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A library of notes, projects, and useful finds.

Articles, browser tools, and resources on frontend and technology, plus photography and travel.

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Notebook →

My writing, notes, and photos.

Tools →

Tools I’ve built that you can use in your browser.

Radar →

Monthly frontend release notes, grouped by topic.

From Radar

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Radar — August 2026Radar digest for 2026-08 — what changed in the working stack, distilled from release notes.Radar — July 2026Radar digest for 2026-07 — what changed in the working stack, distilled from release notes.Radar — June 2026Radar digest for 2026-06 — what changed in the working stack, distilled from release notes.
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In the toolbox

Try a gradient,change the colors.

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Recently added

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I Didn’t Need a CMS: Moving My Site from WordPress to Astro

From the Polish archive

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My earlier posts in Polish. Some cover older versions of the tools I used.

Koniec z useMemo, useCallback i memo? Nowości w React 19Tworzenie aplikacji React — Kurs React 18Wprowadzenie do React — Kurs React 18

Photos

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Passion façade of the Sagrada Família with its towers and construction cranes against a deep blue sky[travel]BarcelonaSmall cove of glassy turquoise water below jagged white limestone rocks with a Turkish flag planted on top[travel]Turkish coastOpen-air concert in deck chairs beneath the old Gdańsk shipyard cranes at dusk, stage lights on the left[photography]Closer to homeInside of a PC case with cyan-lit fans, an AIO pump block, rainbow RGB memory sticks, and a GeForce RTX card[setup]PC, printer, and peripheralsThe torus-shaped Museum of the Future covered in Arabic calligraphy, with Emirates Towers behind it at dusk[travel]DubaiAircraft wing and engine nacelle over scattered cumulus clouds and green patchwork fields far below[travel]Window seatWaterfront promenade at Port Ghalib marina with striped orange-and-blue buildings and palm trees over turquoise water[travel]Red Sea coast, EgyptThatched-roof restaurant on stilts over the sea at a pink-and-orange sunset, with a lit walkway leading to it[travel]TanzaniaVisitors climbing the steep stone steps of the Nohoch Mul pyramid at Cobá, holding a rope line up the middle[travel]Yucatán, Mexico

About me

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I’m Paweł Basiak, a frontend engineer working with React and TypeScript. Outside work, I play Age of Empires IV and experiment with 3D printing.

building
AoE4 Foundry — a build-order simulator for Age of Empires IV
playing
Age of Empires IV — and the occasional FPS round
watching
I will find you — and too much YouTube
printing
some unnecessary plastic thing
learning
Astro — by rebuilding this site
Projects & portfolio →What I’m doing now →AoE4 Foundry →