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How we build fast, accessible, modern web apps - performance, frameworks, and the decisions behind a site that holds up.
WebMCP: your website becomes a tool AI agents can call
WebMCP lets a site expose typed actions to AI agents instead of making them screenshot and guess. A flight demo went from 500K tokens to 1K. How it works.
Accessibility is the law now: the EAA and your product
The European Accessibility Act is in force, yet 94.8% of top homepages fail WCAG. Here's what the law requires and the six fixes that clear most of the gap.
INP is the metric that catches you: designing for response
INP is the most-failed Core Web Vital - 43% of sites miss it. It measures response after a tap, not load, so a fast page can still fail. Here's the fix.
Passkeys are the default now: killing the password in 2026
Passkeys hit ~5 billion in use and a 93% login-success rate vs 63% for passwords. Here's the mechanism, the real numbers, and when to add them.
Your backend is a folder now: what Server Actions changed
For many web apps the backend is now typed functions in the frontend repo, not a separate service. The catch: every one is a public endpoint you must guard.
You can delete your useMemo: what the React Compiler does
React 19's compiler auto-memoizes at build time - 20-60% fewer re-renders with zero code changes. Here's the mechanism, and when to keep a manual hook.
React Server Components in 2026: what they actually change
RSC is now the production-standard React architecture - it ships less JavaScript and fetches data on the server. The real shift, and the pitfalls.
The JavaScript you can delete in 2026
Tooltips, scroll animations, modals, page transitions - a wave of native CSS features hit Baseline and replaced the libraries. Less code, faster sites.
Next.js vs React in 2026: which should you build with?
Next.js vs React in 2026: they're not rivals - Next.js is built on React. The real difference, the SEO gap, and when to use each.
How much does a website cost in 2026?
A neutral breakdown of website costs in 2026: DIY vs freelance vs agency, what drives the price, and the three-year total that matters more than the quote.
What makes a website fast: Core Web Vitals in 2026
A plain-English guide to what makes a website fast in 2026: the three Core Web Vitals Google measures, what slows sites down, and how to fix it for good.
The SEO + GEO playbook: rank in Google and get cited by AI
A step-by-step SEO and GEO playbook to rank in Google and get cited by AI search - with our own site, ashvara.io, as the worked example.
How to show up in AI search: GEO in 2026
AI Overviews now hit nearly half of all searches. Here's how Generative Engine Optimization actually works - backed by the research - and why it's SEO's next chapter, not its replacement.