2026-05-11

CSS @scope Rule — Three Patterns, One Gotcha, Zero Build Steps

Three @scope patterns that replace BEM, one specificity gotcha, and an honest take on when @scope still loses to utility classes.

2026-05-11

JavaScript Temporal API — 4 Patterns to Retire Your Date Hacks

JavaScript Temporal API ships in Chrome 144+ and Firefox 139+. Four patterns fixing Date's worst bugs — month indexing, mutability, timezones, parsing.

2026-05-09

Biome vs ESLint + Prettier 2026: 25x Speed, 2 Real Dealbreakers

Biome is 25x faster than ESLint + Prettier. A senior dev's honest take on three wins, two dealbreakers, and the real migration cost math.

2026-05-09

CSS :has() Selector: Delete These 3 JavaScript Patterns in 2026

Three JavaScript patterns CSS :has() now handles natively in 2026 — toggle, form validation, card hover — with before/after code and one case where it loses.

2026-05-08

Turborepo vs Nx 2026: The Answer in 90 Seconds (With Receipts)

Turborepo vs Nx in 2026: under 8 devs pick Turborepo, 20+ pick Nx. Caching benchmarks, migration costs, and the team-size threshold — with receipts.

2026-05-01

Testing AI-Generated Code: Three Patterns That Actually Catch Bugs

Three testing patterns that catch the bugs AI ships: hallucinated APIs, broken business rules, and UI that renders wrong. With code examples.

2026-04-25

CSS Nesting Tutorial: 3 Patterns, 2 Dealbreakers, 1 Migration Path

CSS nesting replaces Sass for 80% of use cases. 3 production patterns, 2 dealbreakers, and a migration checklist for dropping your preprocessor.

2026-04-25

Web Components vs React in 2026: 3 Times the Browser Still Loses

Web components vs React in 2026: where native components win, 3 times React still dominates, and a decision framework that cuts through the tribalism.

2026-04-24

Monolith vs Microservices 2026: Answer 3 Questions and Stop Guessing

Stop asking monolith or microservices. Answer 3 questions: independent scaling? 50+ engineers? Clear domain boundaries? If not, modular monolith wins.

2026-04-23

CSS Anchor Positioning: Delete Your Tooltip Library in 3 Lines

CSS anchor positioning replaces Floating UI for tooltips and dropdowns with 3 CSS properties. Migration guide with real before/after code.