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- Frontend Development
Rediscovering Vanilla JavaScript: Streaming and Simplicity in 2025
After years of working with frameworks like React and Next.js, I revisited pure Vanilla JavaScript for a streaming project. This article explores the nostalgia of coding without abstractions, how streaming can now be done natively with browser APIs, and why Vanilla JS in 2025 feels more powerful than ever.
Read full articleYacine Ouardi
August 21, 2025 - Tech Industry Trends & Insights
Tech Debt Is Not Your Enemy — It's Your Shadow
Tech debt isn't just about messy code — it's the trade-offs we make to ship. In this article, I share a realistic view of technical debt: why it’s always there, how to manage it intentionally, and why fearing it often leads to worse decisions. Based on real-world experience working on evolving products under deadlines.
Read full articleYacine Ouardi
June 8, 2025 - Frontend Development
How to Effectively Balance UX and Performance in Complex Web Applications
In modern web applications, balancing a rich user experience with fast performance is a daily challenge. Complex apps—like dashboards, e-commerce sites, or content-heavy blogs—often juggle dynamic data, real-time updates, and interactive elements. It’s easy to lean too heavily on either UX polish or performance optimization, but the real magic happens when you find that sweet spot.
Read full articleYacine Ouardi
May 30, 2025 - Tech Industry Trends & Insights
Migrate Design Systems Gracefully with Multiple Tailwind CSS Configs in Next.js
Migrating a design system in a live product is risky — especially when tightly coupled to a single Tailwind CSS config. This post shares a real-world solution for using multiple Tailwind configurations with scoped layouts in Next.js, enabling safer, gradual migrations.
Read full articleYacine Ouardi
May 23, 2025 - Frontend Development
Advanced State Management: When Redux is Overkill and Other Solutions You Should Consider
Redux isn’t bad — it’s just not always the best choice. In this post, I unpack why Redux might be overkill for many projects and introduce lighter, modern state management solutions you should consider instead.
Read full articleYacine Ouardi
May 19, 2025 - Frontend Development
How to Make Your React App Truly Accessible: More Than Just Color Contrast
Accessibility in React isn't just about color contrast. Learn how to build apps that support keyboard navigation, screen readers, and real-world usage—with honest insights from personal experience.
Read full articleYacine Ouardi
May 11, 2025 - Frontend Development
When to Stop Refactoring: How Much Is Too Much?
Struggling to know when to stop refactoring? I share personal lessons (and mistakes) from the frontend trenches to help you find the balance between clean code and shipping fast.
Read full articleYacine Ouardi
May 8, 2025 - Tech Industry Trends & Insights
The Myth of ‘Clean Code’ in Large Projects: Why Perfection Can Be the Enemy of Progress
Clean code” is the holy grail in development, but in fast-moving projects, it can become a blocker. I share hard-learned lessons from real-world React work—and why aiming for flexibility is smarter.
Read full articleYacine Ouardi
May 8, 2025 - Frontend Development
Frontend Architecture: The Road to Reusable, Scalable, and Maintainable Components
A practical guide to building frontend architectures that scale — with reusable, maintainable components that grow with your codebase, not against it.
Read full articleYacine Ouardi
May 6, 2025 - Frontend Development
Why Handling Errors in JavaScript Is Harder Than You Think
Handling errors in JavaScript isn’t as simple as try-catch. This post explores why frontend error handling is harder than it seems—and shares practical strategies, from async quirks to React Error Boundaries, to make your apps more resilient.
Read full articleYacine Ouardi
May 3, 2025
