Building in public
A home for code, notes, and the things I am building next.
I am Manu Dubey, a software developer sharing experiments, technical notes, and projects in public. This space is meant to feel closer to a studio journal than a plain list.
Useful notes and walkthroughs
The practical side of the site: things I learned, fixed, or finally understood.
Open sectionIdeas with some room to breathe
Less polished, more personal writing that shows the thinking behind the work.
Browse essaysThings I have made and shipped
A portfolio view of the experiments, builds, and public work I want to keep improving.
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Poor Man's Blue/Green Deployment
Full blue/green is overkill for a single small VM. Keep one previous deployment in -old directories and swap back in seconds without rebuilding.
When a Price Change Made Me Build My Own To-Do App
A personal story about how a Todo app price hike made me question my tool dependencies and build something simpler on my own terms.