The AI Productivity Mirage: When More Output Does Not Mean More Value
AI can inflate output without improving outcomes. This article explains why weak metrics, faster generation, and shallow review create a productivity mirage.
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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.
The AI Productivity Mirage: When More Output Does Not Mean More Value. 
AI Will Be OK If We Stop Treating It Like Magic. AI Will Be OK If We Stop Treating It Like Magic
AI will be OK if teams treat it as real technology, not magic, with adoption shaped by judgement, skills, governance, shared access, and careful autonomy.
Should You Move a Shopify Storefront to Next.js? Should You Move a Shopify Storefront to Next.js?
Decide whether Shopify to Next.js is worth it by weighing storefront control, SEO, performance, checkout, apps, content workflow, cost, and risk.
What is Artificial Superintelligence (ASI)? What is Artificial Superintelligence (ASI)?
Artificial superintelligence means AI that broadly outperforms humans, not just a better chatbot. What ASI means, why it matters, and what remains uncertain.
What is a Timing Attack? Side Channels, Examples, and Safer Comparisons. What is a Timing Attack? Side Channels, Examples, and Safer Comparisons
Timing attacks explained for web developers, including side channels, string comparisons, real examples, and practical defences in JavaScript.
Next.js Multi‑Tenant Architecture. Next.js Multi‑Tenant Architecture
How to design multi‑tenant Next.js architecture across routing, domains, configuration, content, caching, previews, analytics, and team ownership.
State Management in Vue: Vuex vs. Pinia. State Management in Vue: Vuex vs. Pinia
Vuex vs. Pinia explained with real trade‑offs, including API design, TypeScript ergonomics, migration paths, and when each choice still makes sense.
Content Security Policy in Next.js: Static Pages, Nonces, and Real‑World Trade‑Offs. Content Security Policy in Next.js: Static Pages, Nonces, and Real‑World Trade‑Offs
Plan Content Security Policy in Next.js with static pages, nonces, third‑party scripts, headers, frames, previews, and incremental deployment safely.
Pages Router to App Router Migration Risk Checklist. Pages Router to App Router Migration Risk Checklist
A Pages Router to App Router migration checklist for Next.js teams, covering routing, data fetching, caching, metadata, server components, and rollout.
Core Web Vitals Got Worse After a Redesign. Core Web Vitals Got Worse After a Redesign
How to isolate Core Web Vitals regressions after a redesign, covering LCP, INP, CLS, templates, scripts, images, fonts, data, and release evidence.
Solving the LeetCode N‑Queens Problem. Solving the LeetCode N‑Queens Problem
Solve the N‑Queens problem with TypeScript backtracking, including the decision tree, constraints, complexity, and test cases.
The AI Layoff Trap: When Local Efficiency Becomes Systemic Fragility. The AI Layoff Trap: When Local Efficiency Becomes Systemic Fragility
AI automation improves productivity, but unmanaged labour displacement risks weaker demand, brittle organisations, concentrated gains, and a race to the bottom.
When Production Data Breaks a Next.js Site. When Production Data Breaks a Next.js Site
Why production data breaks Next.js sites, including CMS fields, slugs, images, relations, dates, rich text, generated routes, and validation gaps.
Using Angular Signals for Performance Optimisation. Using Angular Signals for Performance Optimisation
Use Angular signals for performance optimisation with derived state, computed values, OnPush, effects, RxJS interop, and measuring whether work improved.
Responsible AI Needs an Owner. Responsible AI Needs an Owner
Responsible AI becomes real only when decision ownership, data handling, audit trails, exceptions, procurement, and support are assigned to people.
NextAuth Works Locally but Fails in Production. NextAuth Works Locally but Fails in Production
How to debug NextAuth when it works locally but fails in production, covering callback URLs, cookies, secrets, middleware, providers, and Vercel.
LeetCode: The 'Kth Smallest Element in a BST' Problem. LeetCode: The 'Kth Smallest Element in a BST' Problem
Solve Kth Smallest Element in a BST with in‑order traversal, showing why the tree's ordering removes the need for a separate sorting step in interviews.
Using RxJS for State Management in Angular. Using RxJS for State Management in Angular
RxJS offers a powerful, reactive approach to managing state in Angular apps. Here, I clearly explain practical patterns and show how to use them effectively.