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NFTs Failed Because the Tech Solved the Wrong Problem
NFTs promised digital ownership and delivered speculation. A retrospective on why the tech outran the problem it claimed to solve.
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Web development
Opinionated articles on frameworks, rendering strategies, frontend complexity, performance tradeoffs, and building faster with less unnecessary machinery.
This category is where I push back hardest on web-development fashion. Most teams are not losing because they picked the wrong trendy stack. They’re losing because they added too much machinery before they earned the complexity.
Start with these:
- The 2026 Web Development Roadmap Nobody’s Saying Out Loud
- Why I Stopped Defaulting to React for Every Project
- Why I Build Everything With Astro Now (And Stopped Reaching for Next.js)
- HTMX Is Overkill (Until Your React Bundle Explodes)
- I Removed Sass From My Build Pipeline (And You Probably Should Too)
If you’re trying to simplify how you ship on the web, start here.
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Forward or Reverse: Understanding Proxies and How They Work
Understanding the Differences Between Forward and Reverse Proxies with Real-World Examples
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Angular Signals: A Comprehensive Guide and Walkthrough
Exploring Angular Signals: Understanding Their Purpose, Pros, and Cons for Modern Development
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When gRPC Beats REST in Laravel (and When It's Just Friction)
When the Laravel default of REST cost a real production system 800ms per request, gRPC fixed it. Here's where that tradeoff actually holds up — and where it doesn't.
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Why Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) and Headless CMS Are Still Relevant in 2024
Exploring the Continued Importance of PWAs and Headless CMS in Modern Web Development
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Is Jamstack Really Dead? Or Just Evolving with the Times?
Why the Legacy of Jamstack Still Matters in Modern Web Development
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