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What We Lost with PHP and jQuery
Remember when PHP and jQuery let you just build stuff? Now we drown in Babel, Webpack, and React hydrations. Modern web dev overcomplicates everything—and why my 2014 React app is now static HTML.
idiallo.com
June 1, 2025 #dev

www.galois.com
May 31, 2025 #project-management

Stop reinventing the wheel. The web was doing just fine before your bloated frameworks crawled out of the sewer.
justfuckingusehtml.com
May 30, 2025 #dev

Trying to teach in the age of the AI homework machine.
www.solarshades.club
May 27, 2025 #teaching
Reinvent the Wheel | Matthias Endler
Personal website of Matthias Endler, a Software Engineer interested in low-level programming and Backend development. Rust, Go
endler.dev
May 25, 2025 #teaching
10 Things I Learned Applying to 200 Positions in 1 Year · Jens Oliver Meiert
One of many stories about a tech market undergoing transformation. (If you’re out there on the market, don’t lose sight of your strengths. You are awesome.)
meiert.com
May 25, 2025 #misc
Focus on the product, not the tech stack - DEV Community
Recently I got this DM, “Which tech stack should I learn?” “Should I use Next.js or Svelte?” “Is... Tagged with programming, javascript, beginners, webdev.
dev.to
May 22, 2025 #dev

A field guide to responsible AI-assisted development
addyo.substack.com
May 20, 2025 #ai
Building a personal archive of the web, the slow way – alexwlchan
How I built a web archive by hand, the tradeoffs between manual and automated archiving, and what I learnt about preserving the web.
alexwlchan.net
May 19, 2025 #misc
How to set up a VPS for hosting web apps
This guide will detail step-by-step how to set up a cheap and simple server to host your web apps.
amberwilliams.io
May 19, 2025 #dev
The last note taking app you'll ever need
Build a private, self-hosted, and extensible productivity notes-taking system using Directus and Docker - inspired by Obsidian and single-file workflows
amberwilliams.io
May 19, 2025 #misc
Ditching Obsidian and building my own
Tired of migrating notes apps like Obsidian or Evernote? Learn how to build your own private, long-term PKM using self-hosted Directus for control & longevity.
amberwilliams.io
May 19, 2025 #misc
After months of coding with LLMs, I'm going back to using my brain • albertofortin.com
I've been building MVPs and SaaS products for 15 years. Let's work together on your next project.
albertofortin.com
May 17, 2025 #ai
Four years of running a SaaS in a competitive market - Max Rozen
Looking back on the last four years, what worked, what didn't.
maxrozen.com
May 11, 2025 #project-management

www.ssp.sh
May 3, 2025 #misc

Self-hosting teaches you how software really runs, how systems talk to each other, and how to secure, scale, and deploy real-world apps. Here's why every developer should self-host at least once.
sliplane.io
May 1, 2025 #dev
What the docs don’t teach you, 25 years will
blog.rpanachi.com
May 1, 2025 #dev
Surviving the Hug of Death
Through an interactive visualization, I explore web traffic patterns, bot activity, server optimizations, and the unexpected lessons learned. Including how a zip bomb helped fend off content thieves
idiallo.com
May 1, 2025 #dev
I use Zip Bombs to Protect my Server
A deep dive into the technical world of zip bombs, exploring how a minuscule compressed file can be weaponized to overwhelm and crash systems by expanding to gigantic proportions.
idiallo.com
May 1, 2025 #dev
Teaching Code in the AI Era- Why Fundamentals Still Matter - DEV Community
As someone who has spent the last decade leading developer relations teams, teaching at coding... Tagged with programming, beginners.
dev.to
April 27, 2025 #teaching
Coding as Craft- Going Back to the Old Gym · cekrem.github.io
Why 'reflexive AI usage' sounds like a diagnosis I don't want next to my name
cekrem.github.io
April 27, 2025 #dev

Developers and marketers are being told to add special files to their sites to help LLMs "understand" their content. But does it do anything?
ahrefs.com
April 23, 2025 #ai