Front-end, CSS, career and AIhttps://felipefialho.com/en/enhttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/how-i-rebuilt-my-blog-in-2026-plus-the-piano/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/how-i-rebuilt-my-blog-in-2026-plus-the-piano/Native components, maxed-out performance and zero framework in the browser. The blog left Gatsby 2 behind and the Piano came back as a bonus 🎹Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:01 GMTperformancehtmlcssfront-endaihttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/native-components-in-2026-what-html-and-css-do-on-their-own/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/native-components-in-2026-what-html-and-css-do-on-their-own/Modal, dropdown, tooltip, carousel and much more without a single line of JavaScript, side by side with the 2014 hacks 😁Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:01 GMTcsshtmlcomponentsfront-endperformancehttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/ai-stack-that-will-level-up-your-work-as-a-dev/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/ai-stack-that-will-level-up-your-work-as-a-dev/Let's make Claude Code work like you have a team of specialists by your side 🚀Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:01 GMTaifront-endprogramminghttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/front-end-development-and-programming-in-2026-what-to-expect/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/front-end-development-and-programming-in-2026-what-to-expect/One year later: what actually changed in 2025 and what to expect from 2026 in front-end development and tech careersWed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:01 GMTjavascriptreactfront-endaisoft skillscareerhttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/ai-and-context-engineering-in-a-project-from-scratch-with-vibe-coding/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/ai-and-context-engineering-in-a-project-from-scratch-with-vibe-coding/I gave in to vibe coding and built an entire app in 5 minutes! Just kidding 😅Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:00:01 GMTaifront-endprogramminghttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/abstractions-are-killing-your-code-scalability/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/abstractions-are-killing-your-code-scalability/Let's talk architecture? How I scale more efficiently these days and stay more pragmatic when writing code.Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:01 GMTarchitectureabstractionsmodularityclean codedryhttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/front-end-the-beginning-the-end-and-the-middle/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/front-end-the-beginning-the-end-and-the-middle/Are we watching the end of front-end, or just another reinvention?Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:01 GMTcareeraiprogrammingfront-endhttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/ai-philosophy-of-programming-and-the-future-of-devs/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/ai-philosophy-of-programming-and-the-future-of-devs/How AI is changing the way we think about and create software, and what that means for the future of developersWed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:01 GMTcareeraiprogramminghttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/demystifying-tech-programming-is-not-for-geniuses/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/demystifying-tech-programming-is-not-for-geniuses/Two opposite myths need to die in tech: that programming is exclusive to geniuses, and that programming is easy and anyone can learn it without effortTue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:01 GMTcareerlearningprogramminghttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/front-end-development-in-2025-and-what-to-expect/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/front-end-development-in-2025-and-what-to-expect/Yesterday's future is now! What to expect from Front-end development in the coming years? 🔮Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:00:01 GMTjavascriptreactfront-endaisoft skillscareerhttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/on-seniority-and-what-comes-after-senior/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/on-seniority-and-what-comes-after-senior/So you hit two years in a tech career and suddenly got your senior badge. Now what? What comes next?Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:00:01 GMTsenioritystaff engineertech leadengineering managercareerhttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/how-to-improve-web-app-performance/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/how-to-improve-web-app-performance/In this article, let's look at some techniques to improve load time, focusing on performance metrics.Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:00:01 GMTjavascriptcssperformanceweb vitalshttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/avoiding-cache-pitfalls/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/avoiding-cache-pitfalls/"It's not working? Must be the cache!", that phrase is super common among devs, but did you know that badly configured caching can actually destroy your application?Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:01 GMTjavascriptspaservice-workercachehttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/handling-dynamic-import-errors-in-javascript/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/handling-dynamic-import-errors-in-javascript/Tired of getting angry at dynamic import errors? Let's learn how to handle them and keep your app running 🙏Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:01 GMTjavascripthttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/security-tips-how-to-protect-your-data-on-your-phone/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/security-tips-how-to-protect-your-data-on-your-phone/A while back my phone was stolen, and besides the loss of the device, I had a huge headache because it was unlocked, making it easy to steal data and access bank accountsThu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:01 GMTsecuritydatahttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/react-angular-or-vue-which-javascript-framework-would-i-choose-today/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/react-angular-or-vue-which-javascript-framework-would-i-choose-today/The most relevant JavaScript Frameworks on the market have been around for a few years now, and today