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Aug 19, 2026Field note

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.

Apr 22, 2026Data note

Biome keeps my AI coding loop moving, but it doesn't replace TypeScript. Here is the current setup and the trade-off I kept.

Jan 20, 2026Technical guide

In Vite, ?url changes a JavaScript import into an asset URL import. Here is the fix—and when the suffix is actually useful.

Nov 15, 2025Data note

Tailwind v4 rendered my shared components without their utility classes. One @source directive fixed three hours of monorepo debugging.

Nov 9, 2025Technical guide

React Compiler 1.0 moved routine rendering memoization into the build. React.memo, useCallback, and useMemo now need a specific reason.

Apr 29, 2025Data note

The package manager was the easy part. File APIs, CI, compatibility checks, and Claude Code produced most of the migration's useful work.

Apr 29, 2025Technical guide

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.

Apr 13, 2025Data note

The benchmark gap was obvious, but deleting 90 lines of build configuration was the better reason to choose Vite for a modern app.

May 27, 2016Technical guide

Once I stopped supporting IE8, UglifyJS still emitted compatibility code for it. This Gulp option switched those workarounds off.

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