Taking Control of My Home Network (and Saving $216)
After switching internet providers, I set up NextDNS for network-wide ad blocking. Here's how I'm saving $216 this year while taking control of my privacy.
Sofia Shendi — Engineering Posts
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Looking Back at 2025
I turned 40 this year and learned more than I have since college. From AI and context engineering to bouldering V4s and building a 3D printer wishlist, here's what shaped this year and where I'm heading in 2026.
Back with the Montreal Builder Community
I've been building personal projects and reconnecting with Montreal's tech community. I attended AI Tinkerers and the Supabase Meetup, and left both wanting to create more.
How I Vibe Coded My Website as a 20+ Year Senior Engineer
I rebuilt my website using Lovable, Codex, and ChatGPT to understand how far AI-assisted coding has really come and what it means for senior engineers like me.
Building Mobile Experiences That Don’t Suck
Frédéric Harper is a Developer Evangelist at Microsoft Canada, based in Montreal. He gave a very interesting session this morning on what makes a mobile experie
DRYing CSS for brevity, unity and maintainability
Jeremy Clarke brought a new CSS concept to us today by introducing what he calls the Don’t Repeat Yourself CSS.
The HTML5 Landscape
Here is a summary of a talk we attended on Day 1 of Confoo 2012.