Why Dark Mode is Harder Than Inverting Colors
A deep dive into the architectural nightmares, color theory, and engineering patterns required to build a true, scalable dark mode in modern web applications.
Building resilient software, one deliberate constraint at a time.
I'm Anurag Sharma. I engineer local-first web applications, infinite canvases, and automated systems. This is my notebook on architecture, interface design, and scaling solo products.
Featured Writing
Why Dark Mode is Harder Than Inverting Colors
A deep dive into the architectural nightmares, color theory, and engineering patterns required to build a true, scalable dark mode in modern web applications.
The Death of the Centered SaaS Landing Page
Exploring the shift away from the generic centered H1 landing page towards interactive, layout-driven, and highly performant asymmetric designs.
Onboarding Should Be a Feature, Not a Tutorial
Why step-by-step tooltip tutorials are failing your users, and how to build context-aware, state-driven onboarding systems that actually drive activation.
Engineering
Deep dives into systems architecture, frontend performance, local-first syncing, and building resilient SaaS infrastructure.
Onboarding Should Be a Feature, Not a Tutorial
Why step-by-step tooltip tutorials are failing your users, and how to build context-aware, state-driven onboarding systems that actually drive activation.
Building Resilient Webhooks: What I Learned the Hard Way
Webhooks seem simple until you process millions of them. A deep dive into idempotency, async processing, and surviving retry storms.
WebSockets vs. Server-Sent Events for Real-Time Canvas Collaboration
An architectural comparison of WebSockets and Server-Sent Events for building real-time, multi-user canvas applications like Figma or Miro.
The Right Way to Handle Authentication in Modern SPA Frameworks
A deep dive into securing Single Page Applications, exploring the evolution from localStorage JWTs to the Backend-For-Frontend (BFF) pattern.
Handling Optimistic UI Updates in a Local-First World
A comprehensive guide to building resilient, local-first applications using Optimistic UI, CRDTs, and advanced synchronization strategies.
Experience
Thoughts on user experience, micro-interactions, typography, and building software that feels expensive.
Why Dark Mode is Harder Than Inverting Colors
A deep dive into the architectural nightmares, color theory, and engineering patterns required to build a true, scalable dark mode in modern web applications.
The Death of the Centered SaaS Landing Page
Exploring the shift away from the generic centered H1 landing page towards interactive, layout-driven, and highly performant asymmetric designs.
Onboarding Should Be a Feature, Not a Tutorial
Why step-by-step tooltip tutorials are failing your users, and how to build context-aware, state-driven onboarding systems that actually drive activation.
Typography as Interface: Why Most Web Apps Look the Same
Breaking out of the Inter/Roboto monoculture and treating typography as a core structural element.
The Micro-Interactions That Make Software Feel Expensive
A deep dive into the technical implementation of high-end micro-interactions.
Stop Designing Dashboards. Start Designing Workflows.
Why the modern obsession with dashboards is killing productivity, and how workflow-centric design fixes it.