Exploring web development, design systems, and the craft of building great user experiences.
Kim Fajardo•March 6, 2026•4 min readIn front end development, we are often paralyzed by the pursuit of the "perfect" implementation. We spend hours debating state management libraries, CSS in JS vs. Tailwind, or the exact structure of a design system before writing a single line of production code. We wait for 100 percent certainty because we fear the refactor.
Kim Fajardo•February 18, 2026•6 min readA React hooks library was my original goal, but I quickly realized the “general hooks” space was already crowded with great options. Instead of trying to repackage `useDebounce` and similar utilities, I built Anshin around the small, annoying interaction problems that keep showing up in real projects: orchestration, timing, and the glue logic between data and UI. Anshin is my answer to those overlooked pain points, a focused set of hooks that exist not to pad a checklist, but to give working frontend developers genuine peace of mind.
Kim Fajardo•February 3, 2026•4 min readA personal reflection on why shipping features sometimes feels empty, and how reconnecting with human intent can make our work feel alive again.
Kim Fajardo•February 3, 2026•9 min readMost frontend dev rigs are secretly powerful enough to run local LLMs. In this guide, I share how I turned my everyday frontend/gaming PC into a practical local AI workstation, why it matters, and where it fits alongside cloud models.