Replacing a homegrown database layer with DBAL
How waaseyaa migrated from a homegrown PdoDatabase to Doctrine DBAL across 67 commits — and how all three applications upgraded without breaking.
I Migrated a Laravel App to a Custom PHP Framework in One Claude Code Session
How Claude Code built 3 framework packages, scaffolded a full application, and got 12 pages rendering — all in a single session.
Introducing Minoo: A Living Map of Indigenous Community
Minoo connects Indigenous communities, Knowledge Keepers, and volunteers through a location-aware platform rooted in community values.
JSON:API from Framework to SPA: Waaseyaa's API Layer
How waaseyaa’s JSON:API layer works — ResourceSerializer, SchemaPresenter, and how Tier 3 specs let a new session pick up mid-feature without re-explaining the whole contract.
Production Linux: Secure and Maintain Your Own VPS
A 10-post series covering the full lifecycle of a production Linux VPS — from first login to disaster recovery.
Deny-unless-granted: access control in waaseyaa
How waaseyaa’s AccessPolicyInterface implements deny-unless-granted semantics with field-level access control — and how GitHub milestones kept it from scope-creeping.
Manage DigitalOcean Infrastructure With Ansible for Laravel and PHP Apps
How to structure an Ansible repo to manage two DigitalOcean droplets, six Laravel apps, and a Go microservices platform without replacing the existing Deployer workflow.
Wiring Spec Drift Detection Into Your Monorepo
How to turn a spec drift detector from a script nobody runs into a hard gate across your task runner, git hooks, and CI pipeline.
Building a temporal layer so your AI never lies about time
How Claudriel’s temporal subsystem pins time per request, resolves timezones from context, and detects clock drift before it corrupts AI reasoning.
Feeling Overwhelmed by Dev Tools? Start With HTML
Why HTML is the best starting point for anyone learning to build for the web, and how to get going without the overwhelm.