CodingJul 26, 2026

On coding: choosing boring tech for speed

I almost rebuilt on a trendy stack because Twitter said so. Postgres, a monolith, and hosted auth were "boring" but alr…

DesignJul 25, 2026

On design: mobile layout fix that saved signups

60% of traffic was mobile; signup form broke below the fold with a horizontal scroll bug on small screens. We didn't no…

How to/GuideJul 25, 2026

How I validated an idea before writing code

I almost built a full analytics dashboard because three friends said it sounded cool. Instead I made a Typeform with fi…