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2026

Thursday, January 1, 2026

From Scrapy to Custom: Engineering Trade-offs in a Solo Long-Term Crawler Project

For solo long-term projects, engineering challenges are rarely about what’s possible, but about what remains sustainable over time. This article reflects on the engineering risks I encountered while…

2025

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

The True Behavior and Design Tradeoffs of ISR in Next.js App Router: Why Your Pages Aren't Updating

Deconstructing how ISR truly works in the Next.js App Router to clarify the root cause of 'why pages don't update despite data changes.' Understand ISR's design assumptions, latency, and inherent…