I've built real-time features both ways for years. Here's how I actually pick between WebSockets and Server-Sent Events without overthinking it.
What I actually figured out about Next.js Partial Prerendering after six months in production. The patterns where it earned its place, and where I avoided…
Six weeks with useActionState in React 19: where it kills useReducer, the error-handling pattern I use, and when I still reach for the old way.
Six weeks running Laravel Pulse in production. The recorders I turned off, the slow query that surprised me, and when I still reach for Telescope.
I migrated a Laravel codebase from PHPUnit to Pest and stopped halfway. Here's where Pest actually wins, where PHPUnit still does, and what I'd skip.
After two years of running RAG in production, here are the chunking strategies I actually use, the ones I dropped, and why chunk size is…
I've used Go's range-over-func iterators in production for eight months. Here's what I keep reaching for, what I dropped, and where the new pattern bites.
I ignored Go 1.23 iterators for almost a year. Here's what finally made me reach for them, where they're worth it, and the footgun that…
I replaced Redux Toolkit with Zustand on two React apps and stopped on a third. Here are the patterns I actually use and when Redux…
Six months of Laravel Volt in production: where single-file Livewire components actually pay off, where they don't, and the bits that tripped me up.