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How I Migrated 170k Users from PHP to Node.js Without Stopping the World Jan 7, 2026 Migrating a system with 170,000 users isn’t about clever rewrites; it’s about not breaking trust. This post covers how I moved a legacy PHP/MySQL platform to Node.js and PostgreSQL, kept both systems in sync, and scaled performance without downtime.
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Why I built Voltax: Unifying the African Payment Stack Jan 5, 2026 I built Voltax to be the "universal payment adapter" I always wished I had. It’s an open-source, strictly typed SDK that abstracts the chaos of African payment gateways behind a single, unified interface.
arrow_forward I'm leaving React for Svelte Dec 12, 2025 After writing React since 2019, I learned Svelte in an hour, and it completely redefined my workflow. Here’s why I’m migrating my projects, including this portfolio, and why I might never go back.
arrow_forward So GitHub's CEO is stepping down... and honestly, it's the end of an era Aug 19, 2025 So Thomas Dohmke is stepping down as GitHub’s CEO to “become a founder again.”
arrow_forward Why Developer Experience Is Now a Product Priority Aug 11, 2025 A few years ago, nobody pitched “Developer Experience” as a core value proposition outside of the dev tools and infra world. That’s changed.
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