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Notes from the build.
Mostly Laravel and Node APIs, whatever breaks when I self-host something, and side projects I probably shouldn’t have started.
Parjanya Shakya · 3 posts · latest Jun 30, 2026
Jun 30, 2026 · 6 min read
WebSockets in production: what breaks after the demo works
The echo-server tutorial always works in five minutes. None of the actual problems — auth, scaling past one process, reconnection, backpressure — show up until real traffic does.
#websockets#node#architecture
ReadVue and React solve the same problem twice — here's what actually differs once you've shipped both
'Which is better' is the wrong question. After building production apps in both, the real differences are about mental model and team fit, not raw capability.
#vue#react#frontend
Jun 15, 2026 · 6 min read
Laravel's service container isn't magic, but it plays like one
Most tutorials introduce the container as 'how facades work' and leave it there. That undersells the one feature that changes how you structure everything else.
#laravel#php#architecture
May 28, 2026 · 5 min read