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Front-end architecture: React Server Components, Next.js caching, HTMX versus React, adding React to legacy PHP, Tailwind CSS v4 and TypeScript patterns.

6 articlesBy Shawab Khan

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18 Aug 202610 min read

React Server Components Explained: The Mental Model You Actually Need

Server vs client components, the RSC payload, where data fetching belongs, and a migration path from a client-only React app. Clear rules, real code, common mistakes. Read the article

5 Aug 20269 min read

Next.js App Router Caching Guide: Stop Fighting Stale Data

The four Next.js caches explained with diagrams: request memoisation, data cache, full route cache and router cache. When to use revalidateTag, ISR and dynamic rendering. Read the article

22 Jul 20269 min read

HTMX vs React: Choosing the Right Interactivity Model in 2026

An honest comparison from someone who ships both. Hypermedia vs component state, SEO, team skills, and the decision matrix I use for client projects, including this site. Read the article

18 Jul 20265 min read

Integrating React Components into Legacy PHP Applications

Modernise old PHP codebases by injecting React components with Vite, JSON hydration and hash routing, without a full rewrite or breaking SEO. Read the article

8 Jul 20268 min read

Tailwind CSS v4 Migration Guide: CSS-First Config, Theme Variables and Gotchas

Move from tailwind.config.js to the CSS-first @theme setup, understand the new Oxide engine, fix renamed utilities and migrate a WordPress theme without breaking production. Read the article

10 Jun 20269 min read

TypeScript Patterns for Scalable React Apps

Discriminated unions for UI state, typed API layers with Zod, generic components, branded types and the tsconfig settings that catch bugs before your users do. Read the article

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