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Linux Permissions Demystified: A Developer’s Guide to Ownership, Access, and Sanity

Linux Permissions Demystified: A Developer’s Guide to Ownership, Access, and Sanity

“I can’t save the file—why?” “Permission denied—what now?” “Do I really need to sudo this?” These are common frustrations developers face when working in Linux-based environments. The problem isn’t always lack of skill—it’s lack of clarity about how Linux handles permissions, ownership, and access

Why Productivity Peaks at 2AM: The Myth, the Madness, and the Method

Why Productivity Peaks at 2AM: The Myth, the Madness, and the Method

Have you ever stared at your to-do list all day, barely ticking off a single box, only to find yourself crushing code or writing like a machine at 2AM? If yes, congratulations — you’re not alone. In fact, a whole generation of developers, writers, designers, and night owls relate deeply

Building Better React Apps: Evolving Patterns for Maintainable UIs

Building Better React Apps: Evolving Patterns for Maintainable UIs

As React continues to evolve, the way we write components—and structure logic within them—needs to mature as well. While it's tempting to just "make it work," that mindset often leads to tech debt and painful refactors later on. Here are modern React patterns and

Understanding INP vs. TTI in Modern Web Performance: Why They’re Not the Same Game

Understanding INP vs. TTI in Modern Web Performance: Why They’re Not the Same Game

In the world of frontend performance metrics, it’s easy to get lost in the sea of acronyms. Two that often cause confusion—especially in Single Page Applications (SPAs)—are TTI (Time to Interactive) and INP (Interaction to Next Paint). They may seem similar on the surface, but they actually

Mastering workspaces in package.json: A Simple Path to Scalable Monorepos

Mastering workspaces in package.json: A Simple Path to Scalable Monorepos

As your JavaScript or TypeScript projects grow, maintaining them as a collection of separate Git repositories can become chaotic. That’s where monorepos and workspaces step in to make life easier. Whether you're managing a design system, an API, a CLI, or even multiple microservices, the workspaces feature

Why AUTO_INCREMENT Is Not Enough: Building Scalable ID Strategies in MySQL

Why AUTO_INCREMENT Is Not Enough: Building Scalable ID Strategies in MySQL

In many MySQL-based systems, the default behavior when creating a table is to set the primary key as an AUTO_INCREMENT integer column—often named id or uid. It’s clean, simple, and works well for small-scale applications or monolithic systems with limited traffic. But as systems grow in complexity,

Understanding import type in TypeScript: The Right Way to Import Types

Understanding import type in TypeScript: The Right Way to Import Types

When writing TypeScript code, it’s common to import types from other files to structure and annotate your code more effectively. However, there's a subtle but powerful distinction between a regular import and an import type statement that many developers overlook. Mastering this feature can lead to cleaner,