Hristiyan Dodov

Write tests to solve trust issues, not code coverage

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:32:00 +0200

AI scales horizontally, your brain scales vertically

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:46:00 +0200

Googlebot does not process sendBeacon requests

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:29:00 +0200

How to do Parallelization Right with Promise.all

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:34:00 +0200

How to securely use Tor on macOS with Kali Linux VM

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:20:00 +0200

Is AI the Ultimate Reinvention of the Wheel?

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:44:00 +0300

Zero-Bullshit Take on LLM Optimization

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 20:21:00 +0300

…with zero promotions and AI-generated words

What is My New Word?

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:27:00 +0300

Defining the newest word in the dictionary!

How to Fix Next.js Server-Only Component Error in Storybook

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 20:22:00 +0200

Subpath imports to the rescue!

Who Do You Want to Be With?

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 19:37:00 +0300

Code is the Lifeblood of LLMs

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 16:10:00 +0300

Why programmers remain essential in the AI era, while no-code tools fall short

How to Set Up Simple Static Site Next.js Localization

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 23:46:00 +0300

Resolving i18n issues in static sites without over-engineering.

CSS Can Get You in Jail

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 22:26:00 +0300

Browser renderers, now deemed criminals.

How to Add Slack Alerts for AWS Elastic Beanstalk Deploys

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 19:58:00 +0300

High-Functioning Workaholism

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 09:08:00 +0300

Work less to accomplish more.

Using Salesforce HML for Rendering Dynamic Letterheads

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 11:58:00 +0200

Metasystems

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 16:24:00 +0200

Thinking your way to mastery.

Your Framework Is Not Your Religion

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 19:36:00 +0200

Human identity doesn't (yet) run on JavaScript.

Debugging WordPress Performance Issues on Localhost

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 22:24:00 +0200

Spoiler alert, it's plugins.

Magical Software Sucks

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 21:14:00 +0300

Throw errors, not assumptions.

How to Renew Let's Encrypt Certificates Behind a Firewall

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 18:46:00 +0300

…when you server is HTTP-challenged.

Why Does Email Development Have to Suck?

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 18:36:00 +0300

Explaining all the 's and 's…

Origins of JSX and Why It Exists

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 21:27:00 +0300

As if plain JavaScript wasn't complex enough already…

How to Debug Browser Redirects

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Tue, 02 May 2023 19:31:00 +0300

…without ruining your day.

How to Mount Amazon EFS on Windows

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 18:22:00 +0300

…for no particular reason.

AWS CLI Access Denied Despite Having Full Permissions

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 07:35:00 +0200

Poor error messages strike again.

Blocked UDP Traffic Causes Slow DNS Resolution

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 13:31:00 +0200

Turns out firewalls can be bottlenecks too.

How to Get Google Analytics Session ID and Session Number

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 07:51:00 +0200

A little bit of reverse engineering goes a long way.

Avoid .dev Domains for Test Environments

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 21:49:00 +0200

Unless you're armed with TLS certificates.

How Can Git Stash Cause a Conflict?

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 17:00:00 +0200

Even though it might seem unexpected, there's a reason for it.

He Was a Good Person

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 22:05:00 +0200

How many people would come at your funeral?

Advice for Junior Developers

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 18:52:00 +0300

How to learn efficiently by yourself.

Debugging PHP 502 and 504 Errors

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 19:32:00 +0300

Not all issues come with a wall of red text.

Number of Ones

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Calculating digits in a series of numbers.

Don't Build Your Own Framework

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0300

Delusions of having the ability to solve something once and for all.

Browser Cache and Edge Cache Explained

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0200

You updated it? Well, yes, but not really.

Fixing SiteGround Dynamic Cache Issues

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:00:00 +0200

That's what you get for not using WordPress…

My Favorite Number

h.dodov@gmail.com (Hristiyan Dodov) — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 12:24:00 +0200

Reason to start a blog…