What I actually keep in the hooks folder in 2026 - usePersistedState, useDebouncedValue, useEventListener - and the half-dozen custom hooks I quietly deleted.
Six months of running Bun in production for a small Node service. What I gained, what I lost, and the three sharp edges that almost…
React 19 turns ref into a regular prop, so forwardRef is on its way out. Here's how I migrate components, plus the codemod gaps and…
I shipped the same marketing site in Next.js and then in Astro, then kept score. Here's when I actually reach for each, with bundle numbers…
Why I stopped writing useEffect-for-data-fetching and what TanStack Query actually replaces in 2026, with real before/after code from production.
Six months running Biome alongside ESLint on real projects. Where Biome won, where I kept ESLint, the migration gotchas, and when to switch in 2026.
useOptimistic in React 19 is the first optimistic UI API I actually shipped. Six months of production lessons: where it fits, where it doesn't, what…
Stage 3 decorators in TypeScript 5+ are finally something I use without flinching. Here is when they earn their keep, and four times I still…
I spent a Sunday turning on the React Compiler in a real Next.js app. Here's what I deleted, what bit me, and the eslint rule…
I avoided React Suspense for two years and was wrong. Six months in, here are the patterns that actually saved me, and where I still…