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How To Build a Modern Web App in a Day


Categories: [Technology], [Programming], [Web Development]

Building a modern web application typically takes weeks of setup and configuration. You need to choose and configure a web framework, set up templates, handle CSS, create deployment pipelines, and more. But what if you could skip straight to building features? That's why I created go-htmx-forge, a t...

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Why You Need To Ditch VS Code To Be a Better Programmer


Categories: [Terminal], [Programming]

Last Update: January 20, 2025

VS Code is holding you back as a programmer. I know that's a bold statement, but hear me out. After spending years in the terminal then a year with VS Code and then moving to terminal-based development, I've seen firsthand how relying on GUI-based IDEs can limit your...

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