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Thoughts on building fast, accessible, and resilient web apps. Drawn from years of real-world experience, a couple of books, and a lot of hard lessons. Expect deep dives, practical tips, a bit of history, and the occasional opinionated take on where the web is going.
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Umbraco Cloud or Azure/AWS/GCP for Umbraco Sites? A Developer’s Honest Take10 March 2026· Nitesh Babu 9 min readA practical guide comparing Umbraco Cloud to leading cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), with cost breakdowns, implementation steps, and why it’s the optimal choice for Umbraco CMS hosting.
Next.js Middleware Explained In A Way Nobody Told You13 November 2025· Nitesh Babu 4 min readFriendly deep dive into how Next.js Middleware actually works and why it is one of the most powerful features in the framework.
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Caching in Next.js - Complete Beginner’s Survival Guide5 November 2025· Nitesh Babu 4 min readSimple guide to how caching works in Next.js, covering static, dynamic, and revalidated caching so you can build faster, more efficient, production-ready apps.
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Why React 19’s New Compiler Is a Game Changer18 October 2025· Nitesh Babu 5 min readDeep dive into how React’s new compiler reduces runtime overhead and speeds up rendering for complex apps.
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How to Build Pixel-Perfect UI with Tailwind CSS10 September 2025· Nitesh Babu 4 min readFriendly, practical guide to crafting precise, consistent, and production-ready user interfaces using Tailwind CSS , without fighting CSS.
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Building Custom Hooks the Right Way30 August 2025· Nitesh Babu 4 min readA practical, human explanation of how to structure, design and write reusable custom hooks in React without falling into the common pitfalls.
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