Hi, I'm Tony Alicea
Bestselling Developer Educator, UX and AI Strategist
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We're Losing Our Voice to LLMs
We are losing something precious in the age of LLMs: our unique voices.
I've Started Offering Live Coaching.
After over a decade of producing online courses, I'm enjoying connecting with real people live.
Not Agile. Not Waterfall. With AI It's Cascades.
Introducing Cascade Methodology - Software Development Methodology in the Age of AI
Entropy Tolerance: The Essential Software Question for The AI Age
Understanding React Server Components
A deep dive into the internals of React and Next.js to understand RSCs.
Normal UI: A Usability Technique For Non-Designers
Successful web apps are usable web apps.
Understanding React Compiler
Cache all the things. How React Compiler works under-the-hood.
On The Why Down
How To Do Better Than MVP
Courses
Master the principles behind AI-assisted development so you can build sustainable workflows for any tool or team.
Understand JS frameworks from first-principles: Signals, Hydration, SSR, Server Components, Routing, and more.
React
Master React's internals and source code for deep understanding of how it really works.
JavaScript: The Weird Parts
Deep dive into how JavaScript works: closures, prototypes, scope, and more
HTML and CSS
Master semantic HTML and modern CSS for accessible, well-structured websites
Advanced ES.Next
Master advanced ES6+ / ES.Next features and modern JavaScript patterns to write cleaner, more powerful code.
An AI-friendly learnable, repeatable technique for more usable, accessible, and maintainable web apps.
Building the Right Software
Learn to define requirements, choose tech stacks, and build software that matters.
Master team dynamics and soft skills, the AI-proof human abilities that make you an invaluable developer and leader.