Stef's Dev Notes
Stefania Barabas, Alexandru DragoiThis is where I think out loud about frontend engineering and engineering in general. The code I'm writing, the career lessons I'm learning, and all the invisible work that actually matters, shared one small note at a time.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 55 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 12 days ago |
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The Stack Decision I Might Have to Revisit
In short: When the urge hits to swap in something new, I don't. Vercel is in all three of my projects, Supabase in two, and the framework is the part that changes: React + Vite or Next.js. What decides that last one is coupling.
Hi, I'm St...
Stop Being the Only Place the Memory Lives
In short: I stopped repeating myself to Claude Code by writing corrections into files instead of my next message — CLAUDE.md for how I work, BACKLOG.md for what I'm building — trusting live sources over stale copies, asking for the why...
Giving got easier. Receiving still doesn't.
Hi, I'm Stefania 👋 Welcome to Stef's Dev Notes, where I write about engineering judgment in an industry obsessed with speed: the trade-offs behind the architecture, and the reasoning that decides whether systems scale or quietly break.
Su...
The Product Thinking Was Mine. The Ownership Wasn't.
We found out our product owner was leaving on a Tuesday, in a meeting that was supposed to be about something else.
I remember feeling worried for about a day.
Then I opened the roadmap, the same one we’d built together, and realized I al...
Narrative is a feature : Why engineers should care about storytelling
A quick note before we dive in: This article was written in collaboration with , who is beginning his journey in copywriting. Alex transformed my ideas and experiences into this article, while I added my personal touch through the story fro...
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Senior Frontend Engineer & Designer | Building my way through tech and writing about it.
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