Maxi Ferreira
@maxiferreira.com
Frontend Architect @ Help Scout. Rambling about software design for frontend developers at frontendatscale.com
“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
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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
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Looking for something to listen to while vibe coding? Well, I've got just the thing. First episode dropping this week Stay tuned 📻
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
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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...
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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?
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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 info@codetv.dev
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.
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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!
This was _really_ good! If you like the movie even a little bit, I highly recommend go watch it 🎭
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)
This starts in about 15 minutes! Come hang 🙌
Maxi Ferreira@maxiferreira.com · 2y agoI'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...
Putting the final touches on my slides for my talk tomorrow. As you can see this will be a very serious and professional talk.
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...
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.
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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!
Nick Taylor@nickyt.online · 2y agoLoved the latest issue of Frontend at Scale, frontendatscale.com/issues/37 If you aren’t already, subscribe to @maxiferreira.com’s newsletter!
🚀 Launch Week → Day 5 (LAUNCH DAY!!) Today, my @astrodotbuild course goes live…now! youtube.com/live/rOvEFu8...
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I freewrote a little article about freewriting www.maxiferreira.com/blog/freewri...
Freewriting | Maxi Ferreira
Freewriting is cool. Try it.
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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! 🙏
Tomasz Gil@tomaszgil.me · 2y agoRecently 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. 🧵
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. 🧵
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.
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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...
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
Happy Friday beautiful people of 🦋 Here’s a deal you won’t want to miss: My Fundamentals of Frontend Architecture course is 100% off today!* You can get it for absolutely FREE at frontendatscale.com/courses/fron...
Fundamentals of Frontend Architecture — FREE Course
Learn how to build frontend applications at scale using the fundamentals of software design and architecture.
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Of course I ended up choosing the most time-consuming one. Goodbye all other side projects for the next few months 🥲
Maxi Ferreira@maxiferreira.com · 2y agoIs there a name for that feeling when you finally have a few hours to work on a side project but you can't decide which one so you spend the entire time agonizing over it? Asking for a friend
Is there a name for that feeling when you finally have a few hours to work on a side project but you can't decide which one so you spend the entire time agonizing over it? Asking for a friend
After 15+ years of teaching, architecting & delivering CSS for global organisations & startups, I’ve collated that experience into an extensive course. Complete CSS has taken nearly a year to produce and finally, it’s officially live for a limited Black Friday launch price of £189 complete-css.com
