Engineering notes, written down properly
Long-form technical writing on WordPress and WordPress VIP architecture, Gutenberg and ACF block development, e-commerce engineering, AI and RAG integration, and Core Web Vitals performance - written from production work, not theory.
Enterprise WordPress
WordPress Security Hardening for Enterprise Platforms
Capability checks, nonces, escaping discipline, supply-chain risk and the automated gates that stop security regressions reaching production.
7 min read · Enterprise WordPress
AI Engineering
Building Autonomous AI Agents with Next.js, LangChain, and Vector Databases
Architecting production-ready AI agent workflows with multi-turn tool execution, RAG search, and streaming React frontends.
8 min read · AI Engineering
Commerce & Automation
Shopify App Development: OAuth, Webhooks and Rate Limits
OAuth and session tokens, mandatory compliance webhooks, cost-based rate limiting, bulk operations and the review requirements that block listings.
6 min read · Commerce & Automation
React & Next.js
React State Management: Server State Is Not Client State
Why most React state bugs come from storing server data in client state, and how to pick between useState, Context, a store and a server-cache library.
6 min read · React & Next.js
Enterprise WordPress
Migrating WordPress to Headless Without Losing SEO
URL parity, redirect maps, who owns metadata and schema after the split, and the verification pass that proves the migration did not cost you traffic.
6 min read · Enterprise WordPress
React & Next.js
Next.js App Router: Layouts, Routing and Data Fetching Patterns
Nested layouts, streaming boundaries, route groups, server actions and the migration decisions that matter when moving off the Pages Router.
6 min read · React & Next.js
Headless & Composable CMS
Contentstack Content Modelling That Survives a Redesign
Content types, modular blocks, references and locales - modelling decisions in Contentstack that decide whether the next redesign is a CSS job or a migration.
6 min read · Headless & Composable CMS
Web Performance
Full-Stack Web Performance: From Next.js SSR to Database Query Budgets
Optimizing Core Web Vitals, server component rendering, edge caching, and query budgets across modern stacks.
7 min read · Web Performance
Enterprise WordPress
Building Scalable Headless CMS & Gutenberg Architectures
Content modeling, GraphQL/REST APIs, and pairing custom CMS backends with modern React/Next.js frontends.
6 min read · Enterprise WordPress
React & Next.js
React Performance: Re-renders, Memoisation and Profiling
Reading the Profiler before reaching for memo, why most memoisation does nothing, and how render work turns into a failing INP score.
6 min read · React & Next.js