TL;DR:

• Director of Engineering for Liquid Storefronts at Shopify 🛍️
• Previously CEO & co-founder of Stellate, the GraphQL CDN ⚡
• (Co-)creator of open source projects used by millions 💻
• Angel investor in 20+ startups 🚀
• Speciality coffee barista and backcountry skier 🎿
• Austrian living in San Francisco 🌁

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Essays (rss)

You probably don't need GraphQL (20,934 views)

It might be surprising to hear the co-founder of a GraphQL company say you probably don't need it. Let me explain.

Why I Love Tailwind (46,315 views)

Why Tailwind is blowing up, why I (the creator of styled-components) love it and how I avoid the downsides of atomic CSS.

Margin considered harmful (77,558 views)

We should ban margin from our React components. Hear me out.

Why I Write CSS in JavaScript (67,287 views)

For three years, I have written all my CSS in JavaScript. In fact, I am the creator of styled-components, one of the most popular CSS-in-JS libraries. Let me explain why.

Tech Choices I Regret at Spectrum (41,528 views)

Spectrum is an open source chat app for large online communities. With the benefit of hindsight, here are the technology choices I regret.

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