General

Frontend Developer Rates in Australia 2025: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne

Wondering what frontend developers earn in Australia? Discover current 2025 salary ranges for Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne — covering junior to senior roles and freelance day rates.

Hiring a Frontend Developer in Brisbane: What to Look For

A practical guide for Brisbane businesses hiring their first frontend developer — covering skills, portfolios, interview questions, rates, and where to find the right person.

Sydney vs Melbourne vs Brisbane: Where Should Frontend Developers Work in 2025?

Comparing Australia's three biggest tech cities for frontend developers — salaries, cost of living, job density, remote culture, and lifestyle. Which city actually comes out ahead?

Freelance Frontend Development in Australia: What Clients Actually Want

What Australian clients are really looking for when they hire a freelance frontend developer — beyond the tech stack, covering communication, process, pricing, and how to find consistent work.

The Best Tech Meetups for Frontend Developers in Australia

A guide to the best frontend and JavaScript meetups in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne — plus online communities where Australian frontend developers connect and grow.

Building for Australian Users: Time Zones, Accessibility Laws and Compliance

A practical guide to the technical and legal considerations unique to building web products for Australian users — time zones, date formats, accessibility obligations, privacy, and payment.

Technical

TypeScript Patterns I Actually Use in Production

Not a TypeScript tutorial — a collection of specific patterns, utilities, and approaches that solve real problems in production React codebases.

CSS Grid vs Flexbox: A Practical Guide for Modern Layouts

Stop guessing which layout system to use. A practical guide to CSS Grid and Flexbox — when each shines, when to combine them, and the patterns that come up most in real projects.

Optimising Core Web Vitals: LCP, CLS and INP in Production

A practical guide to improving Core Web Vitals scores on real websites — diagnosing LCP, CLS, and INP issues, fixing them, and measuring the results.

Building Accessible React Components for WCAG 2.1 AA

A practical guide to WCAG 2.1 AA compliance in React — covering semantic HTML, ARIA, keyboard navigation, focus management, and testing approaches that actually catch issues.

State Management in 2025: Zustand, Redux, or Context?

A practical decision guide for React state management — when Context is enough, when Zustand is the right choice, and when Redux Toolkit is actually warranted.

Framer Motion Performance Tips for Smooth UI Animation

Framer Motion makes animation easy but performance pitfalls are common. A practical guide to keeping animations smooth — covering layout animation, AnimatePresence, re-renders, and GPU-only properties.

Building a Component Library from Scratch with Storybook

A practical guide to building a React component library with Storybook — from initial setup through writing stories, documentation, visual testing, and publishing.

React Server Components Explained: When and Why to Use Them

A clear explanation of React Server Components — what problem they solve, how they differ from client components, when to use each, and the common mistakes to avoid.

AI Coding

How I Use AI to Speed Up Frontend Development (Without Losing Control)

A practical look at how AI tools actually fit into a frontend development workflow — what works, what doesn't, and how to stay in control of your own codebase.

Cursor IDE: An Honest Review for Frontend Developers

A detailed review of Cursor IDE from a frontend developer's perspective — covering tab completion, Composer, chat, performance, pricing, and whether it's worth switching from VS Code.

Building UI with v0 by Vercel: A Practical Guide

A hands-on guide to v0 by Vercel — how it works, how to prompt it effectively, how to integrate the output into a real codebase, and where its limits are.

AI-Generated CSS: What Works, What Doesn't, and What to Never Ship

An honest look at using AI to write CSS — testing across layout, animation, responsive design, and browser compatibility. What's safe to use, what needs review, and what to rewrite.

AI Design Tools in 2025: Figma AI, Galileo, and the Future of UI Prototyping

A practical comparison of AI-powered design tools — Figma AI, Galileo, v0, and Framer AI — covering what they actually do, what they're good for, and how they fit into a real design-to-code workflow.

Using Claude to Write Accessible HTML: Does It Actually Pass Audits?

I asked Claude to write accessible HTML components and then ran them through real accessibility audits — axe-core, Lighthouse, and manual screen reader testing. Here's what passed and what failed.

Creative

How I Built My Frontend Portfolio (and the Tech Choices Behind It)

A behind-the-scenes look at the decisions, tools, and tradeoffs that went into building a frontend developer portfolio — from framework choice to animation to performance.

CSS-Only Animations: What's Possible Without JavaScript in 2025

CSS animation capabilities have expanded dramatically. Scroll-driven animations, view transitions, and advanced keyframes mean you can build more without JavaScript than ever before.

Getting Started with Three.js: Building Interactive 3D Web Experiences

A practical introduction to Three.js for frontend developers — setting up a scene, working with geometries and materials, adding lights and animation, and building something interactive.

GSAP ScrollTrigger: Scroll Animations Without Killing Performance

A practical guide to building scroll-driven animations with GSAP ScrollTrigger — covering pinning, scrubbing, staggered reveals, and the performance patterns that keep animations smooth.

Generative Art with the Canvas API: A Creative Dev's Guide

A practical guide to building generative art systems with the HTML Canvas API — covering randomness, noise, recursive patterns, animation loops, and tips for creating visually interesting output.

Creative Coding with p5.js: From Sketch to Production

A guide to creative coding with p5.js — covering setup, core drawing primitives, interaction, animation, and how to move a p5.js sketch from experiment to a polished, deployed piece.

AI Agents

Agentic Coding Workflows: How I Let AI Handle the Boilerplate

What agentic coding actually looks like in a real frontend workflow — which tasks to delegate, how to structure the handoff, and where to keep humans in the loop.

Building a UI Component Generator with the Claude API

A step-by-step guide to building a tool that generates React UI components from natural language descriptions using the Claude API — covering prompt engineering, output parsing, and rendering.

How to Build a Frontend Code Review Agent from Scratch

Build an AI-powered code review agent that analyses React and TypeScript code for issues, suggests improvements, and integrates with your GitHub pull request workflow.

Creating a Design-to-Code Pipeline with AI Agents

Build an automated pipeline that takes Figma design data and generates React component code using AI agents — covering architecture, Figma API integration, Claude prompt design, and validation.

Building a Figma-to-Tailwind Agent Using Claude and the MCP Protocol

How to build a Figma-to-Tailwind CSS agent using Claude and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — giving Claude direct access to Figma design data for more accurate component generation.

How to Build an AI Agent That Audits Your Web Accessibility

Build an AI-powered accessibility audit agent that combines automated axe-core testing with Claude's reasoning to produce actionable reports and code-level fix suggestions.