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Essays and notes on full-stack engineering, shipping, and building in public.
May 20, 2026
12 min read
How We Built End-to-End Observability for Our Hono + Bun Backend
Flying blind in production is not an option. How we went from zero observability to structured logging + distributed tracing, feeding into ClickHouse — using Pino, OpenTelemetry, and a Drizzle Proxy that auto-instruments every DB query.
ObservabilityOpenTelemetryClickHouseHonoBun.jsRead →
Apr 8, 2026
4 min read
Why I Chose Hono Over Express for Production APIs
After running both in production, here's the honest comparison: performance numbers, DX tradeoffs, and when Express is still the right call.
HonoExpressAPI DesignTypeScriptRead →
Mar 15, 2026
5 min read
Ship It: From Concept to Deployed in 72 Hours
The mental model and practical workflow that let me go from blank repo to live product in a weekend — applied to three projects so far.
ShippingProductivityNext.jsVercelRead →