we can say they are all very good and easily passed the test of time.Mon, 21 Jun 2021 00:00:01 GMTstackframeworkjavascripthttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/my-first-website-from-2007/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/my-first-website-from-2007/I've always been curious to see the first projects I worked on, and after searching for a long time I finally found the first experimental website I built.Fri, 28 May 2021 00:00:01 GMTcareermischttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/native-collapse-component-with-details-and-summary/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/native-collapse-component-with-details-and-summary/Building a fully working Collapse component in under 5 minutes using just HTML and CSS 🥳Fri, 30 Apr 2021 00:00:01 GMTcsshtmlsummarydetailshttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/practice-vs-theory-when-we-learn-and-when-we-understand/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/practice-vs-theory-when-we-learn-and-when-we-understand/In this article I explain a bit of the difference between Understanding and Learning, and some strategies to expand our repertoire of knowledge 😁Wed, 28 Oct 2020 00:00:01 GMTcareerlearninghttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/14-habits-of-highly-productive-developers/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/14-habits-of-highly-productive-developers/This article is a review of this great book and of some of the habits it covers 📚Thu, 24 Sep 2020 00:00:01 GMTcareerbooksmischttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/the-superpowers-of-native-css-variables/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/the-superpowers-of-native-css-variables/In this article (and video) I'll show you a bit of the powerful native CSS variables (aka Custom Properties) ❤️, which might be one of the most underused things in CSS (unfortunately).Thu, 03 Sep 2020 00:00:01 GMTcssvariablesjavascripthttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/css-grid-and-flexbox-when-to-use-each/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/css-grid-and-flexbox-when-to-use-each/Not sure when to use CSS Grid and when to use Flexbox? This article (and video!) can help 😁Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00:01 GMTflexboxcsscss gridhttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/design-system-venice-and-the-lego-pieces/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/design-system-venice-and-the-lego-pieces/More about the architecture, development and technologies behind Venice, the Design System at Juntos Somos Mais.Tue, 19 May 2020 00:00:01 GMTdesign systemcsstypescriptreactvuehttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/how-to-study-practice-and-land-opportunities-as-a-front-end-developer/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/how-to-study-practice-and-land-opportunities-as-a-front-end-developer/A practical guide for anyone starting (or not) a career in (Front-end) Development 💥Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:00:01 GMTcareerlearningmiscopen sourcehttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/from-sass-and-bem-to-css-in-js-the-evolution-of-css/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/from-sass-and-bem-to-css-in-js-the-evolution-of-css/An article about CSS and how its methodologies evolved over the past few years.Wed, 02 Oct 2019 00:00:01 GMTcssjavascriptstyled-componentscss-in-jshttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/what-front-end-developers-need-to-know/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/what-front-end-developers-need-to-know/Simple answer: HTML, CSS and JavaScript. But simple is something Front-end Development stopped being a long time ago 😄Wed, 18 Sep 2019 00:00:01 GMTfront-endcareerhttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/100-front-end-development-tips/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/100-front-end-development-tips/👉 A joke that turned into a really cool thread: 💯 quick tips about Front-end DevelopmentMon, 14 Jan 2019 00:00:01 GMThtmljavascriptcsshttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/front-end-development-in-2018-and-what-to-expect-in-2019/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/front-end-development-in-2018-and-what-to-expect-in-2019/This article recaps the main news from 2018 and makes a few predictions for 2019.Mon, 07 Jan 2019 00:00:01 GMTfront-endcareerhttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/how-to-contribute-to-open-source/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/how-to-contribute-to-open-source/...and a bit about philosophy, GitHub, the universe and everything.Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:01 GMTopen sourcegithubcommunityhttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/2017-retrospective/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/2017-retrospective/My professional retrospective of 2017!Sun, 31 Dec 2017 00:00:01 GMTcommunitycareerhttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/15-things-i-would-do-if-i-were-starting-my-developer-career/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/15-things-i-would-do-if-i-were-starting-my-developer-career/Or if I could hop into a time machine and give advice to my past selfSun, 01 Oct 2017 00:00:01 GMTcareerhttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/from-zero-to-front-end-hero-part-2/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/from-zero-to-front-end-hero-part-2/A complete guide to learning Front-End developmentTue, 14 Jun 2016 00:00:01 GMTcareerlearningcsshtmljavascripthttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/from-zero-to-front-end-hero-part-1/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/from-zero-to-front-end-hero-part-1/A complete guide to learning Front-End developmentFri, 20 May 2016 00:00:01 GMTcareerlearningcsshtmljavascripthttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/why-every-developer-should-go-to-events/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/why-every-developer-should-go-to-events/There are thousands of texts about how important events are for developers, but everyone needs to understand that events can change careersTue, 05 Apr 2016 00:00:01 GMTcareercommunityhttps://felipefialho.com/en/blog/on-working-remotely/https://felipefialho.com/en/blog/on-working-remotely/After 6 months, yes, 6 months, I decided to snap out of my inertia and get back to writingWed, 10 Jun 2015 00:00:01 GMTcareerlifestylemisc