Stack choices, small projects, and shipping checklists for solo learners
The tests pass on your machine, and the clone on a second folder already fails. You run the same install command, and suddenly you’re debugging dependency version mismatches, linter errors you never saw locally, and broken tests that only show up when you don’t have cached local config files. That’s the exact pain point minimal … Read more
You opened the repo after two weeks, and the only file that explains anything is a comment in main. You stare at that comment, which only says “TODO: fix auth flow,” and you can’t remember if you set the local dev server to use port 3000 or 5173, if you seeded the test database with … Read more
The working tree is dirty, and yesterday’s working version is only in memory. You spent 4 hours tweaking a new auth flow last night, and today your CSS changes broke every mobile layout, with no way to roll back to the state that worked 24 hours prior. This avoidable headache is one of the most … Read more