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note · 2026-06-0111 interactive

Remotion: Making Videos Programmatically with React

A note on Remotion, the framework that turns video into React components, why videos-as-code is genuinely useful, the license caveat, and where I'd reach for it.

ReactVideoremotion-dev/remotion★ 48.7k · TypeScript15 min
essay · 2026-05-3111 interactive

Best Agentic Coding Tools for Indie Developers: Practical Comparison

A practical comparison of agentic coding tools for indie developers, including tradeoffs, workflow fit, and quality-control strategies.

AI ToolsDeveloper Productivity14 min
essay · 2026-05-3112 interactive

Building AI Features in Next.js App Router Without Shipping a Mess

How to implement AI features in Next.js App Router with clean boundaries, predictable latency, strong validation, and production-grade UX behavior.

Next.jsAI Engineering16 min
essay · 2026-05-3111 interactive

Claude Code Skills: A Practical Guide for Real Shipping in 2026

A practical playbook for using Claude Code skills to ship faster: setup, task decomposition, guardrails, quality gates, and failure recovery for real product work.

Claude CodeAI Engineering14 min
essay · 2026-05-3111 interactive

Developer Blog SEO Strategy in 2026: How to Build Topical Authority Without Publishing Fluff

A practical SEO system for developer blogs in 2026: keyword clustering, topical maps, internal linking, quality thresholds, and publishing cadence that compounds.

SEODeveloper Blog16 min
essay · 2026-05-3112 interactive

From Side Project to SaaS: A Validation Playbook for Developers

A no-fluff validation playbook for turning side projects into SaaS products through demand tests, pricing checks, and measurable user signals.

SaaSValidation17 min
essay · 2026-05-3111 interactive

How to Pick Project Ideas That Actually Ship

A practical framework for selecting developer project ideas with real execution potential, clear user value, and strong portfolio outcomes.

Side ProjectsProduct Strategy17 min
essay · 2026-05-3112 interactive

LLM Cost Control Playbook for Indie Developers

A practical cost-control playbook for LLM-powered products: token budgeting, caching, model routing, and monitoring to protect margins.

LLMCost Optimization15 min
essay · 2026-05-3112 interactive

MCP Tools for Browser QA Automation: A Practical Guide

How to use MCP tools for browser QA automation with reproducible checks, evidence capture, and regression-safe workflows for web teams.

MCPQA Automation14 min
essay · 2026-05-3112 interactive

Modern Webdev Stack for Solo Founders in 2026

A pragmatic stack blueprint for solo founders in 2026 using Next.js, TypeScript, Postgres, and automation-friendly deployment workflows.

Web DevelopmentSolo Founder18 min
essay · 2026-05-3111 interactive

Niche GitHub Repositories Developers Should Study for Real Leverage

A practical guide to finding and learning from niche GitHub repositories that sharpen engineering judgment and accelerate product execution.

GitHubOpen Source16 min
essay · 2026-05-3112 interactive

Nightshift CLI: Building an Autonomous Development Workflow That Still Ships Quality

How to run an autonomous coding loop with Nightshift CLI without sacrificing code quality: task contracts, validation gates, Chrome QA, commit strategy, and review handling.

Nightshift CLIAutonomous Agents15 min
essay · 2026-05-3112 interactive

Prompt Engineering for Real Web Products (Not Demo Apps)

How to design prompt engineering systems for real products: constraints, eval loops, fallback logic, and measurable behavior under production load.

Prompt EngineeringLLM Products14 min
essay · 2026-05-3112 interactive

A Repeatable Technical Writing System for SEO That Compounds

A repeatable technical writing system for SEO-focused developer content with cluster strategy, quality gates, and weekly execution cadence.

Technical WritingSEO16 min
essay · 2026-05-3111 interactive

Turn a GitHub Repository Into a Portfolio Asset That Converts

How to transform a GitHub repository into convincing proof of work through storytelling, UX polish, measurable outcomes, and technical credibility.

PortfolioGitHub15 min
essay · 2026-05-3111 interactive

TypeScript Guardrails for AI-Generated Code That Survives Production

A practical guide to TypeScript guardrails that keep AI-generated code safe: strict types, lint rules, tests, and release quality gates.

TypeScriptCode Quality14 min
note · 2026-05-2811 interactive

Drizzle ORM: The TypeScript ORM I Actually Reach For

Why Drizzle replaced Prisma in my stack, SQL-first, type-safe, no codegen step, and migrations that don't fight me.

TypeScriptDatabasedrizzle-team/drizzle-orm★ 24.1k · TypeScript16 min
note · 2026-05-2411 interactive

Zustand: State Management Without the Ceremony

A tiny store that does 90% of what I need from client state, no providers, no boilerplate, no reducers I'll regret.

ReactState Managementpmndrs/zustand★ 48.3k · TypeScript13 min
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reading paths

// a route through the posts

From first prompt to a feature that survives production. 4 posts · 59 min

  1. Building AI Features in Next.js App Router Without Shipping a Mess16 min
  2. Prompt Engineering for Real Web Products (Not Demo Apps)14 min
  3. LLM Cost Control Playbook for Indie Developers15 min
  4. TypeScript Guardrails for AI-Generated Code That Survives Production14 min

topics

// what i keep circling back to
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repos i like

// saved & leaned on

reading list

// queued to read
The Programmer's BrainFelienne Hermans · book
Designing Data-Intensive ApplicationsKleppmann · book
What every dev should know about UTF-8blog · link
Latency numbers every engineer should knowgist · gist
The Grug Brained Developergrugbrain.dev · essay
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A tiny eval harness for prompt regressions · draft 35%

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