📰 Dev.to · Alex Vance

Reconciling the mantine-datatable supply chain breach. Why we avoided UI library bloat to build a safe, zero-dependency Next.js 15 utility.

A deep-dive digest into this week's biggest Hacker News trends—from Volkswagen's Home Assistant blockade and "various LLM smells" in production, to why we built

The developer and user rebellion against AI-slop is here. How we built a zero-dependency, DB-less Next.js utility for 38,000 tickers to protect user sovereignty

Projections require math, not probabilistic heuristics. Why I chose strictly deterministic TypeScript over the "prompt-as-a-runtime" trend to build a 38k ticker

The security trap of AI coding. Why I avoided Claude Code "slopsquatting" and GCP account suspensions to build a deterministic, zero-dependency Next.js utility.

In an era where AI agents generate code for pennies, the real value shifts from "execution" to "verification." Here is why deterministic math beats AI vibes in

A technical post-mortem on building a deterministic financial engine with Next.js 15. Why AI-generated math is a liability and how to avoid the SOC2 trap by des

Why I rejected traditional SaaS architecture (PostgreSQL + Auth) to build a high-performance, tax-aware compounding engine using Next.js 15 and Edge logic.

A technical look at building a deterministic compounding engine with Next.js 15, handling tax-drag logic, and why LLMs are the wrong tool for financial forecast

A technical deep dive into building a high-performance dividend engine with Next.js 15, handling 38,000+ tickers, and solving the "Gross Yield" math problem.