The Fergy Stack

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  • React Server Components Are Really About Boundary Design

    React Server Components Are Really About Boundary Design

    My take: React Server Components are not mainly a rendering feature. They are a boundary design problem. The hard part is not learning what runs on the server versus the client. The hard part is deciding where the line goes so the app stays understandable six months later. That is where teams get in trouble.…

  • Leading the Charge in Frontend Modernization

    Leading the Charge in Frontend Modernization

    Frontend modernization is rarely a tooling problem first. It is usually an execution problem. By the time a company starts talking seriously about modernization, the warning signs are already clear. Delivery has slowed. Releases feel risky. Product teams are working around platform limits. User experience has become inconsistent. Engineering time is being consumed by complexity…

  • The Most Underrated Senior Skill is Speaking “human”

    The Most Underrated Senior Skill is Speaking “human”

    A teammate pings: “Why did this rerender twice? I didn’t change anything.” You can practically hear the “quick sync” calendar invite warming up. Moments like this are where seniority shows up in a way that doesn’t fit neatly on a promo doc: the ability to explain something simply, without assuming shared context. Not because people…

  • Developer Experience Is a Feature, Not a Perk

    Developer Experience Is a Feature, Not a Perk

    On Tuesday at 4:57pm, nobody is thinking about “developer experience.” They’re thinking about why the build is taking seven minutes, why the test suite is red in CI but green locally, and why a brand-new teammate is Slack-searching for “how do I run this thing” like they’re trying to defuse a bomb with vibes. That’s…