Notes on the tech, tools, and trial and error of building small apps.
If AI writes all the code, do I still need to learn Git? The question has it backwards: you need Git precisely because AI writes the code. A solo developer who builds almost everything with AI explains four reasons to get comfortable with Git and GitHub.
How I built a blog that runs on nothing but markdown files, no CMS, using the Next.js 16 App Router. Folder structure, MDX setup, and SEO, walked through with the actual code.
A status guard meant to stop duplicate background jobs ended up trapping a job in 'generating' forever when the process died mid-deploy. Every lock needs a way out, shipped in the same commit.
How to manage multiple apps and websites in a single repository with a Turborepo monorepo. Sharing common configs, saving builds with caching, and per-app deploys, from a hands-on perspective.
How to safely expose multiple web services from a single mini PC at home. Attach HTTPS via Cloudflare Tunnel with zero open ports, and run everything with Docker Compose.
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