Implementation notes, experiments, and practical engineering write-ups collected in one place.
Practical notes on Angular architecture, Firebase trade-offs, and building maintainable app foundations.
6 postsNotes on Astro, Cloudflare Pages, edge delivery, and static-first systems that stay easy to maintain.
9 postsPerformance, Core Web Vitals, SEO, and web platform decisions that improve discovery and real-world usability.
18 postsExperience-led notes on AI-assisted development, agent workflows, review practices, and keeping human judgement in the delivery loop.
3 postsProduct notes on taking indie ideas from an early concept through architecture, launch, operations, and iteration.
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Read articleA recent build story about creating Pit Crew, a fantasy motorsport prediction game, and the product and engineering choices behind the first version.
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Read articleA practical 2026 comparison of Angular, React, and Vue covering architecture, team fit, SSR context, hiring, and what I would actually choose.
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Read articleA practical 2026 comparison of WordPress, Contentful, Ghost, and Medium, with modern static and headless options and clearer recommendations by use case.
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Read articleIn this blog post, we will delve into the characteristics of SQL, NoSQL, and NewSQL databases, comparing their strengths, use cases, and considerations.
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Read articleA practical 2026 look at Cloudflare Pages, Workers, R2, D1, KV, Queues, Turnstile, email, pricing, and where Cloudflare is and is not the right choice.
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Read articleA practical comparison of Firebase, Supabase, AWS Amplify, and Appwrite in 2026 for MVPs, SaaS products, auth, databases, pricing, lock-in, and team fit.
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Read articleA practical guide to database performance optimisation: measuring real bottlenecks, reading query plans, indexing well, and fixing the right thing first.
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Read articleIn this blog post, we will explore best practices for securing web applications and discuss effective measures to prevent vulnerabilities.
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Read articleAgile software development is an iterative and flexible approach to software development that emphasizes collaboration, adaptability, and customer satisfact...
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Read articleTest-Driven Development (TDD) is a software development approach that emphasizes writing tests before writing code. This approach helps to ensure that the c...
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Read articleCode readability is a critical aspect of software development that can often be overlooked in the pursuit of functionality. Clean and well-organized code is...
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Read articleA practical guide to securing Angular apps that use Firestore, covering Firebase Auth, Security Rules, App Check, emulator tests, and why route guards are n...
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Read articleA historical migration story updated to explain how this blog evolved from WordPress to Gatsby and later to Astro on Cloudflare Pages.
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Read articleWhy I still prefer Capacitor over Cordova for hybrid apps in 2026, including native-project trade-offs, Ionic fit, and migration gotchas.
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Read articleVisual Studio Code is a popular and powerful text editor that has gained a lot of popularity among developers in recent years. One of the reasons for its po...
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Read articleA personal post about anxiety and mental health, kept human rather than heavily optimised.
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Read articleA historical project reflection kept for context rather than as a current guide.
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Read articleAn older SEO post kept for site history, but not intended as current ranking guidance.
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Read articleA practical look at whether Gulp still makes sense in 2026, modern replacements, and how I would migrate old workflows today.
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Read articleAn older SEO planning post kept for historical context rather than as current advice.
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Read articleAn older backlinks article kept for history, but not intended as a current explanation of authority and ranking signals.
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Read articleA short archived personal post kept online for continuity rather than active search discovery.
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Read articleNine practical ways to improve page speed in 2026, from image delivery and JavaScript reduction to caching, fonts, and static-first rendering.
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Read articleA current explanation of what a PageSpeed Insights score means in 2026, including lab vs field data, INP, LCP, CLS, and what to fix first.
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Read articleA historical note about why I became more interested in SEO, kept as part of the site story rather than an actively maintained article.
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