Articles by Jono Alford
Ode to cats
Every blog post on this site has a Victorian cat hero image generated by AI. Here's every single one, in full colour, from the earliest originals to today.
Shopify headless: should you actually build one?
Headless Shopify sounds great until you see the bill. We break down when it makes sense, when it doesn't, and what it actually costs across vanilla Shopify, custom themes, Hydrogen, and Next.js builds.
Next.js 16.2 for dummies
Faster dev server, faster rendering, 200+ Turbopack fixes. Here's what actually matters.
Clean your GROQ
How to structure GROQ queries that stay readable as your Sanity project grows. Fragment-based patterns with code examples.
Why we built Satoru, our background coding agent
How we built Satoru, a sandboxed background coding agent powered by Cloudflare Durable Objects and Modal to handle retainer backlogs across client codebases.
We exorcised Ghost CMS from CoinTracker's content stack
Another story of a blog turning into a full content platform and Ghost quietly tapping out halfway through.
React Server Components CVE-2026-23864: What you need to know
A high-severity DoS vulnerability is affecting Next.js 13-16 and other RSC frameworks. Here's how to fix it fast.
Next.js 16.1 for dummies
Turbopack caching goes stable, a new bundle analyzer, and 20MB lighter installs. The boring release that makes everything faster.
The state of headless CMS
By the time you read this, another CMS will have pivoted to AI, announced a beta, and promised to 'reimagine how teams create.' Keep up.
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