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The AI Partnership Model: Speed Without Sacrificing Quality

In a 24-hour period, we shipped 13 features. Here's what changed when we stopped treating AI as a code generator and started treating it as a thinking partner.

By Abe Reyes•February 6, 2026

#ai#development#productivity+2 more

Case Study

Why I Built My Own E-Commerce Platform Instead of Using Shopify

Everyone told me to use Shopify. It would have been faster, cheaper, and easier. Here's why I built from scratch anyway — and whether I'd do it again.

By Abe Reyes•February 6, 2026

#architecture#nextjs#medusa+2 more

Tutorial

Supabase Connection Pooling in Next.js Production

Fix Supabase connection errors in production. Learn connection pooling, singleton patterns, and serverless best practices for Next.js apps.

By Abe Reyes•February 6, 2026

#Supabase#PostgreSQL#connection-pooling+4 more

Behind the Scenes

Self-Taught to Full-Stack: What Building in Public Taught Me

No CS degree. No bootcamp. No network in tech. Just a finance manager who taught himself to code and shipped a production platform. Here's what actually worked.

By Abe Reyes•February 6, 2026

#career#learning#self-taught+1 more

Case Study

Next.js E-commerce Architecture: Building NeedThisDone.com

Deep dive into production e-commerce architecture: Next.js, Medusa, Supabase, Stripe. Includes diagrams, trade-offs, and lessons learned.

By Abe Reyes•February 6, 2026

#Next.js#TypeScript#system-design+4 more

Behind the Scenes

Combat Medic to Developer: Skills That Transfer

How Army combat medic training prepared me for software development. Lessons on triage, learning under pressure, and documentation.

By Abe Reyes•February 6, 2026

#veteran#career-transition#military+3 more

Behind the Scenes

From Combat Medic to Code: How Military Discipline Shapes My Development

After five years as an Army combat medic, I thought I'd left that world behind. Turns out, the military taught me exactly how to write reliable software.

By Abe Reyes•February 6, 2026

#career#veteran#leadership+2 more

Behind the Scenes

My AI Development Workflow with Claude Code

How I use Claude Code to build production apps faster. Real examples, prompts, and workflow optimizations for full-stack development.

By Abe Reyes•February 6, 2026

#Claude-Code#AI#development-workflow+3 more

Tutorial

Production-Ready Circuit Breakers with Redis and Node.js

Scale circuit breakers across multiple servers using Redis. Includes distributed state, monitoring, and graceful degradation patterns for production systems.

By Abe Reyes•February 6, 2026

#Node.js#circuit-breaker#Redis+4 more

Tutorial

Building Custom Stripe Checkout Flows in Next.js

Build custom Stripe checkout flows with Next.js Server Actions. Handles subscriptions, one-time payments, and complex product combinations with full error handling.

By Abe Reyes•February 6, 2026

#Stripe#Next.js#payment-processing+4 more

Tutorial

Next.js + Medusa: The Complete Headless Commerce Setup Guide

Build a production-ready headless e-commerce store with Next.js 15 and Medusa. Includes cart, checkout, and Stripe integration with full source code.

By Abe Reyes•February 6, 2026

#Next.js#Medusa#headless-commerce+4 more

Tutorial

How to Build RAG with Supabase pgvector and Next.js

Build production-ready RAG using Supabase pgvector, OpenAI embeddings, and Next.js. Complete code examples for vector search, streaming chat, and context injection.

By Abe Reyes•February 6, 2026

#RAG#Supabase#pgvector+4 more

Tutorial

Request Deduplication: Preventing Double Form Submissions

Users double-click submit buttons. Networks retry failed requests. Browsers resend on refresh. Here's how SHA-256 fingerprinting and Redis protect your data.

By Abe Reyes•February 6, 2026

#reliability#backend#redis+2 more

Tutorial

Building a Circuit Breaker Pattern in Node.js

When your Redis connection dies at 2 AM, do you want every request to hang for 30 seconds? Or do you want your app to fail fast and recover gracefully? Here's how I built a circuit breaker for production.

By Abe Reyes•February 6, 2026

#reliability#nodejs#backend+2 more

AI & Automation

How I Automated 6 Hours of Code Improvements While I Slept

Last night, I went to bed with a codebase that had 24 console.log statements scattered across production files, inconsistent color naming, missing accessibility tests, deprecated function calls in ...

By Abe Reyes•January 19, 2026

#claude#ai#automation+2 more

Tutorial

Two Ways to Publish: How We Write Blog Posts

We wanted a blog that worked the way we work. Sometimes that means opening a browser and typing. Other times it means staying in the terminal and pushing content like code.

By Abe Reyes•January 19, 2026

#workflow#supabase#blogging+1 more

Tutorial

JQuery: Understanding the Library That Shaped Modern Web Development

If you've built anything with React, Vue, or even vanilla JavaScript in the last few years, you've benefited from JQuery. Even if you've never written a single $ in your life.

By Abe Reyes•January 19, 2026

#javascript#jquery#web-history+1 more

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The AI Partnership Model: Speed Without Sacrificing Quality

Why I Built My Own E-Commerce Platform Instead of Using Shopify

Supabase Connection Pooling in Next.js Production

Self-Taught to Full-Stack: What Building in Public Taught Me

Next.js E-commerce Architecture: Building NeedThisDone.com

Combat Medic to Developer: Skills That Transfer

From Combat Medic to Code: How Military Discipline Shapes My Development

My AI Development Workflow with Claude Code

Production-Ready Circuit Breakers with Redis and Node.js

Building Custom Stripe Checkout Flows in Next.js

Next.js + Medusa: The Complete Headless Commerce Setup Guide

How to Build RAG with Supabase pgvector and Next.js

Request Deduplication: Preventing Double Form Submissions

Building a Circuit Breaker Pattern in Node.js

How I Automated 6 Hours of Code Improvements While I Slept

Two Ways to Publish: How We Write Blog Posts

JQuery: Understanding the Library That Shaped Modern Web Development

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