last updated: September 2026
No one returns from the IDE unscathed. These are the lessons I wish I'd learned sooner, and some of the pitfalls I still fall into today. Like open source software, it comes with no warranty.
A spec someone else already wrote, tests that actually grade you, and real constraints without needing real users. Why it beats another dashboard with one user.
Chip-8 Emulator advice Rust · vue · wasm
Five WordPress sites moved to Astro. What it saved, what Lighthouse said about it, and when leaving a stable system alone stops being the safe call.
Author Site Infrastructure advice Astro · TypeScript · cloudflare pages
First post coming in September 2026