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Building a Self-Hosted Blog Engine With Astro 6
This blog is its own open-source project. One config file, 15 themes, 26 languages, zero JavaScript by default, perfect Lighthouse scores, and Docker-ready. Here is how it works.
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I Ditched Linktree and Built My Own, for Free
Fed up with Linktree watermarks and paywalled customization, I built my own personal link page. Open source, self-hosted, 15 themes, and it takes about five minutes to set up.
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Building a Free Icon API for Developer Portfolios and READMEs
Every developer portfolio and GitHub README deserves sharp tech stack icons. I built a free, self-hosted API that turns a URL into a polished icon strip, no account required, no watermarks, no limits.
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Turbo vs Moon: Picking a Monorepo Task Runner That Fits
Both tools solve the same caching and orchestration problem in monorepos. Here is where they differ, where each one wins, and how I think about choosing between them.
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How I Built Mentorize: An AI Learning Platform
Interactive courses, an AI tutor that works across all major AI providers, real-time team chat, and cloud storage. Mentorize is the all-in-one learning platform I built to replace the fragmented tools most learners rely on.
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Why I Replaced ESLint and Prettier With Biome (And Have Not Looked Back)
Two tools, two config files, two sets of conflicting rules, and a slow CI pipeline. Biome replaced all of that with one fast Rust-based tool. Here is why the switch was obvious in hindsight.
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Three Prebuild Scripts That Make Every Project Better
Automated font downloading with CLS-safe fallbacks, favicon and PWA icon generation from a single image URL, and OG image rendering at build time. Three scripts I now use across all my projects.
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Resumable AI Streams: How I Made Sure You Never Lose a Response
Tracking stream position server-side so page refreshes, connection drops, and shared chat links all continue streaming exactly where they left off-no regeneration needed.
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Topiqu: Building a Blogging Platform Where AI Does the Heavy Lifting
Topiqu is a full-stack blogging platform with an AI writing assistant, a rich editor, custom domains, and Stripe billing. Here is how and why I built it.
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Elysia and Eden: End-to-End Type Safety Built for Bun
Elysia is a Bun-native web framework with performance numbers that make most Node.js frameworks look slow. Eden gives you tRPC-style client type safety with less configuration-and you can bring Zod, Valibot, or any Standard Schema validator.