Den Odell
Frontend Architect · Author · DeveloperBuilt web apps used by millions. Wrote the books that teach others how.
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Building the Web in Islands, Not Mountains 25 June 2025Loading spinners. Hydration delays. 300kB for a blog post. There’s a better way to build the web.
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Hacking Layout Before CSS Even Existed 11 June 2025The early web had no layout system. No CSS. So we improvised, slicing, stretching, and nesting our way to structure.
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Want to Be a Better Frontend Engineer? Try a Week On-Call 4 June 2025You’re going to hate me for saying this, but I actually like being on-call. Honestly! It’s taught me more about frontend quality than any bug tracker ever did.
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👋 Hi, I’m Den Odell, a frontend architect, product engineer, and author.
I’ve helped ship products for global brands, led the frontend discipline at AKQA, written JavaScript books used in university courses, and now build tools to make fast, accessible interfaces the default.
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🚀 I’m open to new roles that value thoughtful UI, performance, and real user impact.
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