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A plain-English guide to what Payload 4 changes for product managers, designers, and business owners, what an upgrade…
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Payload CMS 4 for Business Owners: What It Means for Your Team and Budget

Payload 4 is still in testing. Here is what it means for your team, your budget, and your risk, with no code, and a clear answer on whether to upgrade.

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Why AI-assisted development requires a clear boundary between product code and developer operating systems.

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The Code Is the Deliverable. Your Development System Might Not Be.

AI-assisted development encodes working knowledge into agent skills, prompts, and workflows. Here is why your development system should not live in the client…

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How to separate internal docs and agent configs using git-filter-repo and local symlinks.

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Keeping Files Local While Moving Their Git History to a Private Repository

Step-by-step guide to separating private workspace docs and agent instructions into a private repository using git-filter-repo and symlinks without breaking…

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Declarative React DOM snapshots vs imperative procedural canvas generators.

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Remotion vs Motion Canvas: The Two Mental Models of Code-Driven Video

Explore the two opposing mental models of code-to-video: Remotion’s UI = f(frame) React DOM snapshots versus Motion Canvas’s procedural coroutine canvas engine.

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Remotion Tutorial: Build an Animated Video with React and TypeScript

Recreate a 15-second animated teaser with Remotion, React, and TypeScript. Follow the complete code from setup to landscape and square video exports.

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A production guide to user impersonation with Neon Auth (Better Auth) and Next.js, including the __Secure- cookie…

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How to Add "Log In As User" Impersonation with Neon Auth in Next.js

Learn how to implement superadmin "log in as user" impersonation using Neon Auth, service accounts, and Next.js server actions while avoiding cookie bugs.

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Practical breakdown of Next.js 16.4 canary: Partial Prefetching with unstable_ensureStatic, next analyze, stricter…

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Next.js 16.4 Is Out: Cache Components, React 19.3, and Upgrade Guide

Next.js 16.4 is official. Learn what changed since canary, how ensureStatic and navigation work, and what to test before upgrading an existing app.

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Production-ready Neon Managed Better Auth on Vercel with Next.js: proxy /api/auth, service-account admin, six-digit…

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Neon Managed Better Auth in Next.js on Vercel: A Production Setup Guide

Set up Neon Managed Better Auth in Next.js on Vercel for production: secure proxying, service-account admin flows, six-digit OTP resets, and signed webhook…

19 days ago19 min
Step-by-step Next.js migration from Stack Auth to Neon Managed Better Auth with backup, admin, and user-relink…

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How to Migrate from Stack Auth to Neon Managed Better Auth in Next.js

A production-tested guide to migrate to Neon Managed Better Auth in Next.js—backup, rehearse on a spike branch, create a service account, re-create users, and…

20 days ago19 min
OAuth discovery for MCP: RFC 9728 resource_metadata, Hono CORS exposure, and practical fixes for Claude & ChatGPT…

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MCP Authentication: Why Remote MCP Servers Need OAuth

Remote MCP authentication: why OAuth discovery beats static API keys and how WWW-Authenticate, CORS exposure, and PKCE secure MCP servers for modern AI clients.

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shadcn migration playbook: why codemods break, how primitives differ, and a safe progressive upgrade path

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Radix to Base UI Migration Guide: Why Codemods Fail

Learn why Radix to Base UI migrations in shadcn fail with automated codemods, and follow a pragmatic step-by-step strategy to preserve customizations and…

22 days ago9 min
Step-by-step guide to building a zero-dependency, voice-ready editorial annotation popover with native browser…

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How to Build an In-Article Editorial Annotation Layer in Next.js with Vanilla JavaScript and CSS

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