With AI, You Need Fewer npm Packages Than You Think
How AI shifts the build vs. buy decision for npm packages — when to use external libraries and when to write custom solutions for long-term stability.
I Knew CSS Too Well to See Why Tailwind Works
How deep CSS expertise made me resist Tailwind for years — a personal story about when experience blinds us to innovation and why experts can be wrong.
Why I Went Back from Next.js to an SPA for Admin Apps
After working with Next.js, I went back to single page applications for admin interfaces. Here is why an SPA fits apps that live behind a login.
What I Learned Building Watch-List.me with an AI Agent
My detailed experience building a Next.js app with Claude Sonnet 4 in agent mode — exploring benefits, pitfalls, and why human oversight still matters.
How I Choose a Tech Stack, from Plain HTML to Next.js
How to choose the right tech stack for each project: when plain HTML is enough, and when to use a static generator, Next.js or a separate backend.
Building a Website for Playing DOS Games in the Browser
How I built Old School Games, a site for playing classic DOS games in the browser, with DOSBox and a deliberately old-school, server-rendered stack.
From Idea to Production in 2 Hours with AI
How I built and deployed a quiz website in 2 hours with a Claude Sonnet 4 agent — what the AI handled well and what still needed my decisions.
AI Will Make Web Development More Conservative
Why AI coding tools might push web development toward more conservative technology choices, long-term architectural thinking and less framework churn.
Next.js App Router in Production: An Honest Review
An honest look at the Next.js App Router and Server Components in production: authentication, mental overhead, loading states and hidden complexity.
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