After two years shipping both Zustand and Redux Toolkit in React apps, here's how I actually decide, plus the migration path most teams miss.
I moved a Next.js app from Tailwind v3 to v4 on a Sunday. Here's what the @theme block, the Oxide engine, and the one migration…
I turned on the React Compiler in a real Next.js app, deleted a pile of useMemo and useCallback, and watched what broke. Honest field notes…
CSS Subgrid finally solved my card-grid alignment problem without JavaScript. Here's the before/after code I use in production, plus what still breaks.
htmx or React in 2026? After shipping both, here's when I reach for htmx, when I stay on React, and why the online essays get…
The React 19 use() hook quietly replaced my useEffect+useState fetch dance and my useContext guards. Here's what works, where it breaks, and how I ship…
I spent three years faking a CSS parent selector with useEffect and MutationObserver. Then :has() shipped everywhere. Here's what I deleted and what stayed.
My real Tailwind v3 to v4 migration notes: the utility renames, the CSS-first config, the PostCSS pipeline change, and every place my styles quietly broke.
Most htmx tutorials skip the part that confuses React developers. Here's the mental model I needed before any of it clicked, plus the four patterns…
Tailwind and Bootstrap stopped being the same kind of tool. Here's how I choose between them in 2026, with the code and the maintenance math…