Swiper has been the undisputed standard for touch carousels on the web for years. Zero dependencies, official wrappers for React, Vue and Angular, and transitions that feel genuinely native.
Jul 11 2026 · 5′ · Experiments · React · open source
React 19's use() hook promises to replace useEffect for data fetching. That promise is partially true. There are two patterns with Suspense and error boundaries where the behavior isn't what you expect and the cycle gets messier. I'll tell you exactly when to migrate and when not to.
Jun 02 2026 · 7′ · Tutorials · React · 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
useEffect isn't broken — the mental model we teach with it is. I audited every useEffect in a React 19 codebase and found 4 concrete categories where it was an antipattern. Here are the patterns that replaced them: derived state, event handlers, use(), and Server Actions.
May 20 2026 · 7′ · Tutorials · React · TypeScript
navigator.clipboard.writeText looks trivial until your app silently breaks in production with zero visible error. I found 4 cases the docs never mention: insecure context, lost focus, revoked permissions on iOS, and React timing. Here are the real patterns with copyable code.
May 08 2026 · 8′ · Tutorials · React · TypeScript
I scored 98/100 on Lighthouse and axe on juanchi.dev. Then I asked someone who actually uses a screen reader to try it. What happened next embarrassed me. A perfect score and a real experience are two completely different things.
Apr 08 2026 · 9′ · Experiments · React · frontend
There's a deeply embedded belief in the dev community about AI in production that's just wrong: that you need an API, a server, and a credit card to add intelligence to your app. I ran it in the browser. No cloud. No billing. And now I can't stop thinking about what this means.
Apr 07 2026 · 8′ · Experiments · React · nextjs
Brutal diagnosis, concrete changes, and real metrics. Here's how I took a Next.js app from embarrassingly slow to 300ms FCP — no magic, no excuses, just actual work.
Apr 06 2026 · 9′ · Tutorials · React · Performance
An honest postmortem of building my portfolio with the freshest stack of 2025. Spoiler: almost everything broke. I rebuilt it anyway. Here's why it was worth every hit.
Apr 06 2026 · 11′ · Experiments · React · Portfolio
Architecture, real systems, product decisions and technical lessons. Everything reviewed with my own judgment before it ships.
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