December 31, 2025
Why Your React App Re-Renders Twice on Every Click
You click a button and it renders twice. Sometimes that's a real bug — and sometimes it's React doing exactly what it's…
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December 19, 2025
Server Components vs Client Components: Choosing Without Guessing
Next.js made Server Components the default, and many developers now sprinkle "use client" until errors go away. There's a simpler rule.
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December 6, 2025
Handling Auth Redirects in Next.js Without the Flicker
A protected page shows its content for a split second, then snaps to login. That flash happens because the redirect is decided…
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November 25, 2025
Authentication Mistakes Found in Small SaaS Apps
The same auth mistakes show up again and again in small SaaS codebases — and auth is the one area where a…
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November 13, 2025
Why Your SaaS Trial-to-Paid Conversion Is Stuck
Sign-ups look healthy but few trials convert. The instinct is to tweak pricing — but it's usually about the first session, not…
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November 2, 2025
Database Indexes That Quietly Save SaaS Apps From Slowdowns
An app feels instant with a hundred users and crawls with ten thousand. Nothing in the code changed — the data grew,…
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October 21, 2025
Rate Limiting a SaaS API Without Punishing Real Users
Every public API needs rate limiting, or one bad actor hammers it down. But clumsy limits punish your best customers. The goal:…
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October 10, 2025
Building a Chrome Extension With React: Lessons Learned
Putting React in an extension sounds simple — it's just a web app in a popup. Mostly. But the extension environment has…
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October 2, 2025
How to Store Data Securely in a Chrome Extension
Extensions handle sensitive data and run in a shared browser, so where and how you store matters more than in a normal…
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September 23, 2025
Common Manifest V3 Mistakes That Get Extensions Rejected
The Web Store rejects a lot of MV3 extensions, and the emails are vague. Most of the time it's one of a…
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