RDRussel Dsouzainapplighter-blogs.hashnode.dev·3d ago · 6 min readHow I Dropped My Local Dev Stack From 1.6 GB to 100 MB (and Why It Wasn't Just a Container Swap)Docker Supabase After runtime swaps Single-process (Tinbase) Idle RAM ~1.6 GB ~1.4 GB ~100 MB Cold boot ~45s ~38s ~3s Disk ~2.3 GB ~2.3 GB ~58 MB App code changes — none none Runtime swaps 00
RDRussel Dsouzainapplighter-blogs.hashnode.dev·Sep 3 · 5 min readThe Local-First Database Zoo in 2026: PGlite, Tinbase, Neon Local, and the RestIn the last two years the "run Postgres locally without Docker" space has exploded. PGlite in the browser. Neon Local as a mirror of hosted Neon. Tinbase as a single-binary Supabase-compatible stack. 00
RDRussel Dsouzainapplighter-blogs.hashnode.dev·Aug 27 · 6 min readShould You Self-Host Supabase? It's Three Decisions, Not OneThe self-hosting debate never resolves because both sides are right about different things. Own your data, no lock-in, cheaper at scale. Also true: it's an operational tax, upgrades cascade, and local00
RDRussel Dsouzainapplighter-blogs.hashnode.dev·Aug 20 · 7 min readThe Regeneration Trap: What Happens to AI-Generated Apps After Your First Edit Almost everything written about AI app generators covers the first hour. Prompt, output, running app. That part is well documented and increasingly good. Nobody writes about month three. Here is what 00
RDRussel Dsouzainapplighter-blogs.hashnode.dev·Aug 17 · 8 min readHow to Automate App Store and Google Play Submission for Expo Apps (EAS + GitHub Actions)Manual App Store submission takes most React Native teams a full day per release: opening Xcode, incrementing build numbers, uploading binaries, pasting descriptions into web forms, and repeating the 00
