Removing React SSR from Cubbly to Simplify Lingui
I removed React SSR from Cubbly because maintaining Lingui across the Worker and browser was not worth the speed it bought on a private application.
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Vite’s ?url Import Gives You a URL, Not jQuery
In Vite, ?url changes a JavaScript import into an asset URL import. Here is the fix—and when the suffix is actually useful.
Tailwind v4 Missed Every Class in My Shared Package
Tailwind v4 rendered my shared components without their utility classes. One @source directive fixed three hours of monorepo debugging.
React Compiler Changes When to Reach for useMemo
React Compiler 1.0 moved routine rendering memoization into the build. React.memo, useCallback, and useMemo now need a specific reason.
How I Moved This Blog from Node.js to Bun
The package manager was the easy part. File APIs, CI, compatibility checks, and Claude Code produced most of the migration's useful work.
Bun Cut This Blog's Build Time Nearly in Half
Moving this blog from Node.js to Bun cut its build from 37 seconds to 20. Native file and glob APIs also removed code I no longer needed.
I Would Start with Vite and Make Webpack Prove Itself
The benchmark gap was obvious, but deleting 90 lines of build configuration was the better reason to choose Vite for a modern app.
Using UglifyJS's screw-ie8 Option in Gulp
Once I stopped supporting IE8, UglifyJS still emitted compatibility code for it. This Gulp option switched those workarounds off.
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