Ahmad Naufal — ArkaesWriting on frontend engineering, design systems, and product craft.https://arkaes.devenThe setState Inside setState Bug: How a Small Refactor Caused an Infinite Loophttps://arkaes.dev/blog/nested-zustand-setstate-infinite-loophttps://arkaes.dev/blog/nested-zustand-setstate-infinite-loopA small Zustand refactor added a set() call inside another set() call. Immer silently reverted the update, and a DOM error event turned that revert into an infinite loop that slowed down staging.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMTEngineeringZustandState-managementImmerLitDebuggingThe World I Want My Daughter to Knowhttps://arkaes.dev/blog/the-world-i-want-my-daughter-to-knowhttps://arkaes.dev/blog/the-world-i-want-my-daughter-to-knowTen years after my first trip abroad, I find myself asking a different question. What kind of environment do I want my family, and especially my daughter, to grow up in?Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMTPersonalFather lifeCareerFamilyFuture planEighteen commits for one navigation barhttps://arkaes.dev/blog/eighteen-commits-for-one-navigation-barhttps://arkaes.dev/blog/eighteen-commits-for-one-navigation-barOne navigation bar needed two pull requests, 18 commits and 15 rounds of correction. The AI agent that wrote the code reports what it got wrong.Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:55:00 GMTEngineeringDesign SystemsWeb ComponentsCSSAnimationAI-Assisted DevelopmentOne Line in <head> Was Breaking Every Page Transitionhttps://arkaes.dev/blog/one-line-in-head-was-breaking-every-page-transitionhttps://arkaes.dev/blog/one-line-in-head-was-breaking-every-page-transitionA flash of unstyled content on every page transition sent me down several debugging rabbit holes before I discovered the real culprit: a custom element inside <head> that silently pushed my stylesheets into <body>.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:12:00 GMTEngineeringAstroDebuggingView TransitionsWeb PerformanceLitWeb ComponentsDiscovering the World of Design Systemshttps://arkaes.dev/blog/discovering-the-world-of-design-systemshttps://arkaes.dev/blog/discovering-the-world-of-design-systemsA year ago I had never heard of design systems. Today it has become one of the areas of frontend engineering that excites me the most.Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:46:00 GMTCareerFrontendDesign SystemWeb ComponentsMCPDTCGLearningWhy I Added a Privacy Notice to My Apphttps://arkaes.dev/blog/why-i-added-a-privacy-notice-to-my-apphttps://arkaes.dev/blog/why-i-added-a-privacy-notice-to-my-appA legal training about personal data protection made me rethink how users trust the apps we build, and why a clear privacy notice matters.Sat, 25 Jul 2026 13:25:00 GMTCareerPrivacyPersonal data protectionSoftware developmentApp developmentUser trust