All articles tagged with webdev
Started with a simple username/password form. Ended up debugging SAML XML and writing OPA Rego policies. One developer built a satirical site to capture the absurd complexity of modern authentication, and honestly, it's too real.
Hit 40k reads, got featured on Dev.to's top 7, then ChatGPT dropped and I ghosted my own career. Spent 12 months asking if technical writing even matters anymore. Spoiler: it does, and here's why I'm back.
A three-year-old and Claude built nine games together at madladstudios.com. Now there's a tool that generates AI prompts so you can do the same. No coding required, just copy-paste into ChatGPT and ship something your toddler actually wants to play.
Before bootcamps and CS degrees, there was MySpace. Autoplay music, glitter backgrounds, and inline CSS that actually shipped to production. That chaotic era of profile customisation turned a generation of kids into self-taught devs, one `<marquee>` tag at a time. Here's what 17 years in the industry actually looks like.
The AI industry says anyone can ship code now. What they don't say: you're legally responsible for every security hole the AI creates, even if you can't read the code it wrote. Courts don't care that Claude scaffolded your auth system. If it leaks PII, you're liable.
Every 20 years, a new tool promises to replace developers. Delphi, Visual Basic, WordPress, no-code, and now AI. We're still here. Here's why panic is premature, and what actually matters when LLMs can ship faster than your sprint planning.
Universal Analytics had sessions and pageviews. GA4 has events and parameters. Technically better, practically overwhelming. Here's why modern analytics tools collect more data than ever but make fewer decisions easier.
Walked out thinking I wasn't cut out for this. Turns out the interview wasn't testing what I thought it was testing. If you've failed an interview or you're prepping for one, here's what nobody tells you about what interviewers actually care about in 2026.