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Senior Full Stack Developer based in Toronto. Building high-performance web applications and modernizing legacy systems.

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Building Surewin: A Multi-Language Nuxt.js Website with Resend Email Integration

How I built a professional multi-language website for Surewin using Nuxt.js, deployed on Vercel, with Resend for email handling. Supporting English, Chinese, and French locales with seamless language switching.

Web Development
May 26, 20261 min read

How I built a professional multi-language website for Surewin using Nuxt.js, deployed on Vercel, with Resend for email handling. Supporting English, Chinese, and French locales with seamless language switching.

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Cost Optimization1 min read

Cutting Hosting Costs by 80%: Migrating Hans Steel from WordPress to Next.js

How I helped a manufacturing company reduce their monthly hosting and bandwidth costs from $300+ to under $50 by migrating from WordPress to a modern Next.js static site, while improving performance and SEO.

May 25, 2026Read
Static Hosting1 min read

Building Juzi Book House: An Online Novel Platform with SvelteKit, Supabase, and Stripe

How I built Juzi Book House — a full-stack online novel platform supporting authors and readers, with Stripe subscription membership, chapter comments, a gift system for supporting authors, and a dedicated CMS for authors to manage their novel chapters.

May 25, 2026Read
Platform Engineering1 min read

Building Landlord Master: A Property Management Platform with Next.js and Stripe

How I built Landlord Master, a full-stack property management platform for landlords and tenants — covering property listings, tenant screening, Stripe payment processing, and role-based access control using Next.js, MongoDB, and modern web technologies.

May 25, 2026Read
Web Development1 min read

How I Migrated Aivio Digital from WordPress to Astro to Reduce Cost and Increase Code Quality

The full story of migrating a digital agency site from WordPress to the Astro framework — cutting hosting costs from $78/month to $0, boosting PageSpeed from 58 to 97, eliminating 7 plugins, and gaining type-safe content validation with Zod schemas.

May 24, 2026Read
Cost Optimization1 min read

How I Built a Full-Stack Realtor Service Platform with SvelteKit and Stripe

A deep dive into building a real estate service marketplace with SvelteKit, Supabase, and Stripe — covering architecture decisions, real-time booking updates, secure payment processing, and the lessons learned from launching a production platform.

May 22, 2026Read
Static Hosting1 min read

Static Websites Can Power Small Business Growth

Modern static websites are fast, secure, and capable of driving real business growth — often outperforming bloated WordPress sites at a fraction of the cost. A practical playbook from foundation to automated CRM integration.

May 20, 2026Read
Platform Engineering1 min read

Build a Website with Minimal Cost Using Free Hosting and Storage

A complete guide to launching a fast, secure website for nearly $0 per month using free tiers from GitHub, Vercel, Cloudinary, and Supabase — with practical advice on when and how to upgrade incrementally as your project grows.

May 18, 2026Read
Web Development1 min read

How I Built a Website from $500 to CRM-Ready

A step-by-step account of launching a professional website and lightweight CRM system for just $500 — covering domain setup, free hosting on Vercel, lead capture, email automation, and building a custom dashboard that costs under $20/month to maintain.

May 15, 2026Read