I dragged my feet on Svelte 5 for nearly a year. Twenty months in, here is what I actually use across runes and snippets, plus…
React Query vs SWR in 2026, picked by use case, not by feature checklist. I walk through cache model, mutations, Next.js fit, and my actual…
I upgraded to Tailwind v4 out of boredom and got a faster dev loop I didn't expect. Here's what the Rust-based Oxide engine actually changed,…
Next.js 15 flipped App Router caching from opt-out to opt-in. What changed for fetch and GET route handlers, why it is safer, and how I…
React 19's useOptimistic hook replaced my hand-rolled optimistic UI: instant likes and messages with automatic rollback. Here's how I use it, with code.
PHP 8.4 property hooks and asymmetric visibility, with before-and-after code. The getter and setter boilerplate I deleted, and where these features bite back.
Tailwind CSS v4 moves config into CSS, auto-detects content, and bakes in container queries. Before-and-after code on what changed and what it costs you.
React 19 forms, useActionState, and useOptimistic with before-and-after code. The features I actually kept after upgrading, and the one I'm still careful with.
Drizzle vs Prisma in 2026: my honest take after six months in production on Next.js, Hono on Workers, and one boring Node service on a…
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…