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Dependency Management: Keeping Packages Updated Without Breaking Production
npm update is not a strategy. Here's how we actually keep 200+ dependencies fresh without 2am rollbacks.
Robert Seghedi · May 19, 2026
Health Checks and Status Pages: Stop Finding Out Your App Is Down From Users
Build proper health check endpoints and a public status page so you know about outages before your users do — with real Next.js code.
Ștefan Binisor · May 19, 2026
AI Pair Programming: Getting the Most Out of Cursor and Claude Code
We've been using Cursor and Claude Code daily for months. Here's what actually works, what wastes your time, and how to stop fighting the AI.
Robert Seghedi · May 19, 2026
The Boring Technology Principle: Why We Reach for Proven Tools Every Time
Exciting new tech is tempting. But after shipping enough products, we keep coming back to the same boring stack — and it keeps saving us.
Ștefan Binisor · May 19, 2026
Stop Pasting Your Entire Codebase Into ChatGPT: Context Window Management That Actually Works
The difference between AI that helps and AI that hallucinates is what you put in the context window. Here's how we feed our tools the right code.
Robert Seghedi · May 19, 2026
Transactional Emails with Resend and React Email: The Setup That Actually Works
Stop wrestling with HTML email templates. Here's how we wire up Resend and React Email in Next.js to send beautiful, reliable transactional emails.
Ștefan Binisor · May 19, 2026
Next.js API Routes vs Server Actions: The Honest Comparison
Everyone has a hot take on server actions. Here's ours, after using both in production and getting burned by each.
Robert Seghedi · May 19, 2026
Building AI Tools Without a PhD — Practical Patterns for Web Devs
You don't need to understand transformer architecture to ship AI features. Here's what actually works when building with LLM APIs as a web developer.
Robert Seghedi · May 19, 2026
Feature Flags in Next.js — Shipping Safely Without Feature Branches
Stop merging 3-week-old branches at midnight. Here's how we use feature flags in Next.js to ship continuously and sleep better.
Ștefan Binisor · May 19, 2026