Software Development
July 20269 min read
Effect-TS: Typed Functional Error Handling in TypeScript
How Effect encodes success, typed errors, and dependencies in one signature — and tames async in TypeScript without hidden exceptions.
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Articles on software engineering practice — architecture patterns, testing, clean code, and the craft of building maintainable systems.
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Software Development
July 20269 min read
Flutter Offline-First Outbox Sync for a Field App
How the JID Carwash Flutter field app keeps taking orders in no-signal bays using a local outbox, connectivity_plus, and idempotent replay to a NestJS API.
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Software Development
July 20269 min read
One Contract, Two Backends: Offline Parity for Web and Mobile
How a single typed repository contract with Api and Mock adapters gave our Next.js POS and Flutter carwash app full offline and demo parity.
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Software Development
July 20269 min read
The TypeScript satisfies Operator: Real Patterns
How the satisfies operator validates a value against a type while keeping its narrow inferred type, with patterns for config objects, route maps, and const assertions.
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Software Development
April 202610 min read
API Versioning Strategies: URL, Header, or No Version at All
URL paths, headers, date-pinned versions, or none: how Stripe and GitHub evolve REST APIs without breaking clients, and what a small team should actually do.
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Software Development
April 202610 min read
Event-Driven Architecture: When NOT to Use It
Event-driven architecture solves real problems, but it can quietly wreck a small system. Honest decision criteria from an ERP built the boring way first.
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Software Development
March 202510 min read
Next.js Performance: Core Web Vitals & Beyond
Optimize your Next.js app for Core Web Vitals: image optimization, font loading, code splitting, React Server Components, caching strategies, and bundle analysis.
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Software Development
March 202511 min read
PostgreSQL Performance: Indexing & Query Tuning
Speed up PostgreSQL queries with B-tree indexes, partial indexes, EXPLAIN ANALYZE, query planning, connection pooling with PgBouncer, and VACUUM strategies.
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Software Development
February 202511 min read
Software Architecture: MVC, CQRS, Event-Driven
Compare MVC, CQRS, and Event-Driven Architecture. Learn when each pattern fits your use case, trade-offs, and how to combine them in modern applications.
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Software Development
February 202510 min read
Test-Driven Development: Write Tests First
Master the Red-Green-Refactor cycle of TDD. Practical unit test examples with Jest and TypeScript, plus when TDD pays off and when it slows you down.
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Software Development
January 20259 min read
REST vs GraphQL: Choosing the Right API Design
REST or GraphQL? Compare performance, flexibility, tooling, and when each wins. Real examples of REST endpoints vs GraphQL queries for the same data model.
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Software Development
January 202510 min read
Microservices vs Monolith: When to Split
Should you break your monolith into microservices? Learn the real trade-offs, when each architecture wins, and migration strategies that don't break your team.
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Software Development
December 20249 min read
Clean Code Principles Every Developer Should Know
Master clean code with SOLID principles, meaningful naming, small functions, and refactoring techniques. Practical examples in TypeScript and JavaScript.
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