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Building a Notification Center in React: Real-Time Updates, Read State, and Preference Management in Next.js
A practical guide to building an in-app notification center for SaaS products: data model, real-time delivery via SSE, bell component, infinite scroll panel, mark-as-read mechanics, user preferences, and backend fan-out.
Building a SaaS Billing Integration with Stripe: Subscriptions, Usage Metering, and Webhook Handling in Next.js
A practical guide to implementing Stripe billing in a Next.js SaaS application. Covers subscription lifecycle management, usage-based metering, webhook verification, idempotent event handling, customer portal integration, and edge cases like failed payments and mid-cycle plan changes.
Building a SaaS Admin Dashboard: Role-Based Views, Audit Trails, and Real-Time Updates in Next.js
A practical guide to the admin dashboard every SaaS product needs. Covers role-based access at the component level, audit log UIs, real-time updates with SSE and React Server Components, table pagination, and filter/search patterns in Next.js App Router with TypeScript.
Building a CLI Tool in TypeScript: Argument Parsing, Interactive Prompts, and Cross-Platform Distribution
A practical guide to building production-quality CLI tools with TypeScript. Covers project setup with tsup, argument parsing with Commander.js, interactive prompts with @clack/prompts, configuration management with cosmiconfig, output formatting, error handling, testing, and distribution via npm and Homebrew.
Edge-Side Includes in Modern Web Architecture: Dynamic Fragment Composition, Cache Segmentation, and Personalization at the CDN Layer
ESI was invented in 2001 and mostly forgotten. Edge computing brought it back in a different form. Here is how fragment composition at the CDN layer works today, when it beats full-page caching, and how to implement personalization without killing your cache hit rate.
Building Interactive Data Visualizations with D3 and React: Charts, Responsive Layouts, and Real-Time Updates
A practical guide to combining D3.js with React for production data visualizations. Covers DOM ownership, reusable chart components, responsive SVG layouts with ResizeObserver, real-time transitions, accessibility, and performance patterns for large datasets.
Building Production Mobile Apps with React Native and Expo: Architecture, Navigation, and OTA Updates
A practical guide to React Native and Expo architecture decisions for production in 2026: project structure, navigation patterns, state management, native modules, OTA updates with EAS Update, and CI/CD with EAS Build.
Streaming HTML and Progressive Rendering: Chunked Transfer, React Suspense Boundaries, and Out-of-Order Streaming
How modern web frameworks stream HTML to browsers for faster perceived performance. Covers chunked transfer encoding, React 18+ Suspense streaming SSR, out-of-order streaming with placeholder slots, progressive hydration, RSC streaming vs traditional SSR, and practical implementation with Next.js and Hono.
Building Browser Extensions with TypeScript: Content Scripts, Service Workers, and Cross-Browser Distribution
A production-focused guide to building browser extensions with TypeScript and Manifest V3. Covers architecture, background service workers, content script injection, cross-context messaging, storage APIs, cross-browser compatibility, and the review process for Chrome and Firefox.
Building Type-Safe APIs with Hono and TypeScript: Routing, Validation, and End-to-End Type Inference
A practical guide to building production-ready APIs with Hono and TypeScript. Covers route typing, Zod validation middleware, RPC-style client inference, error handling, and middleware composition with real code examples.
React Compiler in Production: Automatic Memoization, Build-Time Optimization, and Migration Strategies for Existing Codebases
A production engineering guide to the React Compiler. Covers how automatic memoization works at the compiler level, build integration across Vite and Next.js, migration concerns for rule-violating components, and a decision framework for adoption.
Building a Headless CMS Integration Layer: Content Modeling, Webhook-Driven Rebuilds, and Preview Workflows in Next.js and Astro
A practical guide to integrating a headless CMS with Next.js and Astro, covering content modeling, webhook-driven incremental rebuilds, draft preview modes, caching strategies, and provider migration patterns.