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Bun vs Node for Solo Developers Six Months In
Moved 4 scripts to Bun, kept 6 on Node after six months of real use
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Working notes from the studio. The tools I build, the workflows I keep, the mistakes I paid for.
469 entries · latest 2026-10-22
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Six Months of Shopify Web Vitals Data What Actually Moved INP
INP dropped from 380ms to 140ms over six months on raxxo.shop
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Starting Style and Entry Animations in CSS Without JavaScript
@starting-style ships in every modern browser as of 2024
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Building a Shopify Section Library Instead of Using a Theme
87 custom sections replace a pre-made theme on raxxo.shop
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Rate Limiting Without Redis: 3 Patterns I Use in Serverless
Durable counters give exact limits but cost per request
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What 18 Months of Daily Shipping Taught Me About Consistency
Shipped daily for 18 months, missed 11 days total
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Form Validation in 2026: 6 Native Constraints Before You Reach for a Library
Native constraints cover 6 common cases without a single byte of JS
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The Native Popover API: 4 Menus and Tooltips I Built Without JavaScript
Popover attribute gives top-layer rendering and light-dismiss free
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The Anatomy of a Good Empty State: 6 Patterns That Guide the Next Action
Three empty state types: first-run, cleared, error-empty, each needs different copy
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Generate Open Graph Images On the Fly With Satori and Resvg
Satori turns JSX into SVG with zero browser, runs in 40ms
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Loading Skeletons That Don't Lie: 5 Patterns for Honest Perceived Performance
Content-shaped skeletons cut layout shift to zero versus 0.18 CLS for spinners
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Anthropic Pulled Fable 5 and Mythos 5: What the Ban Means
Anthropic disabled Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on June 12 under a US export order over a…