Hi! I'm Dustin.

Where I write about people, places, things, and ideas occasionally.

20 Posts

  1. Announcing Transmission for Web client

    torrents · transmission · release

    Releasing my version of a Transmission web client that I use on my mini PC

  2. The Sameness of AI

    career · ai

    AI is fascinating, revolutionary, fun, and... feeling a little stale. In this post I outline some of my thoughts on the problems I'm seeing with a lack of creativity in AI.

  3. Joining Adapt

    career · technology · ai

    I'm joining Adapt to lead Product & Engineering. Here's why.

  4. 2025: Year in Review

    life · career

    In closing 2025, I reflect upon what I learned, accomplished, and what I hope to do even better in 2026.

  5. 2024: Year in Review

    life · career

    In closing 2024, I reflect upon what I learned, accomplished, and what I hope to do even better in 2025.

  6. The value of simple tools

    react · javascript · web · simplicity

    Not every problem needs a complex solution. Sometimes the best tool is the one that does less, not more.

  7. 2023: Year in Review

    life · career

    2023 was a whirlwind year for me and my family. I'll wrap up what I accomplished, what I learned, and what I hope to do in 2024.

  8. Uses

    software · hardware · recommendations

    In this post, I'll share my preferred stack as it relates to development. Software, hardware, and everything in between.

  9. README

    personal · leadership

    A little about me. My leadership style, my likes, my dislikes, my quirks.

  10. Syntax.fm x Why Netlify bought Gatsby

    podcast · gatsby · netlify

    I hopped on Syntax.fm with Wes Bos and Scott Stolinski to talk about Gatsby, Valhalla (Netlify Connect), CMSs and the headless web, and the overall strategy of Netlify acquiring Gatsby.

  11. Product Club: Let's make the Web Weird Again

    podcast · gatsby · modern-web

    I hopped on Product Club with Jeff Morris Jr to talk about Gatsby and how it'd be great if the web was weird again.

  12. A Day in the Life of a Core Maintainer

    open-source · maintenance

    An older post on the official Gatsby blog about the life of an open-source maintainer. I talk about some tips and techniques for making it more productive.

  13. Search Engine Optimization with Gatsby

    gatsby · javascript · react · seo

    SEO and Gatsby: A Perfect Pairing. Learn how Gatsby implements SEO utilizing React Helmet and smart defaults and how you can use these tools to implement your own!

  14. My Next Chapter: Gatsby

    career · gatsby · gatsby inc · object partners

    I am happy to announce that I've accepted a role as Software Engineer for Gatsby Inc, a startup working on making a more performant web through smart defaults and optimizations.

  15. CSS in JS with styled-components and React (Manning)

    css in js · styled-components · react

    I'm incredibly excited to announce that I've been working on a Manning liveVideo course for the last several months with the intent to share all that makes CSS in JS great with the library styled-components

  16. GraphQL: Most of the Parts

    graphql · react · node

    In this post, I'll do a deep dive on most of the parts of GraphQL. I'll start with the foundational concepts and then from this foundational basis I'll construct the value of GraphQL and illustrate how it could be a hugely transformative technology for server and client communication.

  17. CSS In JS: Benefits, Drawbacks, and Tooling

    css · css in js · react · component styling · styled-components · glamorous

  18. Getting Started with Gatsby

    gatsby · react · javascript

    Gatsby is an incredible static site generator that lets you build a static site that still has all the benefits expected from a modern web application. In this tutorial, we'll create a static blog, and get an in-depth look at Gatsby and its feature-set.

  19. Hello World

    intro · about

    Who I am, what I do, and why you should care! This post goes into some detail about my general philosophy around blogging, what I hope to accomplish with this blog, and various other details…

  20. About

    tech stack · colophon · about

    Welcome to the second version of my blog, powered by Gatsby, an incredible site generator. Learn more about the tech stack and things I built to power this blog.