Full-stack developer
illustrates.dev · Building in public
Background
I care about systems that are actually observable — not just running, but measurable. Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, alerts before users notice.
Before building this platform I spent time across different stacks — the problems are the same. Routing, validation, caching, queues, deployments. The details differ, the thinking doesn't.
I write about what I build. Not tutorials — actual build logs. What broke, what the fix was, what I'd do differently.
Currently building
illustrates.dev
Portfolio platform — Express API, Next.js 15 frontend, Clerk auth, Redis, Prometheus, MinIO, Docker. Everything open and documented.
Tech stack
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