Building my personal AI Assistant
How I built a self-hosted AI assistant that connects to my daily life.
Peter Mekhaeil
I am an experienced web developer with a focus on optimizing performance and delivering a seamless user experience. I teach web development using the latest technologies.
Latest posts
AI Native Documentation
Documentation teams are adapting to AI crawlers. Here are techniques they're using to make their docs AI native.
Building a Today I Learned Habit
Discover how maintaining a Today I Learned (TIL) list can foster personal growth, collaboration, and lifelong learning. Learn how to start your own TIL and explore its benefits.
Accelerate your delivery with modern tools
Learn about how to use modern tooling to speed up your development, benefiting both the business and the development team.
How to build an npx starter template
Learn to build your own `npx create-my-template` script for your starter template.
Typescript tips by Matt Pocock
My notes on Matt Pocock's videos on TypeScript tips.
How to keep undefined values in JSON.stringify
Learn how to use the replacer parameter of JSON.stringify to replace undefined values.
Proxying Ackee through Netlify
Ackee is an open-source analytics tool that can be self-hosted on your own server. Learn how to use Netlify Redirects to proxy requests to your Ackee server.
3 benefits interviews bring you
Not only do interviews open doors to new opportunities, they also help you sharpen your skills with new learnings. Interviews keep your career moving forward and I will share some learnings from experience.
Measuring the performance of the McLaren Racing website
We look at the McLaren Racing website and highlight improvements that will speed up their web performance. We will use tools like PageSpeed Insights and WebPageTest to share techniques on improving page speed.
How to build an app with Remix and Netlify Graph
Learn how to build an app using Remix that connects with third-party APIs using Netlify Graph. We will fetch data from GitHub and use React JSX to build the UI.
How I landed my first job as a software engineer
Landing your first engineering job is tough. I share my experience and the lesson I learnt that has helped throughout my career.
Jamstack vs Traditional Web
Learn about what is Jamstack and how it compares to a traditional website. We go through the steps involved in building one, the components that make up a Jamstack site and its advantages and limitations.
How to get started with improving site performance
With so many techniques on improving site performance - how does one start learning about site performance and what are the first steps? Learn about the tools like Google Lighthouse, PageSpeed Insights and WebPageTest.
Page Speed Comparison of Singapore Commerce
Performance comparison of Singapore E-commerce stores. We look at how the sites perform and the areas of improvement that can speed up their web performance. We will use Chrome UX Report to measure the Core Web Vitals of each store and how they compare against each other.
Data Fetching in Next.js
Next.js offers different methods to fetch data for your page content - choosing the right approach for your application will allow you to benefit from the performant advantages that Next.js provides.
Improving Shopify page performance using Next.js
Learn about how Shopify-enabled online stores can improve their web page speed performance by moving across to Next.js. We will use Core Web Vitals to measure the performance that Next.js provides out of the box.
Notes - The Coding Career Handbook
Notes from The Coding Career Handbook - Learning in Public by Shawn Wang.
Page Speed Performance of Formula 1 Websites
Performance report using PageSpeed Insights and Chrome User Experience Report to showcase which Formula 1 team has the fastest web performance.
Using FaunaDB and Netlify Functions for Analytics
Build an API that will allow you to track page hits using FaunaDB and Netlify functions.
Adding Dark Mode to your Tailwind CSS website
How to add Dark Mode to your Tailwind CSS website.
What I have learnt as an engineering manager
A collection of learnings from my adventures as an engineering manager.
Be strong like your code
Staying fit and active is important to our well-being and I'd like to remind us to take care of ourselves while we code away.