James Long • 11/21/2025

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The article is a detailed professional summary from a software engineer. It covers their role as a Staff Engineer at Stripe (2020-2025), where they built a design system from scratch, developed a custom CSS engine and component API, created a layering system, and led the frontend development for Stripe's AI Assistant. It also describes their previous project, Actual, a local-first app with a custom syncing engine built on CRDTs. The content is technical, focusing on frontend architecture, systems design, and software engineering challenges.

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