Saeed Lotfi

Software engineering is still a relatively young discipline. We're continuously refining the techniques and building the tools needed to create software more effectively. I've been actively involved in this journey for many years, and over the last decade, I’ve been trying to share patterns, principles, and practices that make front-end and full-stack development more maintainable and impactful.

This site originally started as a place to document my own learnings and experiments — especially around Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Frontend Development.

Since joining the industry, I've focused on not just building software, but also on studying how we build it—especially how modern frameworks, tooling, and architectural decisions affect developer experience and product quality. My goal is to pass on those learnings to other engineers, whether through writing, open-source work, or technical mentorship.

HOW can we build software effectively

How modern software engineering intersects with agile thinking—how thoughtful architecture, patterns, and practices can support rapid iteration and continuous learning. While frameworks and tools evolve quickly in both front-end and back-end development, foundational principles like modularity, testability, and clarity tend to stay relevant and applicable.

As software becomes central to how businesses operate, software teams must be able to deliver updates quickly—whether that’s improving user interfaces, adapting to new design systems, or responding to evolving product goals.

Testing plays a crucial role here. A strong software testing strategy—unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests—acts as a safety net for change and a form of living documentation. It allows developers to ship confidently while enabling rapid experimentation, especially in frameworks where behavior is often split across different modules.

Good software architecture doesn’t emerge in a single pass. Like good UX or design, it takes iteration. As we build, learn, and refactor, we uncover better abstractions, improve accessibility, and streamline performance. Refactoring is how we evolve a software codebase to remain flexible under change, without rewriting from scratch.

Building software that can keep up with real-world demands means writing code that’s easy to change, easy to understand, and easy to release. This site is where I reflect on the patterns, tools, and cultural practices that make that possible.