Mongoose 9 Migration Guide: What Actually Breaks in a Real MERN App
Upgrading to Mongoose 9? Here's what actually breaks in real MERN apps: pre-save hooks, plugins, TypeScript types, and how to fix each one.
12 min readZeeshan Tofiq
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Kubernetes Swap Support: Should You Turn It On in 1.35?
Kubernetes swap went stable in 1.35. Here's how it actually works, when it helps, when it hurts, and how to configure LimitedSwap correctly.
12 min readZeeshan Tofiq
Rust Async Traits Still Aren't Object-Safe: The Real Fixes
Async fn in traits still isn't dyn-compatible in Rust. Here are the three real workarounds (enum dispatch, async-trait, RPITIT) and when to use each one.
14 min readZeeshan Tofiq
Go 1.26 Goroutine Leak Detection: A Practical Guide
Go 1.26 ships a real goroutine leak profiler. Here's how to enable it, read the profile output, and catch leaks in production before OOMKilled does it for you.
13 min readZeeshan Tofiq
Claude Code Skill Not Triggering? Every Cause and the Fix (2026)
Your Claude Code skill isn't triggering and there's no error. Here's every cause: paths, YAML, descriptions, and the hidden character budget.
14 min readZeeshan Tofiq
Docker Compose to Podman Quadlet: A Practical Migration Guide
Convert a docker-compose.yml to Podman Quadlet files step by step, with a full example, rootless setup, and the daemon-reload gotchas that trip people up.
32 min readZeeshan Tofiq
Why Your TypeScript 7 Upgrade Broke ESLint, ts-jest, and ts-morph
TypeScript 7's native compiler breaks typescript-eslint, ts-jest, and ts-morph. Here's exactly why, and the side-by-side setup that fixes it.
11 min readZeeshan Tofiq
CSS Anchor Positioning: Migrating shadcn/ui Off Radix
How to migrate shadcn/ui Popover and Tooltip from Radix UI to native CSS Anchor Positioning and the Popover API, with real before/after code.
19 min readZeeshan Tofiq