The Solo Developer’s Guide to Clean Code and Maintenance
Pragmatic rules for solo freelancers to ensure projects remain maintainable, so you don't hate yourself six months after deployment.
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Python Scripts for Web Devs: Automating the Boring Stuff
How learning a little bit of Python can save you hundreds of hours by automating image optimization and WordPress publishing.
In Defense of console.log(): Why Simple Debugging Still Wins
A contrarian take on why setting up complex browser debuggers is often overkill, and why good old console.log is still the champion of web dev.
Why Custom Gutenberg Blocks Are a Maintenance Trap
Building custom ACF blocks sounds great until you have to maintain them. Why I ditched that approach for Stackable blocks + custom CSS animations.
The Independent Developer’s Stack 2026: Go, Laravel, Vue, and WordPress
The Independent Developer’s Stack 2026: Go, Laravel, Vue, and WordPress I build for a market where the hosting budget is $5 a month, the currency is weak, and every kilobyte matters. That reality shaped my stack more than any tech…
High-Concurrency with Go: Building the Backend for Modern Clinic Applications
High-Concurrency with Go: Building the Backend for Modern Clinic Applications Introduction In a world where medical data is becoming increasingly complex and real-time interactions are the norm, the backend of a clinic application needs to be more than just a…
State Management in Complex Laravel-Vue Apps: Beyond Simple Props
State Management in Complex Laravel-Vue Apps: Beyond Simple Props I split my Laravel app — Alpine + Blade for public pages, Vue SPA with shadcn/vue for the admin panel. That solved the shared hosting bottleneck, but it created a new…
Database Design for a Multi-Teacher eLearning Project: Laravel + Vue App
Database Design for a Multi-Teacher eLearning Project: Laravel + Vue App I started with a single-teacher setup — simple courses, one dashboard, flat roles. When I decided to turn it into a platform with owners, admins, teachers, and students, the…
Go + Wails: Crafting High-Performance Desktop Apps with a Web Frontend in 2026
Go + Wails: Crafting High-Performance Desktop Apps with a Web Frontend in 2026 I was building a clinic management system — Laravel + Vue on the web. When I needed a desktop version for local use, I hit a dilemma:…
Architecting a Modern Web App using Laravel and Vue.js: The 2026 Developer’s Guide
Architecting a Modern Web App using Laravel and Vue.js: The 2026 Developer’s Guide I’ve been burned by Inertia on cheap hosting — server-rendered pages took too long. My go-to now is Laravel as a pure API, a Vue SPA admin…
