#Web Development
13 articles tagged "web-development".
React State Management: useState, useReducer, and When You Actually Need a Library
Most React apps reach for a state management library long before they need one. Here's what useState and useReducer actually cover, and the honest signal for when it's time to add something more.
HTTP Caching Explained: Cache-Control, ETags, and CDNs
Where a cached response actually lives, how the browser and a CDN decide whether to trust it, and the specific headers that control all of it.
Getting Started with the Next.js App Router
A reference guide to the Next.js App Router: file conventions, layouts, and data fetching.
How to Host a Static Website on AWS S3 and CloudFront
A complete walkthrough of hosting a static site on S3 with CloudFront in front of it — bucket policy, Origin Access Control, caching, and HTTPS via ACM.
OWASP Top 10, Explained for Developers Who Aren't Security Specialists
A plain-language walkthrough of the OWASP Top 10 web application security risks, with concrete examples and fixes for each.
The JavaScript Event Loop, Explained With Diagrams
How the call stack, task queue, and microtask queue actually interact — and why your setTimeout(fn, 0) doesn't run immediately.
Core Web Vitals Explained: What Actually Affects Your Score
LCP, INP, and CLS explained in plain terms, with the specific, common causes of a bad score and how to fix each one.
Next.js Rendering Strategies: SSG, SSR, ISR, and Static Export Compared
Next.js supports several fundamentally different ways to render a page — what each one actually means for when HTML is generated, and how to pick correctly for a given route.
Next.js Middleware: What It's For and When to Avoid It
Middleware runs before every matching request — that makes it powerful for auth and redirects, and easy to misuse for things that belong in a page instead.
HTTPS and TLS Explained: What Actually Happens Behind the Padlock
The padlock icon means more than 'this site is safe' — a concrete walkthrough of the TLS handshake, certificates, and what HTTPS actually protects against (and doesn't).
React useEffect Cleanup: A Practical Guide
When and why to return a cleanup function from useEffect, with real examples of the bugs it prevents — subscriptions, timers, and stale event listeners.
A Practical Guide to Responsive Design in 2026
Modern CSS has made a lot of old responsive design workarounds obsolete — container queries, clamp(), and intrinsic sizing explained with real examples.
React Server Components Explained: What They Are and When to Use Them
A practical, no-hype breakdown of React Server Components — what problem they solve, how they differ from Client Components, and when you actually need them.
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