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Content Security Policy, Broken Four Times
The British Airways skimmer sat in a first-party file, so no host allowlist, no 'self' and no nonce would have stopped it — here is one CSP header tightened four times, broken after each round against the CSP Level 3 matching algorithms, until only the directive nobody writes first is left holding.
AdminAugust 11, 202612 min read
Prisma 7 eliminated the Rust binary and closed the performance gap. So why are teams still choosing Drizzle? The real answer is about SQL transparency, bundle size, and who owns complexity.
AdminAugust 5, 202610 min read
One file to guard every route — plus the Next.js 16 rename that moves it off the Edge runtime, the request-vs-response header trap that leaks user IDs to the browser, and the CVE that explains why this can never be your only auth layer.
AdminAugust 3, 20268 min read
Parallel routes let a single layout render multiple independent pages at once. Combine them with intercepting routes and you get URL-aware modals with zero hacks.
AdminAugust 3, 20267 min read
Server Actions collapse form handling into a single server function—no API route, no manual fetch, no useState for loading. Here's the pattern that replaces 80% of your mutation boilerplate.
AdminAugust 3, 20267 min read
Four caching layers, three revalidation APIs, and the Next.js 16 rename that turns everything you learned in 15 into the "previous model". Here's the complete mental model for data fetching in the App Router.
AdminAugust 3, 20268 min read
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If you're still writing pages/api/... files in a new Next.js project, stop. Route Handlers are the App Router's replacement, and they're meaningfully better — typed, streaming-capable, and built on the same Web platform APIs that Cloudflare.
AdminJuly 15, 20267 min read
Astro's JavaScript floor is zero; Next.js's is a framework baseline. That one architectural difference — hydration opt-in vs opt-out — decides most of this comparison, and it matters much less than it sounds once your users are logged in.
AdminJune 17, 20268 min read
One 'use client' at the top of your layout wipes out every performance benefit RSC offers. Learn how to push the boundary to leaf components and keep your server tree intact.
AdminApril 17, 20268 min read
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