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Securing Next.js Server Actions: Auth, IDOR & Zod Validation

Web Dev

August 202610 min read

Securing Next.js Server Actions: Auth, IDOR & Zod Validation

Every use server function is a public POST endpoint. How I harden Next.js Server Actions with per-action auth, ownership checks, Zod validation, and rate limiting.

Astro 5 Server Islands & Content Layer API: What's New

Web Dev

July 20269 min read

Astro 5 Server Islands & Content Layer API: What's New

Astro 5 shipped Server Islands, a stable Content Layer API, and typed astro:env — how each one works and when I actually reach for it.

Svelte 5 Runes: $state, $derived, $effect Reactivity

Web Dev

July 20269 min read

Svelte 5 Runes: $state, $derived, $effect Reactivity

Why Svelte 5 dropped the compiler-magic reactive model for explicit runes — how $state, $derived, $effect, and $props work, the signals under the hood, and how to migrate.

HTMX and the Hypermedia-Driven Application Approach

Web Dev

July 20269 min read

HTMX and the Hypermedia-Driven Application Approach

How HTMX revives the hypermedia model — hx-get, hx-swap, and HTML fragments instead of a JSON API — where it shines, where it does not, and what htmx 2.0 changed.

Turso and libSQL: Edge SQLite with Embedded Replicas

Backend

July 20269 min read

Turso and libSQL: Edge SQLite with Embedded Replicas

How Turso and libSQL push SQLite past a single process — embedded replicas for local-speed reads, remote writes that sync, and database-per-tenant at edge scale.

DuckDB: In-Process OLAP Analytics on Parquet, CSV, and S3

Backend

July 20269 min read

DuckDB: In-Process OLAP Analytics on Parquet, CSV, and S3

Why I reach for DuckDB — an in-process OLAP engine that runs SQL directly on Parquet, CSV, JSON, and S3 files with zero ETL, and how it compares to Postgres.

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