Writing on web development
Notes from actually shipping software — the bugs that cost me a weekend, the decisions I would make differently, and the things nobody warns you about.
A mobile parts wholesaler needed an online store — but wholesale works nothing like retail. Prices are private, buyers are vetted, and the checkout is only half the job.
Read articleA four-panel delivery marketplace: how the pieces fit together, the three security holes I found in my own code, the week the database vanished, and what it took to get the API deployed.
Read articleA WhatsApp business platform delivered for a client — a dashboard, an API, a marketing site and a mobile app. What that actually takes, and the parts that are nothing to do with writing software.
Read articleThis blog ran on headless WordPress until the WordPress disappeared. Rebuilding it on Astro cut an article page from about 87 KB of JavaScript to 4 KB — and turned it into a small community platform along the way.
Read articleMost small businesses run sales on one WhatsApp number and one phone. Building a CRM around that means solving a problem the app itself was never designed for.
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