Thoughts on full-stack development, building real-world software, and growing as a freelance developer.
A component that owns its own data is a component you cannot reuse. Separating data into a lib/ folder keeps components pure, makes data accessible anywhere, and makes both independently testable.
When a system has multiple user types and access rules are scattered across if statements and magic strings, nobody is confident about who can do what. Here is how to design role-based authorization correctly from the start.
Global CSS works fine for small projects. As a codebase grows, shared stylesheets become a maintenance liability. Here is why Tailwind's utility-first model is a better long-term choice for React and Next.js applications.
Password-only login is insufficient for any system handling sensitive data. Here is a complete walkthrough of adding TOTP-based two-factor authentication with QR code setup to an ASP.NET Core application.
The database is the foundation every other layer of your application depends on. Get the configuration wrong and no amount of clean code compensates for it. Here is the complete Do's and Don'ts guide.
Adding Swagger is easy. Adding it correctly — with Bearer token support, interface-driven services, and a test suite that can actually run — takes a bit more thought. Here is the full setup.
A query that takes 800ms in production with 500,000 rows often takes 2ms with the right index in place. Here is a practical guide to indexing in PostgreSQL and MySQL and how to verify it is working.