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Practical notes from software projects, backend systems, frontend architecture, deployment work, and applied research.

December 4, 2025

Building a Consistent Data‑Fetching Layer in React with TanStack Query

A React data-fetching pattern using TanStack Query, custom hooks, and a small REST API DSL.

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November 17, 2025

A migration from offset pagination to keyset pagination with PostgreSQL, Drizzle, tRPC, and Next.js 16.

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November 11, 2025

A shared UI library setup for a Bun and Turborepo monorepo using Next.js 16, React 19, Tailwind CSS v4, and shadcn/ui.

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September 22, 2025

Using the Strategy pattern in Symfony to switch behavior without spreading conditional logic.

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March 17, 2025

How value objects can make Symfony domain code clearer, stricter, and easier to maintain.

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March 4, 2025

A Symfony monitoring setup with GlitchTip for error tracking and production observability.

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January 6, 2025

Your career doesn’t shape itself. Becoming the engineer you want requires intention, patience, and ownership of your growth.

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September 22, 2024

A Symfony passkey authentication setup using WebAuthn and open-source Symfony bundles.

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July 7, 2024

A practical deployment walkthrough for Rails, Capistrano, Puma, Nginx, and an Ubuntu VPS.

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July 4, 2024

A Symfony security approach that separates application users from framework-specific security models.

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July 1, 2024

A Symfony webhook flow for sending GitHub repository notifications to Telegram.

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