Opinions

Framework comparisons, tool evaluations, and takes that ship.

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.

2026-05-08

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.

2026-04-25

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

htmx vs React 2026: 4 Questions, 60 Seconds, One Answer

4 diagnostic questions that decide whether htmx or React ships faster for your project. No tribalism, no encyclopedia — just a decision framework.

2026-04-22

REST vs GraphQL 2026: 93% Pick REST (And the 3 Times They Shouldn't)

93% of teams still use REST. A senior dev names the 3 cases where GraphQL is worth the complexity — and the migration costs nobody puts in the proposal.

2026-04-22

Vibe Coding Is Real: 3 Tasks It Nails, 3 Where It Gets You Fired

Vibe coding outperforms you on 3 tasks and gets you fired on 3 others. A senior dev's honest framework for knowing the difference before you ship.

2026-04-20

Bun vs Node.js 2026: Benchmarks Lie, Migration Costs Don't

Bun is 3.7x faster in benchmarks and basically identical in production. Here's the migration cost math every comparison skips.

2026-04-19

Edge Functions vs Serverless: Pick Wrong and You'll Pay for It

Real cost math, cold start benchmarks, and the CPU billing trap nobody warns you about. A senior dev's decision framework for edge functions vs serverless.

2026-04-11

ORM vs Raw SQL: Your ORM Is Fine (Except for These 3 Queries)

Your ORM is fine — until it isn't. EXPLAIN output showing where ORMs cost you, a decision framework for when to drop to raw SQL, and a clean hybrid pattern.