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Introduction Databases are rarely glamorous. They do not have sleek animations and nobody has ever bragged about getting to nth normal form on their table at a dinner party. And yet, in modern systems, databases decide whether your platform scales or collapses. This post is a guided ramble— err I mean an opinionated, comparison of SQL and NoSQL. We will cover what they are, how they think, where they shine, where they suck, and why the correct answer is almost never “just pick one and hope”. ...

React React is not technically a framework—it’s a JavaScript library—but at this point arguing that distinction is kind of pointless. Created by Meta, React focuses on building user interfaces using reusable components. You describe what the UI should look like, and React handles how it updates, thanks to its declarative approach. Under the hood, React uses a Virtual DOM to efficiently update only what changes, which keeps interfaces fast and responsive. Its real superpower, however, is its ecosystem. Tools like Next.js and Vite bolt on everything from routing to performance optimisation, making React endlessly adaptable. ...

During recent development for the oyster language by @HeckingGoose I was asked to assist with building a github action to deploy a Jekyll static pages site to a cloudflare project this was to allow for documentation to be referenced both within the linter for the language and in general. Then after some initial investigation i discovered the beauty of the Cloudflare wrangler action which allows for the easy deployment of any specified set of files to a cloudflare project directly in a github action. ...

Codeful Workflows Integrate 2025 was a whirlwind of innovation and insights, and I’m excited to share some of the highlights that caught my attention. Here’s a breakdown of what I saw and learned: Agentic Loops and Multi-Agent Hand-Offs Agentic Loops: A big push on workflows that leverage AI to create self-sustaining, codeful processes. Multi-Agent Hand-Offs: Two exciting features are on the horizon: State Machine-Based Hand-Offs (Coming Soon) Nested Hand-Offs (Coming Soon) Microsoft Fabric and Real-Time Data A plethora of sessions showcased Microsoft Fabric, emphasizing real-time data access and manipulation. ...

What is Vue? Vue is a progressive JavaScript framework for building user interfaces, first released in 2014. Vue is designed to be incrementally adoptable, meaning you can use as much or as little of it as you need, from enhancing a single page to even more. The Need for Vue Modern web development often requires dynamic, interactive interfaces. Before frameworks like Vue, developers relied on vanilla JavaScript or jQuery, which could quickly become unwieldy as applications grew. Vue addresses these challenges by providing a reactive data-binding system, component-based architecture, and a declarative approach to UI development, making code more maintainable and scalable. ...

Issue: During the creation of a basic react app, the result of a build of this app must be displayed as a static web application hosted in GitHub pages. Solution: Configuring a GitHub action (YAML) in order to build the react app and then clone the build over to the GitHub pages deployment branch. Below is the resulting YAML pipeline for this: name: Deploy gh-page Branch permissions: contents: write # Run workflow on every push to the master branch on: push: branches: [ main ] jobs: deploy-to-github-pages: # use ubuntu-latest image to run steps on runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: # uses GitHub's checkout action to checkout code form the master branch - uses: actions/checkout@v4 # sets up node - name: Setup node uses: actions/setup-node@v4 # Installs required npm packages - name: Installs required npm dependencies run: npm install # Generate npm build - name: Generates npm build run: npm run build # Commit to gh-pages branch - name: Commit wwwroot to GitHub Pages uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4 with: BRANCH: gh-pages FOLDER: build

What is GraphQL? GraphQL is an open-source data query language developed by Facebook in 2012, which was then released as an open-source project in 2015. Unlike traditional RESTful APIs, which require specific endpoints for data retrieval, GraphQL adopts a different approach. Instead of fetching entire resources, GraphQL allows clients to request the specific data they require from requested objects. The Need for GraphQL Facebook struggled with performance issues in its mobile application during the early 2010s. The sheer volume of data being requested, including every user, post, comment, and article on a users feed led to slow loading times, high data consumption, and excessive battery drain on client devices. ...