I used all four in real projects. One wrecked a monorepo at 3am. Another saved my ass in production. Here's the unfiltered truth about every major package manager in 2025.
Apr 06 2026 · 8′ · Technology · pnpm · npm
Adding an npm dependency isn't just installing code — it's taking on its maintenance, its attack surface, and its transitive deps. Here's the checklist I run before adding any package to a serious TypeScript project.
Jun 22 2026 · 9′ · Tutorials · TypeScript · pnpm
Running the OWASP LLM Top 10 as a real audit is a completely different experience than reading it as a checklist. I ran it against my TypeScript agent stack with system prompts, MCP tools, and Cline — and the findings were uncomfortable.
Jun 20 2026 · 9′ · Tutorials · TypeScript · LLM
pnpm workspaces is the best option for TypeScript monorepos in 2026. But the happy path in the docs hides three traps that only show up in CI with real deployments: phantom dependencies, broken hoisting on Railway, and script filtering that doesn't filter what you think it does.
Jun 19 2026 · 9′ · Tutorials · TypeScript · pnpm
Prisma 6 improves ergonomics and performance, but there are three behavior changes that won't scream at you in the compiler — and will absolutely show up at runtime if you don't audit your relational queries first. Practical guide with checklist.
Jun 03 2026 · 8′ · Tutorials · TypeScript · backend
tsgo is real and the performance jump is verifiable — but the beta has documented limits that most posts quietly ignore. Here's the concrete criteria for deciding whether to explore it today or wait for stable.
Jun 02 2026 · 8′ · Tutorials · Next.js · TypeScript
The problem with App Router cache isn't memorizing flags. It's deciding what freshness each piece of data actually needs before you write a single line of configuration.
May 25 2026 · 8′ · Tutorials · React · TypeScript
A 26M parameter model trained via Gemini distillation for tool calling showed up on HN and made me stop everything. Not to celebrate — to understand what real problem it points at, where the limits actually are, and whether it belongs in a stack like mine.
May 17 2026 · 8′ · Opinion · TypeScript · LLM
The CI was green. The cache wasn't working. Forty minutes per build run because pnpm couldn't find the store in GitHub Actions. Here are the logs, the before/after YAML, and the exact configuration that brought it down to 8 minutes.
May 12 2026 · 8′ · Experiments · TypeScript · pnpm
Architecture, real systems, product decisions and technical lessons. Everything reviewed with my own judgment before it ships.
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