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Fri, 18 Mar 2022 23:53:11 GMTMischttps://lik.ai/blog/nextjs-to-astro-migration/https://lik.ai/blog/nextjs-to-astro-migration/A deep dive into modernizing my website: migrating from Next.js to Astro, cutting bundle sizes, and leveraging AI-powered migrations. Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:41:53 GMTFrontendhttps://lik.ai/blog/open-graph-for-lazy-developers/https://lik.ai/blog/open-graph-for-lazy-developers/A simple guide to Open Graph optimization for your website, including how to set up your meta tags and how to test your website's Open Graph data. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 20:08:31 GMTFrontendhttps://lik.ai/blog/optimizing-images/https://lik.ai/blog/optimizing-images/A simple guide to optimizing images if you have a few images, and a lot of time. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 20:08:31 GMTPerformanceFrontendhttps://lik.ai/blog/positive-affirmation-passphrases/https://lik.ai/blog/positive-affirmation-passphrases/If your work requires a passphrase, why not make it worth your time? Tue, 14 Jun 2022 04:48:11 GMTMischttps://lik.ai/blog/programming-on-the-m1-mac/https://lik.ai/blog/programming-on-the-m1-mac/My experience using the M1 Mac for programming on front-end, back-end and machine learning tasks. Sun, 18 Jul 2021 17:54:27 GMTDevOpshttps://lik.ai/blog/react-component-patterns/https://lik.ai/blog/react-component-patterns/Learn about the various design patterns to help you write better and more reusable React components. Sun, 21 Mar 2021 20:55:12 GMTFrontendhttps://lik.ai/blog/react-hooks-constraints-explained/https://lik.ai/blog/react-hooks-constraints-explained/An explanation of why React hooks have limitations, such as why you cannot call them in an if-else statement. Thu, 16 May 2019 21:48:11 GMTFrontendhttps://lik.ai/blog/react-performance-tricks/https://lik.ai/blog/react-performance-tricks/Techniques to improve React component rendering performance when there are no better alternatives. Sun, 04 Apr 2021 23:56:02 GMTPerformancehttps://lik.ai/blog/sqlite-primary-key-benchmarks/https://lik.ai/blog/sqlite-primary-key-benchmarks/Benchmarking UUIDv7, UUIDv4, Snowflake, and Integer primary keys in SQLite, including dual-column and WITHOUT ROWID variants.Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:26:07 GMTBackendPerformancehttps://lik.ai/blog/the-async-ecosystem-in-rust/https://lik.ai/blog/the-async-ecosystem-in-rust/Understanding Rust's Tower, HTTP, HttpBody ecosystem and how they work together. Sat, 09 Nov 2024 21:24:00 GMTBackendhttps://lik.ai/blog/the-most-secure-way-to-store-jwts/https://lik.ai/blog/the-most-secure-way-to-store-jwts/A new secure method that uses Service Worker to store JWTs in browsers instead of local storage and cookies. 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