooks are preferred today.
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Pass UI through the children prop to keep parents flexible and children independent.
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Share data from a parent and let consumers decide how to render it.
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Similar to function children, but explicit—pass a render function to customize output.
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Extract behavior into hooks, render with pure components, and keep your features composable.
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Split bloated components into focused pieces and extract logic with a custom hook.
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Keep feature logic in smart components and render with simple, reusable UI components.
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Learn how to move state to a common parent so sibling components can stay simple and in sync.
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Reduce complexity by moving state into the component that actually needs it.
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Stop duplicating logic across components. Learn how to design focused, reusable custom hooks with real-world examples.
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Model UI states explicitly to prevent impossible combinations and clarify transitions.
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