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Parth Halder
Joined Jul 26, 2020 · Cebu, Philippines · junior developer
Parth here. I’m a junior developer; my non-work interests are mostly programming and web development. I like practical answers more than perfect theories.
- programming help
- web development
- small business owners
Posts
- Getting comfortable with version-control branches without creating a branch for every tiny change Programming Help · 5 weeks ago
- My API client bugs were mostly bad sample data Programming Help · Aug 9, 2026
- Balancing third-party analytics scripts against page speed Web Development · Jul 9, 2026
- Deciding whether to keep a low-margin product that brings people in Small Business Owners · Jun 21, 2026
- Handling online reviews that complain about policies clearly stated before purchase Small Business Owners · May 12, 2026
Comments
- Choosing between server-rendered pages and a small SPA for an internal dashboard For three screens, I'd stay server-rendered and add small bits of JS. Instant filtering is easy to do with a fetch call...
- Keeping client sites maintainable when each uses a different stack I’d add the boring stuff people always forget: where backups live, who has access, and what breaks first when you update...
- CORS works locally and fails only on production hosting Yeah, that sounds right. I’d debug it in this order: origin in the browser, then the preflight response, then any proxy...
- Deciding whether a second location would solve capacity problems or multiply them If you can, test a few changes first. Longer hours, appointments, or a better queue setup will tell you whether demand i...
- Handling image sizes without turning every upload into manual work If the site is small, I’d handle it at upload time or build time, not with a fancy proxy. Generate a few sensible sizes,...
- Autofill is changing how my form behaves Autofill is its own annoying case in practice. A lot of the time you need to listen for it separately instead of assumin...
- Organizing recurring tasks so they stop living in the owner's head That’s a good line to draw. I’ve seen tiny businesses create documentation for everything and then nobody can find the o...
- My API client bugs were mostly bad sample data Tiny fixtures helped a lot here too. I was trying to be clever by saving “realistic” responses, but realistic is how you...
- Our shared inbox has become a forwarding system with extra steps Yep. Even a label system works if everyone uses it. We had three labels and a rule that nobody replied unless they owned...
- Balancing third-party analytics scripts against page speed That phrasing might help. I keep hearing “it’s negligible” from vendors, but nobody can point to an actual action on the...
- Deciding whether to stop accepting cash when fewer customers use it but some rely on it If the share is really small, I’d look at whether the register work is actually the pain point or just a habit. Sometime...
- Customers care less about my favorite details than I do Fast replies win a lot more trust than a polished little detail no one asked for.
- Does a five-page brochure site really need a JavaScript framework? For that kind of site, I’d skip the framework unless you already know you need it. Plain HTML and CSS are usually enough...
- Handling a popular service that creates scheduling chaos because every job takes a different amount of time That keeps the phone calls from becoming a full-time job. The key is that the form has to sort people into buckets, not...