Fyodor's digital shed

Essays on practical and ethical software design, engineering, development, and maintenance using both modern and ancient technologies.

One niche dev newsletter: lessons learned

I already wrote about how it started. Now it's time for how it's going.

Crafted on 1 September 2025. 8 min read.
# meta # craftsmanship # software # philosophy # experience

Inspiring amateurism, or a couple of success lessons from random podcast episodes

Some thoughts of mine on why you shouldn't pursue perfection in everything and rather choose focusing on something.

Crafted on 29 August 2025. 3 min read.
# learning # craftsmanship # software # philosophy # essay

UmiJS: the Shaolin of web frameworks

Experience the mysterious art of UmiJS ecosystem kung fu

Crafted on 30 March 2025. 13 min read.
# umijs # react # software # webdev # experience

How Bun can help to revive a Gridsome project

Node is good and hype is bad. But sometimes alternative tools can help you in unexpected ways when you get stuck.

Crafted on 11 March 2025. 3 min read.
# gridsome # bun # netlify # webdev # experience

Let's talk metaframeworks

Exploring the world of JavaScript metaframeworks — tools, trends, and insights — through a new newsletter and an open encyclopedia for developers.

Crafted on 30 December 2024. 2 min read.
# meta # craftsmanship # software # philosophy # essay
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