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13 Mar 2026

Rebase or Merge: Pick One and Move On

A simple team rule that ends the argument.
12 Mar 2026

Should You Use a Monorepo

The real tradeoffs for a team of two to ten.
11 Mar 2026

Resolving Lockfile Merge Conflicts

Never hand-edit a lockfile. Do this instead.
10 Mar 2026

A Dependency Update Routine You'll Keep

Batch, test, and ship updates without a monthly panic.
09 Mar 2026

Managing Secrets Without a Vault Cluster

Practical options between a .env file and full HashiCorp Vault.
06 Mar 2026

Configuration That Scales Past One Environment

Twelve-factor config in practice for a small team.
05 Mar 2026

Soft Deletes: Useful or a Trap

When a deleted_at column helps and when it quietly corrupts every query.
04 Mar 2026

UUID or Auto-Increment IDs

Index performance, guessability, and what UUIDv7 changes.
03 Mar 2026

Timezone Bugs and How to Stop Having Them

Store UTC, render local. The rules that prevent the classic off-by-one-day bug.
02 Mar 2026

Stop Cron Jobs from Overlapping

File locks and flock, so a slow job doesn't stack up on itself.