2025 and 2026 reminded every full-stack developer about how vulnerable their full-stack project development and deployment workflows are. Axios, Chalk, TanStack, Debug.js, and many popular NPM packages with millions of weekly downloads were compromised by the highly destructive Shai-Hulud worm, its variants, and similar supply chain worms, which silently steal data and spread. Meanwhile, developers’…
Editor’s note: This blog was most recently updated on July 16, 2026, to improve the reader experience with new cross-links to related authentication and UX design resources, plus a curated list of recommended reading for deeper exploration. It was previously rewritten in 2025 by Allie Paschal to provide three real-world examples of great login screens,…
How AI changed the way I approach design critiques When AI made generating design concepts almost effortless, I realized the most valuable part of a critique was no longer the interface itself. It was understanding the context, tradeoffs, and judgment behind the final design. Here’s how AI has changed the way I run design critiques—and…
AI coding agents have a tendency to generate code that isn’t particularly maintainable. They often duplicate logic, create massive files, and produce overly complex functions that are difficult for humans to understand. As these issues accumulate over time, they can turn a codebase into a significant maintenance burden. In many cases, asking an agent to…
How AI changed the way I approach design critiques When AI made generating design concepts almost effortless, I realized the most valuable part of a critique was no longer the interface itself. It was understanding the context, tradeoffs, and judgment behind the final design. Here’s how AI has changed the way I run design critiques—and…
The PM world runs on frameworks like RICE, JTBD, OKRs, Kano, and MoSCoW. These frameworks have become popular because they offer a packaged way to solve a problem through a neat, repeatable process. However, while they might give you clean, ranked answers, they often aren’t tailored to your unique context and can cause you to…
AI coding agents are useful, but they have a familiar failure mode: They often solve modern frontend problems with legacy patterns. Ask an agent to build a modal, tooltip, responsive card layout, or long-running search interaction, and it may reach for extra JavaScript, older browser APIs, or another dependency. Sometimes that is the right tradeoff.…
Last month I dived back into the foreign exchange market and noticed a little gap in how lot sizes are calculated and how slow that can be. To be sincere, as a developer, I didn’t even bother looking for an existing tool online, cause if it’s free, then there will be so many ads, and…
Editor’s note: This JWT authentication tutorial was last updated on 23 July 2026 by Emmanuel John to discuss modern JWT authentication practices, including OAuth 2.0 and OIDC, secure token storage, refresh token rotation, XSS and CSRF risks, and scenarios where server-side sessions may be a better choice than JWTs. In web development, authentication is one…
How to clean AI generated code with Fallow Learn how to use Fallow to analyze AI-generated code, detect dead code, duplicate logic, and complexity issues, and integrate automated code quality checks into your AI-assisted development workflow. PakarPBN A Private Blog Network (PBN) is a collection of websites that are controlled by a single individual or…
