Aidan Bleser

Frontend Engineer

I'm a software engineer from San Antonio, Texas. I learned to code to automate my KPIs as a maintenance supervisor and ended up building the CMMS now used by Avanzar Interior Technologies.

I started contributing to open source in 2024 and since have become a maintainer of several popular projects such as:

When I'm not building cool stuff on the internet I'm cycling, skiing, hiking, or just spending time with my beautiful wife.

Recent Blog Posts

A plead to stop using $effect

$effect is an escape hatch, not a way of life.

May 6, 2026

My 2025 Web Development Wrapped

How I grew and updated my tech stack in 2025.

Feb 4, 2026

Copilot, Plagiarism, and OSS

Copilot plagiarism is no longer a theory.

Feb 25, 2025

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Stuff I work on

finalchat

The last chat you'll ever need

jsrepo

The modern registry toolchain

shadcn-svelte-extras

Extra components for shadcn-svelte

shadcn-svelte

A Svelte port of shadcn/ui