Web Dev · by Brian Otieno · 2026-09-18

The thing nobody told me about performance in real life

part of me wanted the fancy version with all the tools. The better version was boring: one notebook, one reminder, and a willingness to be clumsy with the recipe for a while

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Noah Miller · 2 likes

what would you change if you started over? My only addition is to make the first step visible

Brave Atlas · 1 likes

I am cheering for this update. I used to overcomplicate this constantly

Nusrat Akter · 4 likes

Kind of wild how often used is the whole issue

Maya Williams · 7 likes

You just saved me a bad purchase

Tiago Costa · 0 likes

Small caveat: context changes the answer a lot