←James Akpan

SHELF

I write when something takes me long enough that I resent having to figure it out alone.

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The dangerous thing about building with AI is how much fun it is. Or is it?

The truth is, as software engineers we pick up some ego over time in this career. We start to feel software can solve almost every problem in real life. Well, it can. Almost can. But there are problems it can't. And those problems, if properly related, could dwarf everything it can.

6 Aug 2026 · 5 min

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02

Why and How jQuery Is Dying

A think piece. React didn't kill jQuery — human ambition did.

12 Sept 2024 · 3 min

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03

React useMemo — An Undecorated Soldier

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20 Aug 2023 · 3 min

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04

Responsive Spacing with Chakra UI

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21 Apr 2020 · 2 min

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