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Articles on software development, infrastructure, and building effective teams. No fluff, just practical experience from shipping production code.

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case-studies

Building a Progressive Multi-Step Form with HTMX and Effect-TS

How we built a 7-step client discovery form with zero JavaScript frameworks, session-based resumability, and type-safe backend error handling in 8 hours.

htmx effect-ts architecture case-study progressive-enhancement

Alex Raihelgaus

Nov 18, 2025

technical

Don't Marry Your UI Library

Stop console.log debugging. Learn systematic approaches to finding and fixing bugs faster, with real-world examples from production systems.

technical design-system architecture

Alex Raihelgaus

Nov 4, 2025