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Getting Started with Frontend Proxies

Mar 5 · 15 min read · The CORS Problem Every Developer Faces You have built a beautiful React frontend running on localhost:5173. Your backend API is humming along on localhost:8000. You write your first fetch call, hit sa

Optimizing Web Performance: A JavaScript-Focused Approach to Modern Web Applications

Sep 16, 2025 · 4 min read · When was the last time you bounced off a page because it took forever to load? Chances are, it didn’t even cross the three‑second mark. In today’s web, speed isn’t a nice‑to‑have—it’s table stakes. Every millisecond can decide whether a user stays or...

The Rise of the Specialist: Why Small Language Models are the Future of Enterprise AI

Aug 23, 2025 · 5 min read · Part I: Redefining the Landscape - Beyond the Hype of Scale Introduction: The Paradigm Shift from "Bigger is Better" to "Fit for Purpose" The artificial intelligence landscape has been dominated by a compelling narrative: bigger is better. The prolif...

Understanding Web Optimization: CSS Edition

Aug 11, 2025 · 8 min read · As developers, we are entering an era of AI-powered development. Code generation tools have significantly reduced our workload. Frontend developers appear to be the most affected, with tools like Lovable and Snitch emerging. Many junior developers do...

Designing a Local-First Web App with IndexedDB: Lessons from My Simple Text Editor

Jun 8, 2025 · 6 min read · In my early career days, I remember seeing one of my seniors open up Jimmy Breck-McKye’s Dead Simple Text Editor during a Google Meet. It was clean, fast, and didn't need logins or installs—just a quick, disposable notepad to share ideas. Something a...