Incremental Static Regeneration and CMS Publishing Freshness
How Incremental Static Regeneration affects CMS publishing freshness, including rebuild timing, stale pages, previews, and editorial expectations.
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Development is the broadest category in my writing, so it works as the main archive rather than a narrow subject label. It brings together implementation notes and technical decisions, with delivery lessons from across the rest of the site.
Incremental Static Regeneration and CMS Publishing Freshness. 
Installing Gatsby onto an M1 MacBook Air. Installing Gatsby onto an M1 MacBook Air
Set up Gatsby on an M1 MacBook Air with Xcode, Homebrew, nvm, Node.js, vips, Yarn, the Gatsby CLI, dependency reinstall steps, and native image dependencies.
React: Functional, Class, and Pure Components. React: Functional, Class, and Pure Components
Compare React functional, class, and pure components, including reusable component design, presentation boundaries, legacy patterns, and when each fits.
What Does a Software Engineer Do? What Does a Software Engineer Do?
What a software engineer does day to day, from understanding requirements and writing code to testing, maintenance, teamwork, and long‑term system improvement.
How to Find Your First Web Developer Job in the UK. How to Find Your First Web Developer Job in the UK
A practical guide to finding your first UK web‑development role: learn a stack, build a portfolio, choose a niche, and research suitable employers.
Preview Mode in Next.js with a Headless CMS. Preview Mode in Next.js with a Headless CMS
Preview Mode in Next.js explained with a headless CMS, draft content workflows, preview cookies, and how editors can see unpublished pages safely.
Detecting and Dealing with Website Theft. Detecting and Dealing with Website Theft
Website theft is frustrating, but there are practical ways to spot it and respond. This guide covers copied text, copied code, and escalation options.
Previewing CMS Content in Gatsby Workflows. Previewing CMS Content in Gatsby Workflows
Plan CMS preview in Gatsby workflows by setting expectations around draft content, preview builds, webhooks, deployment timing, and editor confidence.
Disabling Gatsby Telemetry. Disabling Gatsby Telemetry
Disable Gatsby telemetry cleanly, with context on what anonymous analytics collect, why teams opt out, and how the setting affects local and CI work.
Removing p Tags from Contentful List Items. Removing
pTags from Contentful List ItemsOne of the quirks of rendering Rich Text from Contentful is that list items come wrapped in paragraph <p> tags. Fortunately, this is a simple one to resolve.
Rendering CMS Rich Text Safely in Gatsby and React. Rendering CMS Rich Text Safely in Gatsby and React
Render CMS rich text safely in Gatsby and React with node mapping, link handling, embeds, headings, validation, and failure‑safe fallbacks.
Rendering Contentful Rich Code Snippets in Gatsby. Rendering Contentful Rich Code Snippets in Gatsby
Contentful rich text and Gatsby work well together until code snippets enter the picture. This guide shows how to render inline and block code cleanly.
Why Gatsby and Contentful Work Well Together. Why Gatsby and Contentful Work Well Together
Why Gatsby and Contentful can still work well for static sites, where the pairing becomes strained and when migration pressure is worth reviewing.
What are Array‑Like Objects in JavaScript? What are Array‑Like Objects in JavaScript?
An exploration of array‑like objects in JavaScript. Explanations of their unique characteristics and how to navigate them easily in front‑end development.
Replace Inline Styles in Gatsby with an External CSS File. Replace Inline Styles in Gatsby with an External CSS File
Replace Gatsby's inlined production CSS with an external stylesheet by rewriting headComponents, with performance trade‑offs and historical context.
When to Use Promise.allSettled in JavaScript. When to Use
Promise.allSettledin JavaScriptChoose Promise.allSettled() when every outcome matters. Handle fulfilled values and rejected reasons, preserve input order, and keep fail‑fast work distinct.
Disabling Source Maps in Gatsby for Production. Disabling Source Maps in Gatsby for Production
Disable production source maps in Gatsby with webpack, understand external versus inline maps, and clear old map files without changing development builds.
Image Optimisation with next/image. Image Optimisation with
next/imagenext/imageexplained with responsive sizing, lazy loading, layout shift reduction, and why image optimisation matters in real Next.js applications.