Rewrite, Refactor, or Strangle? A Practical Decision Framework
A practical framework for choosing rewrite, refactor, or strangler paths, based on risk, delivery pressure, change cost, and organisational appetite.
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The guides are the practical part of this archive: working explanations for a specific web development problem, written to show the decision as well as the answer. The subject varies, but the aim is consistent: enough context to use the technique sensibly rather than copy it blindly.
Rewrite, Refactor, or Strangle? A Practical Decision Framework. 
Technical AEO: Structuring Content for Direct Answers Without Creating FAQ Spam. Technical AEO: Structuring Content for Direct Answers Without Creating FAQ Spam
Structure technical AEO content for direct answers without FAQ spam, using extractable passages, visible text, schema discipline, and topic depth.
Building an LRU Cache in TypeScript: Hash Map and Doubly Linked List in Practice. Building an LRU Cache in TypeScript: Hash Map and Doubly Linked List in Practice
Build an LRU cache in TypeScript with a hash map and doubly linked list, then compare it with a simpler JavaScript Map implementation and O(1) operations.
How to Make Content Easier for Generative Engines to Trust. How to Make Content Easier for Generative Engines to Trust
How to make content easier for generative engines to trust, with clearer claims, stronger authorship, better sourcing, and structure that reduces ambiguity.
When Sass Colours Break After a Next.js Production Build. When Sass Colours Break After a Next.js Production Build
Diagnose Sass colours that survive compilation but break in Next.js production CSS when minification creates invalid mixed‑unit legacy rgb() values.
Mastering Server Components in Next.js. Mastering Server Components in Next.js
Mastering Server Components in Next.js, including client boundaries, data fetching, caching, streaming, and the mistakes that make App Router code messy.
LeetCode: 'Maximum Subarray' and Kadane's Algorithm Explained. LeetCode: 'Maximum Subarray' and Kadane's Algorithm Explained
Maximum Subarray and Kadane's Algorithm explained with TypeScript, showing how a linear pass tracks current and best sums across positive and negative values.
Converting Objects to Query Strings and Vice Versa. Converting Objects to Query Strings and Vice Versa
Converting objects to query strings is essential for handling URLs in JavaScript. Here, I explore encoding, parsing, and managing query parameters in Next.js.
HTTP Cache Validation with ETag and Last-Modified. HTTP Cache Validation with
ETagandLast-ModifiedETagandLast-Modifieddrive conditional HTTP requests and 304 responses. See how precedence, weak validators, CDNs, and cache policy affect revalidation.
Best Practices for Managing Environment Variables in Next.js. Best Practices for Managing Environment Variables in Next.js
Best practices for managing environment variables in Next.js, so secrets stay server‑side and deployments do not freeze the wrong values at build time.
Production Observability for Next.js: Instrumentation, Logs, and Release Debugging. Production Observability for Next.js: Instrumentation, Logs, and Release Debugging
Approach production observability in Next.js with contextual logs, traces, release markers, client errors, cache signals, build visibility, and business data.
Faceted Navigation SEO in Headless Commerce: Filters, Canonicals, and Crawl Control. Faceted Navigation SEO in Headless Commerce: Filters, Canonicals, and Crawl Control
Right to Represent Agreements for UK Contractors. Right to Represent Agreements for UK Contractors
Right to Represent agreements for UK contractors, covering recruiter pressure, duplicate submissions, hybrid working changes, and safer wording before signing.
Error Handling in JavaScript with try, catch, and finally. Error Handling in JavaScript with
try,catch, andfinallyGo beyond basic try/catch in JavaScript with finally, custom errors, async error handling, testing, user‑facing failures, and defensive‑code traps.
Gatsby Build Times are Slow: Fix or Migrate? Gatsby Build Times are Slow: Fix or Migrate?
Slow Gatsby builds need a clear choice: optimise plugins, data, and images in place, or move to Next.js when publishing and cache limits justify it.
GTM, Consent Tools, and Core Web Vitals: How to Audit Third‑Party Script Cost. GTM, Consent Tools, and Core Web Vitals: How to Audit Third‑Party Script Cost
Audit third‑party script cost across GTM, consent tools, analytics, experimentation, and personalisation, without breaking measurement or business workflows.
Gatsby to Next.js Migration Checklist. Gatsby to Next.js Migration Checklist
A practical Gatsby to Next.js migration checklist covering routes, data, rendering, plugins, images, redirects, preview, sitemaps, and SEO validation.
Contentful to Sanity Migration Checklist for Next.js Sites. Contentful to Sanity Migration Checklist for Next.js Sites
A practical Contentful to Sanity migration checklist for Next.js sites, covering schemas, references, preview, redirects, metadata, and SEO checks.