The 2025 Developer Stack: What I’d Choose Starting from Scratch
An opinionated guide to the technologies that survived the hype and proved their worth
Essays and notes on AI, software engineering, developer tools, systems, and the shape of modern product building.
The Technologies That Survived the Hype: A Four-Year Retrospective
Looking back at 2022-2025 to separate signal from noise in developer tooling
Deno 2.0: The Second Act That Might Actually Work
Node compatibility, npm support, and a mature stdlib—Deno stopped fighting the ecosystem and started winning
Why I Think 2025 Is the Most Exciting Year to Be a Developer Since 2007
The iPhone launched in 2007. AI agents launched in 2025. The parallels are uncanny.
Zero-Knowledge Proofs Are the Sleeper Technology of the Decade
ZKPs moved past blockchain—privacy-preserving authentication and verification are next
htmx 2.0 and the Maturation of the Hypermedia Renaissance
The ‘just use HTML’ movement graduated from rebellion to legitimate architectural choice
The Real Cost of ‘Just Use a Microservice’
A data-driven look at the operational overhead most teams underestimate by 5-10x
The Rise of Local-First Software and Why It Matters
CRDTs, sync engines, and the end of the loading spinner
Hono Became the Express.js of the Edge Computing Era
Standards-based, runtime-agnostic, and absurdly fast—Hono is the web framework that runs everywhere
PostgreSQL 17 Features That Make Me Unreasonably Excited
Incremental backup, enhanced JSON support, and identity columns done right