on Postgresql, Database, Backend, Performance, Sql
PostgreSQL 18 dropped in late 2025, and unlike some releases that feel incremental, this one has changes that will meaningfully affect real workloads. The headline feature — asynchronous I/O — has been in development for years and finally landed in a mature form. But there are several smaller features that will have more immediate impact for most applications.
on React, Javascript, Frontend, Web development, Performance
Every major React release arrives with a new mental model to learn. React 16 brought Fiber. React 18 brought concurrent rendering and useTransition. React 20 — released in early 2026 — brings the React Compiler to stable, reshapes how Suspense works in server contexts, and introduces cache() as a first-class API for request-scoped memoization.
on Webassembly, Wasm, Edge computing, Cloud, Performance
When WebAssembly landed in browsers in 2017, the conversation was about running C++ games and video editors in a web tab. A reasonable but ultimately small idea.
on Platform engineering, Devops, Idp, Developer experience, Cloud
In 2023, “platform engineering” was a buzzword. In 2024, every company announced they were building an Internal Developer Platform. In 2026, we’re finally getting data on which ones actually worked.
A year ago, “AI agents” meant demos on YouTube. Today, they’re pulling orders, triaging support tickets, writing code, and managing pipelines inside real production systems. The gap between what works in a notebook and what survives contact with production has never been more instructive.