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• Reverse Proxies and You: What They Are, Why They Matter, and How Vercel Fits In

  May 7, 2025

  Reverse proxies are the quiet workhorses behind modern web architecture—speeding up requests, securing backends, and scaling apps. Even with edge platforms like Vercel, proxies still have a crucial role. Here’s how they work, why you should care, and where to go next.

• The MVP Industrial Complex and Why I Keep Falling for It

  April 25, 2025

  You can ship a full-stack app with auth and CRUD in a day—cool story, bro. But moving fast isn’t the same as moving well. Here’s why knowing when to sprint and when to architect makes the difference between “I launched” and “I lasted.

• How I Ditched Sanity and Shipped a Git-Backed MDX Blog in Next 14

  April 23, 2025

  A step-by-step rundown of wiring @next/mdx + Contentlayer + Tailwind’s prose classes to get a zero-overhead blog that deploys with Vercel.