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Software Development Notes
Short write-ups about projects, technical decisions, lessons learned and practical development work.
Building my portfolio with Next.js and TypeScript
How I planned and built a portfolio around reusable components, structured content, MDX case studies and recruiter-focused project evidence.
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A practical build note focused on decisions, trade-offs, content structure and what I learned while turning the portfolio into a stronger employer-facing project.
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What I learned from building a Go REST API
A short note on building a Go API that checks website availability, handles timeouts, runs checks concurrently and returns structured JSON results.
What I learned from improving ecommerce SEO pages in a real CMS
Practical lessons from improving ecommerce pages with metadata, page structure, internal links, image optimisation and CMS constraints.