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12 Jul 2026

The Case of the Missing Postmortem: Choosing a Next.js Revalidation Strategy

My database had two postmortems. My live site showed one. Nothing was broken, a cache was doing exactly what I told it to do. A field guide to the four ways of keeping a Next.js site fresh, and the strategy I shipped that night.

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26 May 2026

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The stack I use in 2026 and why

Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Tailwind. Here's the honest reasoning behind each choice — including what I'd swap out.

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26 May 2026

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How Prisma 7 broke my setup (and how I fixed it)

Upgrading to Prisma 7 introduced a new engine model that requires driver adapters. Here's exactly what failed, why, and the fix.

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