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Maxi Ferreira
@maxiferreira.com
Frontend Architect @ Help Scout.

Rambling about software design for frontend developers at frontendatscale.com
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“What’s one thing I can do to make the codebase easier to change or easier to understand in the future, either by me or someone else?”

Great article on battling complexity from @maxiferreira.com 👏

frontendatscale.com/issues/42
Sustainable Simplicity | Frontend at Scale
Attacking complexity at its core—one line of code at a time
frontendatscale.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It's Sunday! ☀️

A brand new issue of Frontend at Scale is on its way to your inboxes, and it's _packed_ with goodies.

Check it out here frontendatscale.com/issues/42/ and subscribe to get the next issue gently delivered to your doorstep with free same-day shipping 📫
Sustainable Simplicity | Frontend at Scale
Attacking complexity at its core—one line of code at a time
frontendatscale.com
March 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Looking for something to listen to while vibe coding? Well, I've got just the thing.

First episode dropping this week

Stay tuned 📻
February 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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hey. hi. casting call is open for season 2 of Web Dev Challenge

tell your favorite devs 👀
Casting Call: Web Dev Challenge | Notion
Deadline to apply: rolling
codetv.notion.site
February 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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"It’s easy to get caught up in seeing abstractions everywhere. We see two screens that look alike, or two features that behave more or less the same, and our first impulse is to create a reusable, all-encompassing abstraction".

Excellent read from @maxiferreira.com 👏
frontendatscale.com/issues/41/
Architecture Astronauts | Frontend at Scale
Abstractions on top of abstractions on top of abstractions on top of...
frontendatscale.com
February 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Happy Sunday ☀️

A brand new issue of Frontend at Scale is out today and it’s all about just how terrible we are at estimating software projects 🥲

Check it out at frontendatscale.com/issues/40/
Estimating Invisible Work | Frontend at Scale
Why are we so bad at estimating and what can we do about it?
frontendatscale.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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hey dev tools companies!

I am actively booking season 2 of Web Dev Challenge and I want to work with you. we’ll pick a use case and get devs to build an app using your tool — then we’ll open up the challenge to the community for fun & prizes!

limited spots available — hit me up at [email protected]
January 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new...sletter
For meeeee

And I'm feeling good 🎺🎶

Frontend at Scale #38 is out today and it's all about one of my favorite topics—books 📚

Check it out here 👉🏽 frontendatscale.com/issues/38/

And subscribe to get the next one right in your Inbox!
How to Read a Book | Frontend at Scale
And my top book recommendations for 2025.
frontendatscale.com
January 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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hi friends! if you were wondering what the perfect gift to get me this holiday season might be:

- I need sponsors for Accessiblity, CSS, and other frontend categories for Leet Heat
- I'm booking season 2 of Web Dev Challenge and looking for sponsors
- I want to make more fun projects — hit me up!
December 26, 2024 at 7:17 PM
This was _really_ good! If you like the movie even a little bit, I highly recommend go watch it 🎭
December 27, 2024 at 4:27 PM
This whole week
December 18, 2024 at 8:10 PM
My latest talk on Understanding Complexity is up on the Youtubes now.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNOj...

(The actual talk starts at the 8-minute mark)
December 13, 2024 at 7:48 PM
This starts in about 15 minutes! Come hang 🙌
I'll be hanging out with the folks of FEDSA tomorrow at 8:30am Pacific, chatting all about complexity in frontend development.

Can I give a talk about complexity without immediately putting everyone to sleep? There's only one way to find out.

Hope to see you there!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNOj...
December 12, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Putting the final touches on my slides for my talk tomorrow. As you can see this will be a very serious and professional talk.
December 12, 2024 at 7:39 AM
I'll be hanging out with the folks of FEDSA tomorrow at 8:30am Pacific, chatting all about complexity in frontend development.

Can I give a talk about complexity without immediately putting everyone to sleep? There's only one way to find out.

Hope to see you there!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNOj...
December 11, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Reposted by Maxi Ferreira
Great take on Architectural Design Records from @maxiferreira.com 👏

If you're a Frontend Engineer and you're not subscribed - you're missing out!
frontendatscale.com/issues/37
Your Architecture's Journal | Frontend at Scale
Everything is a trade-off and how to keep track of your architectural decisions.
frontendatscale.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Frontend at Scale #37 is out today ✨

The team (me) is taking a break the rest of the month, so this will be the last time you’ll have to read my ramblings this year. Enjoy!
December 8, 2024 at 10:45 PM
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🚀 Launch Week → Day 5 (LAUNCH DAY!!)

Today, my @astrodotbuild course goes live…now!

youtube.com/live/rOvEFu8...
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December 6, 2024 at 2:00 PM
I freewrote a little article about freewriting

www.maxiferreira.com/blog/freewri...
Freewriting | Maxi Ferreira
Freewriting is cool. Try it.
www.maxiferreira.com
December 6, 2024 at 3:31 PM
If you want to know what the Fundamentals course is all about, look no further than this amazing thread by @tomaszgil.me

Thank you so much for sharing, Tomasz! 🙏
Recently I've finished "Fundamentals of Frontend Architecture" course by @maxiferreira.com - it has been a great and insightful journey! 🚀

Here are some of my key learnings. 🧵
December 6, 2024 at 6:28 AM
Reposted by Maxi Ferreira
Recently I've finished "Fundamentals of Frontend Architecture" course by @maxiferreira.com - it has been a great and insightful journey! 🚀

Here are some of my key learnings. 🧵
December 5, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Reposted by Maxi Ferreira
Astro 5.0 is here.
Content layer, server islands, simplified prerendering, type-safe env, @vite.dev v6. All stable.

Go see what you can do 👇
astro.build/blog/astro-5/
Astro 5.0 | Astro
Astro 5.0 brings exciting new features like the Astro Content Layer for seamless content loading from any source, and Server Islands for effortlessly combining static and dynamic personalized content.
astro.build
December 3, 2024 at 6:20 PM
I've been playing with the Popover + Anchor Position APIs to create these follow-the-cursor tooltips you often see in video games.

There's very little JS involved, and you get all of the nice auto-positioning goodness for free!

Blog post coming soon, here's a Codepen 👇

codepen.io/Charca/pen/m...
December 3, 2024 at 11:53 PM
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Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
November 29, 2024 at 2:31 PM