What Web Development Tools Does a Solo Builder Actually Need?
A practical solo-builder web development toolkit: editor, browser dev tools, local setup, Git, database access, hosting, logs, backups, and deployment.
Web Tech
Notes on practical web technology, simple architecture, hosting, browsers, websites, tools, and the tradeoffs behind building for the web.
What Does Old Stack Mean in Web Development?
Old stack means practical, mature web tools that are easy to host, debug, maintain, and explain to AI coding assistants.
The Token Tax of New Tech
AI-assisted development adds a new cost to tech choices: how much context, correction, and retrying your stack needs before it works.
TextToDeck: Turning Written Updates Into Short Video Decks
TextToDeck started as a workaround for making Old Stack Journal promo videos with HTML, OBS, and Clipchamp. Now it’s becoming a focused web app for turning written updates…
Automation Receipts: A Readable Record for Workflow Runs
A webhook is easy. The harder part is turning automation runs into readable receipts so someone can understand what happened without digging through old logs.
LAMP Is Still Enough for Most Web Projects
Most developers aren’t building Netflix. For normal web projects, PHP, MySQL, Apache and cron still do the job without startup architecture up front. Usually.