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I write about frontend architecture, Next.js optimization, state management, design systems, and lessons from building web products.

How I Built a Full-Stack E-Commerce App in 3 Months

A deep dive into building Footies by Zain — from setting up authentication, cart management, checkout flow to deploying on Vercel.

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A practical guide to securing pages in Next.js App Router using server middleware, cookies, and JWT tokens.

I finally built a SaaS product! A journey of building DevTracker from scratch with Next.js, NeonDB, and Clerk.

Step by step guide to building a movie discovery app with search, movie details, cast info, and trailer playback using TMDB API.

Ditching Firebase for a real Postgres database, database-level concurrency locking, WebSockets, and JWT auth, then deploying it all with Docker.