Hi, I’m Jayant.
I make things on the web
and write about how.
Frontend by trade, generalist by curiosity. I’m spending this year going deep on the craft of building for the web — frontend, backend, AI, product design — and writing down what I learn as I go. If something here is useful to you, I’m happy.
Case studies
- Case study
Lumi: Spec'ing a gamified test-prep duel app
A comprehensive Vision & Build Specification for a mobile-first, real-time gamified quiz duel application tailored for Tier-2/3 Indian competitive exam aspirants.
- Case study
A native expense splitter for WhatsApp groups
Bringing chat-native group expense tracking to where the conversations already happen — and why the right problem to solve is coordination, not payment.
- Case study
AJIO's Onboarding Revamped
A frame-by-frame teardown of AJIO's first-time user experience — what's broken, what works, and the cognitive biases at play.
Writing
- Essay
RIP POST /search — Meet HTTP's New QUERY Method
We've been using POST for read-only searches for decades because GET couldn't carry a body. HTTP finally has a method that says what we actually mean.
httpapi-designbackendweb - Essay
Before You Write Your First Component — The React Toolchain, Explained
You've typed `npm start` and a React app appeared. But what actually happened? A layer-by-layer tour of every tool in the chain.
reactfrontendtoolingbeginner