📰 Dev.to · Sathish

I don’t let Cursor/Claude “refactor freely” anymore. I add cheap guardrails: type-level checks +...

I ship schema changes in an offline-first Expo app. I run migrations inside a single SQLite...

I stopped guessing why builds break. I lint env vars. I generate .env.example from code. Not docs. I...

I stopped blocking the UI on SQLite writes. I log sets in-memory first, then flush. I use a tiny...

I stopped double-scraping jobs with a Postgres lease table. I made cron runs idempotent with a...

I generate a typed API client from an OpenAPI file. I run contract tests locally with zero...

Keep “5-second set logging” fast, offline. Use SQLite transactions + a tiny write queue. Optimistic...

I stopped breaking my job board during migrations. I run Postgres changes as additive-only, then...

I don’t ask Claude to “build features”. I ask for diffs. I keep a local PR checklist in the repo....

Turn on SQLite WAL in Expo. It fixes “database is locked”. Batch writes in one transaction. Fewer...

I generate stable job URLs from messy scraped data. I avoid slug collisions with a deterministic...

I use Cursor + Claude to generate state diagrams, not random code. I convert UI states into a typed...

I use Cursor + Claude to generate auth code, then I try to break it. I run a tiny Node script to...

I stopped “last write wins” from nuking offline edits. I model conflicts with base_rev + rev in...

My job board has 8,000+ listings. Basic ILIKE died fast. I combined Postgres full-text search with...

I use Cursor Rules to make Claude follow my stack. I add a tiny “done = tests pass” contract. I lint...

Run a daily scraper on Vercel. Without melting sources. Enforce per-host rate limits in Node. Not...

I log workout sets offline. Always. I queue writes in SQLite, not AsyncStorage. I replay the queue...

I dedupe scraped jobs with a single Postgres unique key. I normalize URLs + titles before hashing....

I use Cursor + Claude to turn “random 500s” into a reproducible test. I add one wrapper: request ID...

I store edits in SQLite as an outbox. Not memory. I use per-row updated_at + deleted_at for...

I prevent duplicate job rows with a stable dedupe_key. I normalize titles + companies before...

I run PMHNP Hiring, a niche job board that aggregates 500+ sources daily. One question I kept seeing...

I don’t “vibe code” blind. I run a checklist. I make Claude review diffs, not ideas. I automate...