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Shipping AI features, scaling React apps, and the small lessons that didn't fit anywhere else.
2 posts#Next.js
Sep 27, 20266 min
When plain React is the better choice over Next.js
Next.js is the default answer for React projects, yet many mature products still run on plain React. What I learned from both sides, and the one question I now ask before picking.
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ReadMay 10, 20265 min
Why I built my own blog instead of using Substack
Substack would have taken twenty minutes. This took two weekends. Here's the honest math on why I picked the slower option and the cases where you absolutely shouldn't.
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