Software Development

How Much Traffic Can a Single VPS Actually Handle?

Infrastructure & Systems

Software Development

How Much Traffic Can a Single VPS Actually Handle?

Andre Okonkwo

Andre Okonkwo

September 27, 2026

When Does PostgreSQL Need Connection Pooling?

Databases

Software Development

When Does PostgreSQL Need Connection Pooling?

James Okonkwo

James Okonkwo

September 27, 2026

Cron vs GitHub Actions for Scheduled Jobs

DevOps

Software Development

Cron vs GitHub Actions for Scheduled Jobs

Jonah Hale

Jonah Hale

September 27, 2026

Cloudflare Workers vs a Traditional VPS: When the Edge Wins and When a $6 Box Still Does the Job

Cloud Computing

Software Development

Cloudflare Workers vs a Traditional VPS: When the Edge Wins and When a $6 Box Still Does the Job

Daniel Park

Daniel Park

September 27, 2026

GitHub Actions Hosted Runners vs Self-Hosted Runners: Speed, Minutes, and the Machine You Now Babysit

DevOps

Software Development

GitHub Actions Hosted Runners vs Self-Hosted Runners: Speed, Minutes, and the Machine You Now Babysit

Elena Vasquez

Elena Vasquez

September 27, 2026

Cursor vs VS Code for Professional Developers: Same Editor, Different Bets on Where AI Lives

Developer Tools

Software Development

Cursor vs VS Code for Professional Developers: Same Editor, Different Bets on Where AI Lives

Quinn Reed

Quinn Reed

September 27, 2026

A checked-in prompt file vs chat history: what a coding agent forgets on the next session

Artificial Intelligence

Software Development

A checked-in prompt file vs chat history: what a coding agent forgets on the next session

Casey Holt

Casey Holt

September 23, 2026

Vim vs IntelliJ when you pair: what actually works when two people share one session

Developer Tools

Software Development

Vim vs IntelliJ when you pair: what actually works when two people share one session

Tom Reeves

Tom Reeves

September 23, 2026

20 years of being a programmer: what the job was, what it became, and what I'd train for now

Careers

Software Development

20 years of being a programmer: what the job was, what it became, and what I'd train for now

Owen MacAllister

Owen MacAllister

September 23, 2026

I stopped opening a new database for every problem. Here’s when I’d still leave PostgreSQL

Databases

Software Development

I stopped opening a new database for every problem. Here’s when I’d still leave PostgreSQL

James Okonkwo

James Okonkwo

September 23, 2026

Rust vs Go for a Homelab Daemon: The Binary You Can Leave Running Unattended

Self-Hosting

Software Development

Rust vs Go for a Homelab Daemon: The Binary You Can Leave Running Unattended

Jesse Cole

Jesse Cole

September 22, 2026

PostHog vs Plausible for a Solo App: When Product Analytics Becomes the Outage

Indie SaaS

Software Development

PostHog vs Plausible for a Solo App: When Product Analytics Becomes the Outage

Devon Walsh

Devon Walsh

September 21, 2026

Do design patterns still matter when AI writes the first draft?

Software Development

Do design patterns still matter when AI writes the first draft?

Quinn Reed

Quinn Reed

September 21, 2026

The art of technical debate: how I’d argue about code without wrecking the team

Engineering Management

Software Development

The art of technical debate: how I’d argue about code without wrecking the team

Owen MacAllister

Owen MacAllister

September 21, 2026

A million lines of React is not a stack problem. It’s a boundaries problem — here’s the line I use

Frontend

Software Development

A million lines of React is not a stack problem. It’s a boundaries problem — here’s the line I use

Marcus Webb

Marcus Webb

September 21, 2026

From startup to giant: the tech-org changes I’d make at 10, 50, and 500 people

Engineering Management

Software Development

From startup to giant: the tech-org changes I’d make at 10, 50, and 500 people

Casey Holt

Casey Holt

September 21, 2026

Is it okay to learn on the clock? The version I’d defend — and the version that looks like slacking

Careers

Software Development

Is it okay to learn on the clock? The version I’d defend — and the version that looks like slacking

Quinn Reed

Quinn Reed

September 21, 2026

What Big Tech process actually buys you — and why a 12-person company should steal only some of it

Engineering Management

Software Development

What Big Tech process actually buys you — and why a 12-person company should steal only some of it

Tobias Werner

Tobias Werner

September 21, 2026

N+1, lazy load, and preload: the ORM performance bugs every backend should know by name

Backend

Software Development

N+1, lazy load, and preload: the ORM performance bugs every backend should know by name

James Okonkwo

James Okonkwo

September 18, 2026

How I’d keep a million-line frontend from rotting — modules, ownership, and the refactors I skip

Software Architecture

Software Development

How I’d keep a million-line frontend from rotting — modules, ownership, and the refactors I skip

Owen MacAllister

Owen MacAllister

September 18, 2026

Unit tests vs integration tests: I stopped treating it as a debate — here’s the mix I ship

Software Development

Testing

Unit tests vs integration tests: I stopped treating it as a debate — here’s the mix I ship

Casey Holt

Casey Holt

September 18, 2026

Mental programming: I write less when I can hold the system in my head

Software Architecture

Software Development

Mental programming: I write less when I can hold the system in my head

Owen MacAllister

Owen MacAllister

September 18, 2026

A developer’s personal brand: why I’d bother — and the version that isn’t LinkedIn theater

Careers

Software Development

A developer’s personal brand: why I’d bother — and the version that isn’t LinkedIn theater

Greg Nakamura

Greg Nakamura

September 18, 2026

How coding agents actually find your code: search, indexes, and why some repos feel “dumb”

Artificial Intelligence

Software Development

How coding agents actually find your code: search, indexes, and why some repos feel “dumb”

Casey Holt

Casey Holt

September 18, 2026

Atomic CSS and Tailwind: is this actually a scalable layout stack — or just a fast one?

Frontend

Software Development

Atomic CSS and Tailwind: is this actually a scalable layout stack — or just a fast one?

Marcus Webb

Marcus Webb

September 18, 2026

SEO for programmers: what search engines actually want — and the tricks I’d stop doing

SEO

Software Development

SEO for programmers: what search engines actually want — and the tricks I’d stop doing

Elena Varga

Elena Varga

September 18, 2026

From IE6 to AI shells: the browser stopped being a window — here’s what I’d build for now

Software Development

Web Development & Design

From IE6 to AI shells: the browser stopped being a window — here’s what I’d build for now

Casey Holt

Casey Holt

September 18, 2026

How mobile development actually works in 2026 — native, cross-platform, and what I’d start with

Mobile Development

Software Development

How mobile development actually works in 2026 — native, cross-platform, and what I’d start with

Dmitri Voronov

Dmitri Voronov

September 18, 2026

How a search engine actually works under the hood — crawl, index, rank, and the lies in between

Search

Software Development

How a search engine actually works under the hood — crawl, index, rank, and the lies in between

Elena Varga

Elena Varga

September 18, 2026

How I’d start a company now: the mistakes that actually killed the last one

Software Development

Startups

How I’d start a company now: the mistakes that actually killed the last one

Andre Okonkwo

Andre Okonkwo

September 18, 2026