Rico Kahler
I build consumer-facing apps and websites as well as developer-facing tools. I specialize in the tooling + React space of the frontend and also work with serverless architectures using platforms like Vercel and frameworks like Serverless.
Understanding JavaScript as an Open Standard
June 29, 2023
Want to know why there's a new JavaScript framework every week? It's not all that bad actually.
Core web vitals vs React.memo
April 13, 2022
'Performance' is a loaded word in the frontend/React world and hard to know exactly what people mean. This article explains the difference between web performance and re-render performance.
Reverting back to a document-based web with PDFs
January 18, 2022
On Sunday, January 16th, I made wordlepdf.com, a remake of Wordle… expect it uses PDFs.
A critical look at React Hooks
January 12, 2022
Here's my thoughts on the good as well as the bad of React Hooks
React Conf 2021
January 4, 2022
I watched all of React Conf 2021. Here's everything you should know.
Did React become a framework?
December 23, 2021
React has been focusing more and more on server-related features prompting familiar the question: Is React a framework or a library?