Building PetPaint (Part 2): Why the Cat's Face Always Looks Wrong
From SD v1.5 to Flux.1 Kontext — an engineering journey through the identity preservation problem
Chloe Zhou
A self-taught frontend developer writing about real debugging, career transition, and what it actually looks like to grow in tech without a CS degree.
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Building PetPaint (Part 1): From Local POC to Production Deployment
I asked Stable Diffusion for a cat portrait. It gave me a vase.
Migrating MUI in a Single-SPA Microfrontend — What the Official Docs Don't Tell You
A chronological account of MUI v4 → v6 style conflicts in a single-spa microfrontend — dynamic conflicts, static CSS leakage, and what changes when you finally upgrade the child apps.
Static CSS Leakage in Microfrontends — Why Shadow DOM Fails and How postcss-prefix-selector Fixes It
Static CSS in a child app was leaking into the host app — here's why Shadow DOM couldn't fix it and how postcss-prefix-selector solved it.
MUI v4/v5 Style Conflicts in single-spa — A Complete Debug Record
How I tracked down a shape-shifting UI bug caused by JSS and Emotion competing for insertion order in a single-spa microfrontend.
My Etsy Experiment Record (August–October 2025)
Three months of building an Etsy shop from scratch — what I tried, what failed, and what I learned.
JavaScript Async Programming: From Callbacks to Async/Await
A complete guide to JavaScript's async evolution — from callbacks and events to Promises, generators, and async/await.
Merging vs. Rebasing: Git’s Showdown of Independence and Adaptability
A practical breakdown of merging and rebasing in Git — when to use each, how they affect your history, and what they say about how you work.
Simplified Guide: Integrating Icons with react-native-vector-icons in React Native (2024)
A companion guide to the official docs — covering iOS and Android setup for bare React Native projects with common pitfalls and fixes.
