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How to Prepare a Vibe-Coded App for a Developer Handoff

A handoff checklist for AI-built apps: move the code to a repo you own, write a README, list env vars and accounts, rotate keys and set the right access.

Javascript Oct 5, 2026 19 min read

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Shopify Custom App, Public App or Theme Edits? Which to Use

Theme code, an app block, a custom app or a public app? Where Shopify custom work belongs, what needs Plus, and what checkout.liquid’s retirement shows.

Javascript Oct 5, 2026 20 min read

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Fix or Rebuild an AI-Built App? How to Tell Which You Need

Should you fix your AI-built app or start over? The signals that decide it, a decision table, replacing one part at a time, and what a review covers.

Javascript Oct 4, 2026 16 min read

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Export From Lovable, Bolt, Replit, v0 or Base44: What You Get

How to export code from Lovable, Bolt, Replit, v0 and Base44, which plans allow it, the stack you get, and what stays behind: data, sign-in and secrets.

Javascript Oct 4, 2026 22 min read

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AI-Built App Security Checklist: What a Developer Checks First

Built an app with ChatGPT, Claude, Lovable or Bolt? Six things a developer checks first, from exposed API keys and row-level security to error handling.

Javascript Oct 2, 2026 17 min read

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You Built It With AI. Here’s How a Developer Takes It Over

Built an app with ChatGPT, Claude, Lovable, Bolt, Replit or v0? How to export and own the code, what a developer checks first, and when to rebuild.

Javascript Oct 2, 2026 14 min read

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Escalating an npm Account Lockout When Support Goes Dark

Both of npm’s published email addresses are dead ends, and the support form needs a login you no longer have. Here is the escalation path that actually reached a human.

Javascript Aug 4, 2026 15 min read

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AI Code Generation Has a Version Problem

Frontier models score 48% to 51% on version-conditioned code generation. The documented cause is API churn, which stable platform APIs largely avoid.

Javascript Aug 2, 2026 8 min read

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The Case for Vanilla JavaScript in 2026

Every gap React filled in 2013 now has a native answer, and three arrived in the last year. The evidence for choosing vanilla JavaScript in 2026.

Javascript Aug 2, 2026 11 min read

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What React Gave Back to JavaScript

Named contributors, open GitHub issues, and documented dependencies connect React’s team to shipped JavaScript features.

Javascript Aug 1, 2026 5 min read

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What Node.js Gained Since React Launched

Built-in fetch, a native test runner, TypeScript without a build step, and a permission model: what Node.js absorbed into the runtime since 2013.

Javascript Jul 31, 2026 6 min read

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What the Browser Platform Gained Since React Launched

Import maps, Web Components, the Observer APIs, and View Transitions: everything the browser platform gained since React launched.

Javascript Jul 31, 2026 7 min read